Hey, YOU!

Dear fellow Americans,

I am sick of those of you who stay home on election day because of the tired excuse that "there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats." The more support you show for progressive causes, the more your party will support those causes in turn. Political parties do not exist in a vacuum; they are supposed to be the voice of the people. So get out there and make them hear yours by voting for progressive measures in your state, voting down measures that will strip away your civil liberties, and giving more progressive candidates the majority they need to make a difference on Capitol Hill.

Remind your friends and family to vote on election day, and remind them why to vote against the Republicans in power. Let's face it, we need a landslide to counter the inevitable right-wing intimidation of minority voters and tampering with voting machines. Remember voting machine manufacturer Diebold's CEO stating that he was "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President" in 2004? Remember the disproportionate distribution of polling places, forcing voters in poor, Democratic leaning neighborhoods to wait so long in line that they had to abandon their mission and go back to their jobs or their children waiting for dinner at home? Are you a working class citizen? Do you have obligations and bills to pay? If so, these Republican tactics should outrage you. The NAACP will be sending representatives to polling places this year to try to monitor and prevent disenfranchisement, but this is much more than a question of race. If you are anything less than a privileged, upper class citizen living off of the industrial fortune of your ancestors, the party in power is laughing in your face.

Fight back.

See "Five Simple Reasons to Vote Democratic!" if you are not convinced.