Monday, November 01, 2004
The End of the Road.
We've reached the end of the road.
Tomorrow is the day; soon we'll either be dancing in the streets or deeply worried about the country's future. Maybe you feel the same.
Whatever happens, our work is not over. If Kerry wins he'll have to undo Bush's disastrous domestic agenda and catastrophic foreign policy--and he'll have to do it while being ceaselessly assaulted by the right-wing media machine. If Bush wins, well, hard as it is to believe the next four years will be even worse than the last.
We implore you to not jump off a bridge if Bush wins, or stop paying attention if Kerry wins, because in either case the fight will go on. We'll all need a break after the election, but eventually we'll have to jump back in. President Kerry will need everyone's support to battle the entrenched interests that dominate government and the public discourse--and President Bush will need to be disabused of the notion that he has a mandate to strengthen the grip those interests have over every aspect of American society.
In either case all Americans need to stay vigilant and keep fighting. If tomorrow night causes us either to give up hope or think the battle is won then the battle will be lost.
Make no mistake: the Republican Party believes that a Bush victory tomorrow will mean the end of the Democratic Party--and the end of the two-party system. Their goal is nothing less than a one-party state--and they believe that goal is in sight. They believe a Bush win will demoralize Democrats, liberals and progressives beyond recovery. We can't allow that to happen.
What's at stake here is the standard of living of all Americans. The Republican effort to drive down the cost of labor in America--with no regard for the effect on working Americans--will go on no matter who wins tomorrow. Ordinary people will still be fighting to provide for their families, women will still be fighting to keep control over their own bodies, soldiers will still need adequate pay and benefits, the deficit will still need to be driven down so our children won't have to pay for it, Social Security will need to be protected from looters in pinstripes, and all of us will need to be kept safe from radical religious zealots both foreign and domestic. No matter what happens tomorrow we can't walk away from those battles.
Thanks for reading, and for hanging in to this point--and beyond. Cross your fingers.
201k.com
Tomorrow is the day; soon we'll either be dancing in the streets or deeply worried about the country's future. Maybe you feel the same.
Whatever happens, our work is not over. If Kerry wins he'll have to undo Bush's disastrous domestic agenda and catastrophic foreign policy--and he'll have to do it while being ceaselessly assaulted by the right-wing media machine. If Bush wins, well, hard as it is to believe the next four years will be even worse than the last.
We implore you to not jump off a bridge if Bush wins, or stop paying attention if Kerry wins, because in either case the fight will go on. We'll all need a break after the election, but eventually we'll have to jump back in. President Kerry will need everyone's support to battle the entrenched interests that dominate government and the public discourse--and President Bush will need to be disabused of the notion that he has a mandate to strengthen the grip those interests have over every aspect of American society.
In either case all Americans need to stay vigilant and keep fighting. If tomorrow night causes us either to give up hope or think the battle is won then the battle will be lost.
Make no mistake: the Republican Party believes that a Bush victory tomorrow will mean the end of the Democratic Party--and the end of the two-party system. Their goal is nothing less than a one-party state--and they believe that goal is in sight. They believe a Bush win will demoralize Democrats, liberals and progressives beyond recovery. We can't allow that to happen.
What's at stake here is the standard of living of all Americans. The Republican effort to drive down the cost of labor in America--with no regard for the effect on working Americans--will go on no matter who wins tomorrow. Ordinary people will still be fighting to provide for their families, women will still be fighting to keep control over their own bodies, soldiers will still need adequate pay and benefits, the deficit will still need to be driven down so our children won't have to pay for it, Social Security will need to be protected from looters in pinstripes, and all of us will need to be kept safe from radical religious zealots both foreign and domestic. No matter what happens tomorrow we can't walk away from those battles.
Thanks for reading, and for hanging in to this point--and beyond. Cross your fingers.
201k.com
