It will evaporate, but it will work on some of the marginals. It will work on new voters. And you know what it does most of all: it has given us a way to all get in a room together and experience something together. now we know we're not alone. we all feel a little more empowered to speak up. we have that with lbo. most people don't. the experience for people was, oh my god. there are other people out there who feel the same way i do. and they just want to talk about it. they NEED to talk about it. the also need to do something.
i went to a moveon meetup. check out moveon to find one in your area. they're parties at bars, restaurants, homes to get people together for the movie. so you hate moveon, whatever. don't go. but for those of you who want to see Shrub defeated: go. Even if you're voting Nader: go.
The thing about the meet up is that people were blown away by how many people want to DO SOMETHING. they were overwhelmed by the turn out. people wanted to go and talk. i stayed to help clean up and post reports later. it was just amazing. i haven't seen so many people energized since we a entire sleepy rural town got off their asses to fight off the siting of a nuclear waste dump.
go.
moveon isn't going to evaporate after the election, either. if we want to ride the wave of people getting involved, we'd better make connections with the kinds of people that go to moveon meetups.
go.
kelley
At 11:29 AM 6/28/2004, paul childs wrote:
>Much as I'd like to think the boffo box office bucks and spontaneous
>eruptions in theatres are promising signs that people are starting to see
>behind Dubya and will turf his ass this November.......keep this in mind;
>Spider Man II opens in 2 days. And there's a whole slew of cinematic mind
>candy opening in the next few weeks.
>
>I hope it keeps up, but I suspect by this date in July people will be
>going Farenheit 9what? Hope I'm wrong, 'fraid I'm not.
>
>Or I could just be cranky because election day here is starting to look
>like a minority conservative government.
>
>PC
>
>N P Childs
>
>'I'm Mister Bad Example, the stranger in the dirt,
>I like to have a good time and I don't care who gets hurt'.
>
>-Mr. Bad Example, W Zevon
>
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