Sunday, December 19, 2004

OHIO AND MASSACHUSETTS ARE CALLING US

From the frontlines in Ohio, comes this call for help: "Yesterday in 30 degree temperature with winds that knocked me over while I was filming the Ohio Statehouse Rally, Ohioans and people from all over America who came to Ohio to help us, listened to Joan and Eve tell how they were denied access to those public records in Greene County Ohio. I was moved beyond words when I looked into the faces of my haggard and weary fellow patriotic Ohioans who continue to persevere no matter how many obstacles are thrown in their path, no matter how tired they are, no matter how sick, how broke, how cold. That kind of spirit is seldom seen today. Yes, those of us in Ohio ARE on the front lines - and it feels like we are defending the Alamo. We are doing our part. A handful of determined people are working themselves to exhaustion. Yes, we ARE out there in the streets. And we ARE at the statehouse. And we ARE at the hearings. And we ARE filing the lawsuits. And we ARE out there doing the recount. And we ARE out there knocking on doors to investigate, verify and gather the facts. People all over the country who are web-tracking what's happening want to help, who feel helpless, frustrated, and sorry for us in Ohio, are offering good wishes and words of encouragement. And believe me, we appreciate the encouragement. We do, and thank you for that. But we here in Ohio need more than a "You can do it" pat on the back. We ARE doing it. But nobody knows. Ohio is screaming the truth at the top of its lungs, literally, and no one hears us because of all the noise of the media silence. If you want to do something, here's what you can do to help. I am asking the rest of the country to please get out there and find well-known people whose voices are loud enough to be heard by the press who will stand up for us. Get a Senator or a media personality or anyone of very high profile to come out about this. The media blackout is killing us."-from the story, "Ohio - Alone and In the Dark," on the AFL-CIO's International Labor Communications Association website. What DFA is doing in Massachusetts: "...members of Democracy for America-MA say they will let their pens do the talking leading up to the Jan. 6 challenge vote of the Ohio vote, which would be triggered by support by one U.S. senator and one congressman. "It's not over until it's over," said Herb Chasan, a Framingham resident and the unofficial leader of the local Democracy for America contingent. "We're not just going to throw in the towel and give up." The group hosted a meeting about election irregularities and voting reform on Wednesday, led by special guest Jonathan Simon, who worked in Washington as a political survey research analyst. Chasan doesn't buy the argument that his group, which recently changed its name from Stop Bush, was ineffectual because its main goal wasn't achieved. He said the group's letter-writing blitz forced the Ohio recount issue."-from the article, "Group strives to void Bush," in the Milford Daily News (MA).

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