Republicans have shot themselves in the foot...and the shin, and the calf, and the knee... From guilty pleas, to sexual predator scandals, to covering for sexual predator scandals, to lying about anti-terror warnings and meetings, to falling asleep during a Senate hearing, to keeping a noose in an office/calling a young Indian-American 'macaca', to getting called out by a former member of the administration for using and not really caring about evangelicals, to staying the course on a disastrous, deadly, and deficit-building war, we have seen the true colors of a government controlled by Republicans.
But Republicans are not standing back and letting their endless wrong-doings bring them down- they're recruiting more volunteers, giving more money, and fighting even harder. We have to fight too! And not just the Kos community, because most of us already are fighting. We have to engage our friends, our family, our neighbors, our co-workers. We have to reinvigorate people who've been turned off from politics with all the recent Republican corruption and scandal, but who are angry enough to fight for the good guys if we can convince them. We all have to
Do More Than Vote
Do More Than Vote (DMTV) tries to turn Democratic voters into Democratic activists, so we can beat the right. And now, thanks to Hammering the Issues (HTI), we have a video that we hope can recruit new voters, and in turn, new activists. DMTV is not recreating the wheel; we simply direct interested volunteers to other organizations with great volunteer opportunties. The guys at HTI spent the last several month on an RV road trip through competitive districts, filming grassroots campaigners, spicing up the footage with shots of James Adomian (the Bush impersonator of YouTube fame who nailed the State of the Union address earlier this year) and making a fun and informative video.
Not only does it let you explain to your friends or your mother what you're up to- it shows why the midterm elections are important, how we can win, what we need to do, and the power of the netroots. Try it and see what you think. It's called "The Greatest Trick Ever!" Politics with a spoon full of humor.
Then, please help us spread the word by passing it on to friends, family, colleagues, and neighbors, so we can get more activists working on our side.
Democrats can win, but only if we Do More Than Vote!
For the comments:
What other terrible things have Republicans done lately that we left out?
What are YOU doing to make sure Democrats win in November?
UPDATE: If you have MySpace, please help us share this video. You can pass our profile on to your friends or include it in a bulletin.