Write letters to the editor of your local newspapers. You spend enough time singing to the dkos choir but with 10 (TEN!!!) weeks to go, this is a perfect time to get your views our there for public consumption.
No need to even leave your house. It's 3AM? No worries. You can still help Obama by writing a letter to the editor. It may just show up in the opinion section a few days later.
Trust me, I do this constantly and it's freakin easy.
I have organized a local letter writing campaign in New Jersey to support Barack Obama. We did this in the primary as well on a smaller scale. And it's easy.
- You don't even need to read the papers you send letters to. I repeat, YOU DO NOT...okay you get. Most papers will definitely publish anything relevant to the Presidential election.
- Simply get their "letters to the editor" email address online. Most papers post all letters to the editor on their web sites under the opinion section. And most papers publish several reader letters each day.
- Then write a good letter. Because it might get published. Edit it, polish it. It is not a haphazard comment on daily kos.
- Keep the letter around 150-250 words. Reader, even editors, cling to brevity.
- Send the letter to at least 2 newspapers. It's always nice to throw a copy over to the NY Times or LA Times or whatever. It probably won't get published in these national papers but it can't hurt to try. letters@nytimes.com (The NY Times has a 150 word limit)
- Only send the letters to papers whose circulation range you are in. That's what they crave - local opinion.
This is just one more way you can help affect the media narrative for Obama. We are mostly intelligent, persuasive writers so we can really have a good impact. The Daily Kos can do without your next few comments. Please consider helping out Obama by writing a letter to your local papers!
Thousands of eyes see even small local papers every single day.
Yes We Can Change Their Minds. We can explain how McCain has proposed tax giveaways for the rich and that that he ignores middle class issues. We can rave about Obama's energy plans. We can tie Bush & McCain together in one more place. Leave no stone unturned.