DNC Uses Facebook For GOTV

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Tuesday September 19, 2006 · 11:15 PM PDT

2006/09/19 · 23:15

I recently got a Facebook invite to Election Day 2006, an "event" organized by the Democratic National Committee.

For those kossacks who haven't been assimilated into Facebook yet, what this means is that anyone on Facebook who gets invited to the event, and RSVPs for it, will get reminded on election day to get their asses out and vote.

Will this replace normal campus GOTV measures? No, of course not, but every reminder that a student gets to go to the polls this November is a good thing.

What does this mean for you? If you're on Facebook, go sign up for the event, and then invite all your liberal friends too. Every little bit helps.

(Revised) Democratic Beliefs, Ideals, and Goals

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Thursday January 20, 2005 · 7:56 AM PST

2005/01/20 · 07:56

Moderately improved from before, taking into account suggestions from before, this is my new synthesis of bedrock Democratic belief. The original was born a month after the election, when the dKos community was wondering "what should we believe in" and "what should our message be."

Modern Democratic thought has been propelled by the Great Depression and the New Deal, though many people today fail to realise this. The Great Depression, and Pres. Hoover's handling of it, proved a number of things. These things, combined (in the last two points) with our reading of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, make up what most Democrats believe today.

1)Business and the private sector at large cannot be trusted to self-regulate and operate in the public interest. (See Enron)
2)What regulations business can come up with will be self-interested and likely detrimental to the public good. (See California Energy Utilities)

(Rest of the list after the break)
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Democratic Ideals, Beliefs, And Goals

TheSquire

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Monday November 15, 2004 · 8:04 PM PST

2004/11/15 · 20:04

(partially reposted from blog)

1)Business and the private sector at large cannot be trusted to self-regulate.
2)What regulations business can come up with will be self-interested and likely detrimental to the public good.
3)Private, non-governmental institutions are, by themselves, unable to meet the needs of the public in any crisis, sudden or prolonged.
4) Government, especially the Federal Government, is the only entity with the resources, power, and mandate to actively persue the public good, either by providing public services or regulating other entities.

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