This is my third day in a row writing about the urgent need to get paper ballots into the polling places. Senator Boxer is trying to pass emergency legislation similar to what I've been writing about. It is much weaker legislation, but it has a much better chance of being enacted. It will be EXTREMELY difficult for her to push this through. She needs a groundswell of support to push this through.
Let's see what the netroots can do!
Please read and recommend this diary by jorndorff: http://www.dailykos.com/....
It already has a bunch of recommends, but it is underwater and lost unless we save it -- can we get it to the rec list? More below.
Please keep in mind what is happening today: Bush is trying to legalize torture and he has support from most Republicans. Bush is holding innocent men in prison indefinitely without charges and he is trying to legalize this -- and he has the support of most Republicans.
Bush is overseeing eavesdropping on US citizens without a warrant -- even after the fact -- which means no judge has an opportunity to verify that the calls to which they are listening have
anything whatsoever to do with terrorism -- and he is trying to legalize this -- and he has the support of most Republicans. They could easily be listening to political opponents or critics of the government -- there is no oversight. Bush is continuing a failed strategy in Iraq even though the CIA says that his policies are worsening terrorism, and he is trying to prevent you from learning about the analysis of the CIA. Republicans are behind him.
Just imagine what the next two years will hold for the US and innocent people around the world if we don't have fair elections six weeks from now. We must have paper ballots available at the polls. We now have TWO DAYS to make this happen. Can you take TWO DAYS to help end US-sponsored torture and indefinite imprisonment by supporting Boxer's emergency legislation?
This issue is so important and we just have TWO DAYS to act and make a difference. Please do everything you can to support this emergency legislation.
Call your senators. Make sure they are aware of it.
Call your member of the House. Ask them to introduce it.
Recommend the diary by jorndorff: http://www.dailykos.com/...
Get your DKos friends to recommend jorndorff's diary.
Blog about this.
Email all of your friends. This last request is something that I shy away from big time, but I finally did it on this issue. Just think about the damage to come in the next two years if Dems get cheated out of another election win.
We need a groundswell of support TODAY!!