I’ve posted a couple times about the Stick it to Them Plastervist campaign to flip the house by targeting vulnerable republicans who voted for the AHCA with bumper stickers that get a lot of bang for your buck. We have so far delivered 5,000 Jeff Denham is Bad for your Health and we have an active and well-connected group of Plastervists in that district (CA-10) who report positive feedback as they’ve been distributing the free stickers.
With the manufacturer producing good quality and the public responding favorably, it’s time to go after the next target, long-loathed CA-49 representative, Darrell Issa.
Issa first came across my radar when he chaired the Prop. 209 campaign to end affirmative action in California. He also was a big funder of the campaign to recall governor Gray Davis to make way for the Governator. As a congressman, he’s been nothing but a dick. He investigated every nonsense faux scandal involving the Obama Administration. He blocked Sandra Fluke from testifying about birth control. He opposed gay marriage. He denies climate change. He even opposed payments to 9/11 first responders whose health was harmed in their heroic rescue efforts. He was a prominent Trump supporter and has so far voted 100% with Trump in the House. And, he cast the tie-breaking vote for the AHCA. Darrell Issa is certainly bad for your health.
Not only was Issa the last Republican to vote for the AHCA, he was also the last Republican to win his election. He barely squeaked out a victory over Doug Applegate by a fraction of a percentage point. I don’t think he’ll be so lucky this time when his Southern California district gets swept away from him in the coming tidal wave. And that’s where we come in….
We got a pretty good response from the CA-10 dkos community and I hope some kossacks will get aboard this train. This is a totally non-profit, all-volunteer, utterly grass roots, activist-run campaign. Our fundraising has been pretty feeble thus far, I must admit, but I have been preparing for a big push to get this out there. We have the funds to print the Issa stickers, which I am ordering today. But, I’d like to be able to hit many districts and show vulnerable Senators who are contemplating caving on the AHCA, that they are going to have to pay a price for doing so. What better way than when congressman start reporting that this bumpersticker is popping up in all of their districts!
If you like what we’re doing, here are some ways you can help out:
1. Share this diary far and wide to get more people aware and involved!
2. Make a donation of any amount. Each dollar buys us ten stickers. Note: The site automatically adds a 15% donation to them if you don’t opt out by unchecking that box (a practice I’m not too thrilled with).
3. Go to the website and sign on to be a Plastervist or Plastervist Coordinator in one of the 217 districts.
4. Join us in organizing this campaign. We need people to do outreach to the various districts to find folks who want to coordinate or plaster in their district. We need to publicize this campaign on relevant groups and lists around the country. We need to pitch this story to media outlets. We need your help to do this. This has been a collaborative effort with people pitching in wherever their strengths are. We have a Slack campaign where people can plug in on various tasks. PM me with your email address and I will send you an invite to the Slack campaign.
Thanks a lot for giving this a read. I would appreciate any recs that could get this some more visibility. I don’t exactly have my own readership on this site (understatement), but I love you all.
Let’s stick it to them!