If we want to keep CA, we need to get Debra Bowen elected.

[EFerrari]

I just accidentally spoke to her campaign manager, Sandra, when I called to ask a few questions and to thank her for staying on top of election reform.

Can this forum help me think what we can do for her?

She needs money and probably a lot of other things, like press and volunteers.

I'm not even a Democrat but I want to work for this lady. She has been giving better than she gets on election reform and, if we want CA, that's what we need. She has not backed off and that's more than refreshing, it's admirable.

Thoughts, anyone? Could we invite her to talk to us here? Or?

[ronnykmarshall]

1. Here's her website!

http://www.debrabowen.com/

[Kurovski]

3. They have the list of what we can do 1-2-3

1) Join the campaign.

2) Contribute.

3) Volunteer.

And the links are all on the top, right-hand side of the page.

Some folks are good at writing letters to the editor (even if they DO occasionally get a line edited out.);-) So, LTTE could be another step.

[EFerrari]

5. Think outside of the box with me. We need to get her campaign

on line.

Here, for one thing. Maybe to other sites.

We need to network election reform activists working to keep CA with her campaign.

/and-}with

[Kurovski]

27. Does it help any better if LTTE are also printed online?

Oh, wait! I think this was already mentioned here at ER on another topic a while back, go to newspapers' online discussion boards and "campaign" there. Edit:I mean to say, us, as individuals going to the boards...not Bowen.

[EFerrari]

29. Sure! And when we get it on line, we can access our on line

networks.

I do that with several communities and it's very effective in the whole catpulsion process.

[EFerrari]

2. What about inviting her to chat with us as Mark Crispin Miller did?

It would be cool to read and she what she has to say.

[Kurovski]

7. Yes, an invite. So, do you know how exactly the Miller chat came about?

[EFerrari]

9. No, I sure don't. But, I could ask Skinner and get it going.

Do you think it would "work" as an event?

[EFerrari]

11. I did just ask Skinner. Let's see what he says. n/t

[Kurovski]

16. OK, so I just thought of a possible negative for her on coming to

"The Cave of the Mighty Moonbats", as the Freep Goonbats might say if they could string that many words together.

And it is this: there is a possibility that the Goebbels Memorial Media Branch would be happy to harangue her for coming into our wacky lair to chat. They could lift oddish, or so-called "conspiracy nut" posts and smear her campaign by association. Hell, they could even take any one of my posts for that purpose.

And crap could even be planted here by opposing campaign operatives just so it could be lifted for a smear.And who would be the wiser?

The corporate media has on a number of occasions tried to paint DU as something other than what it (mostly) is.

In all objectivity, if I were a campaign manager I'd not recommend it.

But than as a general rule, I'm really, really paranoid.

[EFerrari]

19. Hmm. Good point. But maybe we could support her and

normalize DU at the same time? :)

[Kurovski]

23. ...

:rofl: Yeah. Whatever you say.:eyes: Let's get right on that.:D

But seriously, she should think about doing a lot of online chats through newspapers.

Even our little local paper (The Daily Bi-Valve) Hosted a chat with Al Franken recently.

EDIT: that's not the real name of my paper.

[EFerrari]

31. Sure. The idea is to alert our networks.

lol

[Kurovski]

4. OMG!! You're NOT a Democrat?

You just stand right where you are...I'm hitting the Alert!

[EFerrari]

6. They're already watching me.

:rofl:

[Kurovski]

8. Geez, Agent Mike AND the Admins and Mods.

You got it rough.

[EFerrari]

10. At least the Admins and Mods will just kill me.

:rofl:

Edit: It is much to their credit that they haven't done the deed already.

[Kurovski]

20. You shouldn't say such things. You're a marvelous, marvelous person.

Just like the Mods are! Don't you agree? They're marvelous!

(*psst*, chat-up the mods, they might be more lenient.)

[EFerrari]

25. yelp. YES! They've let me live!

So far! I passed the 20K mark and I forgot to notice.

Thank you, DU.

:loveya:

[Kurovski]

33. Belated congratulations on hitting 20K!

:toast:

[Amaryllis]

12. Keep this kicked: she is gonna be on AAR FRiday. Link:

This is Nicknameless' thread with the announcement:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x419207

[EFerrari]

13. She is our best hope to keep CA blue.

I will kick and I will work and will phonebank and will contribute.

[robinlynne]

14. fundraise in west la on may 21 afternoon

I'm with the DFA election protection group, and we are having a fundraiser for her on may 21. She will be there, of course.
I will keep you posted and invited if you would like to come.
There will be food and drink, the minimum donation is 25.00, and we will be raffling off good books about the 2004 and 2000 elections.

[EFerrari]

21. robin -- I hope you post a notice in the CA forum, too.

:hi:

[RufusEarl]

15. I'm not from California

But i like Debra Brown. I sent her some money, and my best wishes.

[EFerrari]

17. Thank you! The voters of CA thank you.

:)

[RufusEarl]

22. Your welcome, i got to know Ms.Brown while discussing

E-voting in California. I really liked what she had to say, i still get e-mails from her. Good luck with the election, i'm counting on you.

[EFerrari]

26. The campaign to turn CA is very well organized.

And, it's odd because no one seems to believe it can happen.

Well, it IS happening. WE NEED HELP.

There's some good press going on but nowhere near what is needed to get out the troops.

S O S

[fooj]

18. She FAITHFULLY keeps me up on all voting issues...

I'm on her "list" I guess. Damn glad I am.

Something was brought to my attention that I think we need to seriously consider. B.- do you know anything about internal/state polling? I understand it's when you hire an independent to poll the state.....maybe we should be using it here in CA. The repubs can't do a thing to block that, right?

Think about it. Ahnuld is proceeding as if his "in the toilet" #'s are rising. How the hell can that be? He hasn't done a stinking thing since at least Christmas or before. He's hired Little Lord Pissypant's people for his campaign. WTF??? We've got to keep a CLOSE eye on the rat bastard, eh?

They already started with the "California is turning RED" BULLSHIT last election! That's a real hoot until you seriously think about who the hell is saying it. These rat bastards will stop at nothing.

So...have any info on the internal polling issue?:hi:

Peace.

[EFerrari]

24. fooj, I don't! I'm not even sure what that is.

And YOU ARE SO RIGHT! We need to get one done so we'll have the evidence in hand FOR THE EFFEN TRIAL.

:(

/spellin'

[fooj]

32. Can you point me in the direction of where I can go to find this out?

I don't trust the rat bastards further than I can throw them...which wouldn't be very far. LOL!!!

[EFerrari]

36. Why not call Bowen's campaign? They might know something

and they might be motivated just about now.

[fooj]

38. Good idea.

Thanks.:toast:

[EFerrari]

39. Did you see Bradblog reporting that DIEBOLD is writing

the software for our new "database"?

http://www.bradblog.com/archives/00002619.htm

I am in shock.

[Kurovski]

28. Something else we can do is recommend this thread.

And I think that's all I got for now.

[EFerrari]

30. Well, thank you. That helps. Now is what we can do.

:)

[nicknameless]

34. Calif. AND all the US needs Bowen to be CA SoS. 55 electoral votes!!!!!!!!

K&R for our best hope!

[bleever]

35. K&R...

I'll be thinking about this.

:thumbsup:

[nicknameless]

37. Everything has become suspicious to me.

Had you heard that election officials in SF were considering switching to Sequoia but changed their minds?
Would those have been DREs? Who would even have agreed to consider them?

I've even started thinking back to past developments like the firing of Tammy Haygood. Why did she *really* have to go?

As Peace Patriot's signature reads: "Anyone who isn't a conspiracy theorist these days isn't paying attention." --Paul Revere