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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 08:58 PM
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It’s time for a change: Vote Nov. 7!
It’s time for a change: Vote Nov. 7!

By CPUSA

All out until Election Day! It’s time for a change: Vote Nov. 7!

The Nov. 7 midterm elections are less than six weeks away. The stakes have never been so high: Control of the House and Senate and governorships nationwide. A recent poll shows that 75 percent of voters are disgusted by the Republican majority House and Senate, the highest disapproval rate since 1994. They are frustrated at Bush’s endless Iraq war, by Republican cronyism and corruption, tax giveaways to the rich, cutbacks in vital services, and criminal negligence in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Bush’s policies of war and repression have made us less secure. The people are angry and they want change.

Scraping the bottom in polls, Bush and the ultra-right attempted to change the subject back to the “war on terror.” The aim is to incite fear among voters and smear Democrats as “weak on national security.” But this time the “Swift Boat” tactics are falling flat. Still they haven’t given up on “fear and smear.”

That’s why they are trying to ram through legislation to build a 700-mile fence along our border with Mexico, trying to criminalize immigrants. This is a desperate last minute attempt to win — or steal — the election by inciting racist hatred against immigrants and people of color. They are also attempting to pass legislation allowing torture and wiretapping and limiting voting rights, and pushed through the war appropriations in the last week of Congress.

Most Republicans are running hard to distance themselves from Bush and Cheney. They can run but they can’t hide! Even so-called “moderate” Republicans supported Bush when the chips were down. We must not let their scam divert attention from the Republican’s failure to provide the basic needs of the people.

Whereas a few weeks ago, only a handful of House and Senate seats were considered “competitive,” now more than 50 House seats are in play and more than a dozen Senate seats. A change of 15 seats in the House and 6 seats in the Senate would return Congress to Democratic Party control. Members of the Congressional Progressive, Black, Hispanic and Asian-Pacific Caucuses would chair half of the House committees and sub-committees.

http://www.politicalaffairs.net/article/articleview/4185/1/213/
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 08:59 PM
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1. You can even buy a poster with that message to put in your window...
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 09:02 PM
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2. Nice poster, and very true!
The only way to get rid of Republicans is by voting Democratic in November, and hope that all our votes are counted.
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Eric J in MN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-03-06 09:08 PM
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3. Click "Add to Cart" on the top-right of that page....
...if you want the poster.
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