Election day is less than a week off, and the times they are a-changing. If we really want to head off the corporatocracy that’s already in place, it’s more important than ever to get out and vote!
With six days left, my conversation with Howie Klein of DownWithTyranny and the Blue America PAC was more important than ever. We discussed the role of Blue Dogs in the House and how we’d probably be better off without most of them (yet how the DCCC keeps funneling money into their campaigns, but not to those of progressives who stand a chance of actually winning!).
We also talked a bit about the madness in Kentucky, where an aide to Rand Paul stomped on the head of a female activist who was attempting to “award” Paul with the “RepubliCorp Employee of the Month”… It’s a brilliant campaign by MoveOn.
Howie alerted me to this video, shot in Wisconsin where another activist was able to present the same award to Russ Feingold’s challenger, Ron Johnson:
I also spoke with my former Air America colleague Richard Greene about his latest project: Energy Independent Congress. As opposed to my reasoning that progressives will turn out in droves to vote against the wingnuts on the ballot, Richard is using this site and his celebrity friends to encourage people to turn out next Tuesday to vote for candidates that promise to work toward real energy independence.
We’re also working on putting together a special election-eve show Monday night. Check back here for more details soon!