Lets get down to business: election countdown

So, we, as despicable as the mainstream media, have been engaged in the latest games of partisan blowholes but are now committing ourselves to reform via our election countdown.  With 50 days until the day of decision, we must focus all efforts, in the blogoshere and elsewhere, on our priorities:

1) Voter Turnout: register voters and help people we know get their election season affairs in order

a) volunteer with a local party office or election board and get forms to register friends/neighbors

b) conduct a little outreach/awareness and make sure registered voters know where/when they’ll vote

c) customize your usual salutations/greetings for election season:

“good morning, mr. soandso, squared away for voting day? l know where to get a voter registration form if you need one.”  

“thanks a lot, let me know if I can ever give you a hand with something.  you know, I’ve been helping with election season things around here and can always help you or friends and acquaintances get registered or find out where the polls will be.”

“I’ll take the paper bags today, thanks.  I’m a fan of recycling paper since there’s so much paperwork around me all the time;  I do a lot of election paperwork, like getting people registered to vote.  By the way, if you or anyone you know needs to get registered, I can get right on that!”

“I’ll have the soup of the day please, and this voter registration form completed and returned to me.  I also have a stack of forms here that you can put next to the take-out menus or salad bar.”

–ok, don’t freak people out, it’s counterproductive, but do try to reach out when possible/appropriate.

2) Convince Undecideds: These kids are clearly confused folks, so lets not overwhelm anybody 

a) offer them literature, such as pages you print off the Obama website or pamphlets you got volunteering

b) ask them if there’s a particular topic/issue of interest this election and initiate relaxed conversation on it

c) ask them if you can help them get any info on candidates that they’ve been looking for but can’t find 

d) tell them, only after doing the above, that Obama has caught your attention for suchandsuch reasons

–and remember, curb the elitist attitude, you out-of-touch, intellectual liberal with socialist tendencies and no idea what wartime requires!

3) Visibility for Obama: love his name, his image, and all the latest paraphernalia 

a) get the signs, stickers, pins etc. from your local campaign office (which you find online)

b) respond cheerfully if neighbors ask/comment about the sign in your yard; your only response should be, “are you registered to vote? lots of purple states this year and all our voices count!”

c) encourage people you see wearing Obama t-shirts and pins and let them know you’re rooting for the same dude! we all need to know there are a lot people behind this effort, even if we don’t see them everyday!

–keep your spirits high and the campaign for Obama will keep looking like the bright place to be!