Final Stretch

There is so little time left until the election, and we know that Rove has nasty stuff coming soon. What can we do to help?

Apart from letter-writing, phone-banking, door-knocking, money-donations, and putting up signs, I think the best thing we can do is initiate an avalanche of mail, e-mail and phone-calls to the media.

Send the media contact info to everyone you know, post on every forum and blog you frequent and ask everyone to write, post, and call in.

Ask everyone to call the media and:

Insist they cover the recent attempts of the RNC to depress voter turnout

Insist they cover the recent attempts of the RNC to throw out new Democratic registrations

Insist they cover the attempts of the RNC to prevent insight into touch-screen software, and the connections between Diebold et al. and the RNC

Insist they cover the substance of the recent Atlantic Monthly article about Karl Rove

Insist they uncover the lies and tactics by the Swift Boaters, Sinclair, anti-lawsuit folks etc.

Insist they call out every Republican guest on all the untruths, talking points, and spin they say on air or in print

Insist they cover the Valerie Plame case

Insist they do a story on how Frank Luntz, American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Institute and other conservative "think"-tanks formulate Orwellian language and disseminate talking points to Republicans

Insist they abandon the silly "fair and balanced" approach and concentrate on the facts and the truth instead

Insist they bring in independent expert analysts (instead of campaign managers and partisan hacks) to cover, in depth, various issues and to compare the two candidates' records and plans

Insist they cover the way Bush uses code-language to appeal to the milleniarist "Left Behind" crowd, e.g., Dred Scott, Armies of Compassion, Stewardship of the Environment, Maternity Homes etc.

Let's get started. Let's start writing, as well as urging everyone you know, and everyone on liberal forums and blogs, to do the same. If the media gets inundated by thousands of such requests, they will have to do something about it.

Here are some sources of media contact info:

http://www.fair.org/media-contact-list.html

http://newslink.org/

http://www.congress.org/congressorg/dbq/media

http://www.newsdirectory.com/

Update:

This is what I sent to every TV channel (air and cable), slightly modified
for radio, and again for print press, and agin for forums and blogs:

In the interest of the future of America and the world, I insist that the
media – yes, that’s you – starts taking its job seriously. How else is
electorate going to make an "educated and informed" decision?

I insist you abandon the "fair and balanced" approach and concentrate on
the facts and the truth instead. Instead of horserace, cover substantive issues.
Educate yourselves so you can educate your audience.

I insist you cover the recent attempts of the RNC to depress voter turnout.
It is crucial for voters to know that only the Republican party is involved in
shady and un-democratic practices.

I insist you cover the recent attempts of the RNC-linked organizations to
throw out new Democratic registrations. It is key for the electorate to see that
only the Republican party plays dirty.

I insist you cover the attempts of the RNC to prevent insight into
touch-screen software, and the connections between companies, like Diebold, that
manufacture voting machines and the Republican party. It is of utmost importance
for voters to understand that the Republican party does not care for democracy
and will stop at nothing to legitimize their extended rule of this
country.

I insist you cover the substance of the recent Atlantic Monthly article
about Karl Rove. People need to know that it is only Republican party that is
unscrupulous and ungentlemanly in its pursuit of the November win.

I insist you uncover and expose the lies and tactics by the Swift Boaters,
Sinclair, anti-lawsuit folks etc. It is important for people to see how
desperate the Republicans are.

I insist you call out every Republican guest/contributor on all the
untruths, talking points, and spin they say on air or in print. It is your job
to do so. Do not let them get away with lies and distortions. Thus, it is your
duty to be prepared - a little less time preening in front of cameras, a little
more at your computer, digging for information.

I insist you cover the Valerie Plame case. We need to know what is going
on.

I insist you cover the way Bush uses code-language to appeal to the
milleniarist and Rapturist "Left Behind" crowd, e.g., references to Dred Scott
(= overturning Roe vs. Wade), Armies of (God)Compassion, Maternity Homes (=
Magdalene laundries) etc. We need to know who Bush is talking to and why. Who is
he governing for and what that means for the rest of us.

I insist you do a story on how Frank Luntz, American Enterprise Institute,
Heritage Institute and other conservative "think"-tanks formulate Orwellian
language and disseminate talking points to Republicans. People do not like being
manipulated and it is your sacred duty to blow the GOP cover.

I insist you bring in independent expert analysts (instead of campaign
managers and partisan hacks) to cover, in depth, various issues and to compare
the two candidates' records and plans. A split-screen of Ed Gillespie and Tad
Devine yelling at each other will not inform anyone about anything, and is not
fun to watch either. The "he said/she said" journalism is a blasphemy of your
profession. Give it up - fast!

Many born-and-raised American still do not understand that this election is
not your regular, run-of-the-mill contest between Republicans and Democrats. As
someone born and raised elsewhere, I can probably see it much more clearly. This
is a life-and-death battle between the Democratic party and the Un-Democratic
party, between Enlightement and Inquisition, between modernism and medievalism,
between 21st century and 16th century worldviews, between democracy and
theocracy, between a democratic party and a crypto-fascist party. This is not
one of those once-in-four-years fun events. This is an armageddon struggle for
the survival of civilization, not just in the USA, but in the world. The GOP
today is not the GOP you remember from the 1970s. The GOP today has been
hijacked by a dozen traitors of humanity, and you still don't see it!? Act now,
before it is too late.

Sincerely...