They came from Giuliani....
It's Halloween, and Count Giuliani's undead minions are wandering the streets of Santa Cruz County.
Well, they're not exactly the undead. In fact they are very much alive. Paid signature gathers -- a team of 7 or 8 -- have just left the "yellow room" here at Cafe Pergolesi, to break for dinner. The initiative to steal California's electoral votes has risen from the dead, to plague Santa Cruz, California, and the country.
This is the initiative campaign, sponsored and funded by allies and cronies of Rudy Giuliani, to end California's winner take all law for the state's electoral votes. If the Evil One's minions gather enough signatures, it will mean that a Republican presidential candidate -- possibly the Count Himself -- will get as many as 20 electoral votes, since every congressional district that votes for the GOP candidate would win one electoral vote for someone really scary, even if California as a whole votes for The Forces Of Goodness And Light. Or even Hillary, for that matter :-)
As juls reported last month, the campaign fell apart for a while, when an article in the New Yorker blew the whistle on the campaign, revealing the hidden hand of The Count. A major backer withdrew, and the campaign fell apart.
Well, it's risen from the dead. Here's some thoughts about how to drive that stake into the monster yet again, while Good can still prevail.
There's an update on Calitics (also by juls) about the how the monster has risen from its moldering grave:
While Giuliani's minions scramble around gathering signatures (holler in the comments if you have seen signature gatherers), Courage Campaign is ramping up again to beat the dirty trick initiative AGAIN. We had pivoted on to Blackwater and are now waging two big battles at once: making sure the Republicans don't steal the White House and keeping Blackwater from opening a mercenary training base in Potrero.
These battles take resources and by that I mean money. We are dedicated to running a new style campaign, for and by the netroots. Where these guys are getting million dollar checks from big funders, we are running hard on ActBlue. We have set a goal of 1,000 contributions on ActBlue all time for No Dirty Tricks. We knew it would be a reach. We started the day at 619 donors and we are now at 820 donors. Can you help us reach our goal? You can contribute via the Calitics ActBlue page.
Rather than duplicate what Julia wrote a couple of days ago, I encourage you to go to the source, and get yourself educated. Besides that, consider:
- Donating to the Courage Campaign's ActBlue page
- Keep an eye out for signature gatherers, and make sure your local Democratic Party knows about it.
- Make your town inhospitable to Giuliani's Legion Of The Undead. Like any other predators, signature gathers tend to go where the prey is -- anywhere that people gather. Watch out at local farmer's markets, in front of your favorite supermarket, Costco or Trader Billy's, or whatever. They have a legal right to be there, usually, and there are laws preventing you from being in their face. But if you stay 15 feet or so away, by all means, carry a sign, wear a provocative t-shirt, and explain to people why signing these initiatives is a very bad idea.
- If you have a blog, help us keep track of these people.
We've got to move quickly, before these people multiply.