This will not be one of my better Diaries. I usually write these long, well researched tales that take you to this or that corner of the culture of corruption. There are lots of links.
No time for that now. It can wait.
Now, all that matters is GOTV also known as Getting Out The Vote!
I live in Baltimore, MD—in a safe Democratic State. So, once again, I have turned my attention to nearby Pennsylvania:
In the Primary I joined my Daughter and GOTV in West Philly. Tonight she is in a Ger in Central Mongolia and in the Peace Corps (and another Obama voter among the many Americans abroad). And I have just returned from a long day of door knocking in York County, PA—getting out the Democratic vote in a red area of the state. Tomorrow we begin hanging door hangers. Tuesday, we get the vote to the polls.
Join me in the GOTV effort...
Look, there have been a lot of better written Diaries than this one on where and how to help GOTV—how to volunteer and take action to Take This Country Back!
I decided that this time out, West Philly would be fired up and ready to go and I wanted to go to someplace facing an uphill GOTV challenge. I decided on York County, PA. I looked up the local Obama office in York on the Obama Web site and called to volunteer. I know I could have done the same via email or text message, but I’m "old school" in that I’m-used-to-making-a-phone-call kind of way. Long story short, I was given a contact and a meeting place and Shazam I was door knocking in no time. It was easy.
Now, there are many more tasks to do in our GOTV effort than just docking on doors and/or leaving hangers and literature. You could make calls; talk to your neighbors, your friends, your family. You could watch the polls.
There are many roles that need to be filled. So... fill one. It is important. We only have 72 hours or so to win this election and that will not happen if we are reading and writing Diaries over the next three days.
On November 5, 2008 Daily Kos will still be here. There will be many Diaries to read and some to write. These need to be about how to use a great victory and what the work required to repair the damage is and how it needs to be done. I want to read those Diaries and join into that discussion.
What I do not want, what I could not face is a day where we bitch and moan about "what might have been" if we had just worked a little bit harder. Not. This. Time.
Now is the time to do that work like your life depends upon it, because it does.
My daughter has informed me that if McCain wins, she is staying in Mongolia. I’ve told her that if he does we’re joining her there, because then America will be broken beyond all repairs. It is cold in Mongolia and I would rather stay here. I would rather we win and we will if each of us gives more than we thought we could give in the next 72 hours.
I love my Country. Now is the time to take it back from these sick weasels. They will not give up power lightly or easily. Each of us is now called to action. Walk away from the computer. Stop worrying about polls and the latest campaign buzz and gossip. Forget about all of that. It no longer matters.
All that matters is GOTV.
Now is the time to act—in 72 hours it will be too late.
Let’s win this one.
I apologize for this lame dengre Diary, but I just do not have time for anything other than GOTV.
Cheers.