Phyllis,
Yes, joining facebook will bring an army to the 5th district. A
virtual beehive of constant communication that reaches beyond the
choir. Phone banking and letters to the editor haven't made a dent in
the past. And tea party town meetings are not avenues for finding
common goals. Which is something, hopefully, that will help us to
retire Senator Grassley. We could deliver our 40% Dem here in the 5th
District and beat Grassley, Phyllis. If the other 4 Districts
delivered their 55% Dem... That's the race I'm working for. And
Francis Thicke for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, of course.
Donna
On Apr 9, 2010, at 9:16 AM, Phyllis Mains wrote:
> If the progressives all live in other districts this won't help.
> Republicans are 60% of our district and they will vote Republican
> even if
> their vote makes life worse for them. If joining facebook would
> bring an
> army to the 5th district,to support a candidate who is pro
> environment,
> not a drill baby drill, coal promoting Democrat, maybe the race
> would be
> closer. I know the 3 of us who called every night for weeks did the
> best
> we could. I've been to too many of King's town hall meetings and have
> seen his followers face to face. They are incapable of rational
> thought.
> King's supporters are exactly like him. At the moment I'm working on
> issues where I know I'm making a difference in Iowa and on the
> national
> level. That's keeping me positive. Phyllis
>
> I too have hopes for redistricting, especially for the state races.
> Meantime, an easy thing to do is join the facebook network of
> progressives in Iowa. I'm continually encouraged by the common
> viewpoints among people I wouldn't have assumed to be the case. Rural
> Iowa issues become food issues becoming everybody's issues. And then
> there's a facebook fan page called "Steve King is a nincompoop" -- be
> sure to join that. Better to laugh than to cry sometimes out here in
> the radical right-wing of Iowa.
>
> Donna
>
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