Well, this is it. We’ve talked to our friends and neighbors. Canvassed on foot, phone- and text-banked, dropped lit until we know the shape of every single door handle available in the United States. We’ve facebooked and tweeted and stood out with signs and planted them in our own yards. We’ve attended debates and marches and rallies and registered new voters. We’ve voted early, and made sure others know how to make their vote count. Tomorrow is Election Day 2018, and it’s no longer hyperbole to say the future of our democracy is at stake.
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I am glad tomorrow is Election Day. Among many reasons, the one on my mind this evening is because my inbox is overflowing with political email. Primarily from one site, turnoutpac.org. I’m not linking to it because they are on my shit list… and here’s why:
That’s all the email I received from them in TWO DAYS. Honestly, I was convinced it was the next spam invasion, since erectile ads and sweet words of love from Russian women eager to marry me were not getting click-thru from me. Then I wondered if it was actually Republican-backed material designed to piss me off at Democrats, because really doesn’t that sound like something they’d do?However, they appear to be a legitimate organization whose mission seems to be “can we top the hysteria of D-trip organizations at the last day of every funding quarter?”
I will NOT miss this. Not one bit. Hysteria and hyperbole every fucking hour? C’mon, we can do better. So let’s get out there tomorrow, do what we can to get our fellow voters to the polls, and in the evening gather to watch election returns that hopefully bring a Blue Wave into our government.
How are YOU doing this Election Eve?
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TOP COMMENTS
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Everyone seems to be either out doing GOTV work, or is diarying their GOTV work. We have no noms in our mailboxes. Please, consider sending in a nomination tomorrow to celebrate Election Day. We need you!!!
TOP MOJO
Top Mojo for yesterday, November 4th 2018, first comments and tip jars excluded. Thank you mik for the mojo magic! For those of you interested in How Top Mojo Works, please see his diary on FAQing Top Mojo.
TOP PICTURES
Top Pictures for yesterday, November 4th 2018. Click any picture to be taken to the full comment or picture. Thank you jotter!
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