Here's why this site should be nearly dead on Election Day. And I guarantee Kos will be 100% okay with it.
First of all, I'm not a troll. I love this blog. I refresh it for a solid hour every day before bed. I hold a deep respect for people-powered media and believe blogs are an excellent resource for non-corporate censored information.
Now, within the past few months, you may have heard about an upcoming presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain.
If so, you may have realized that this is a super extremely important possibly-once-in-a-lifetime election and the outcome will have serious consequences on our nation's future.
With that in mind, I would love to see almost no activity on this site on Election Day, because that would mean everyone was in meatspace volunteering their hearts out for Barack Obama. We shouldn't have time to post diaries about news. We should be making news HAPPEN.
This isn't addressed for the editors/front page writers. Blogging is their Election Day responsibility. However, the rest of us should spend ALL OF OUR SPARE TIME helping elect a new Democratic president. It's just too important not to participate.
As you may know, an Obama victory depends on turnout. If all of the 50% or so in the Daily Kos poll don't show up to the polls, WE WILL NOT WIN. If Obama supporters forget to vote...if they can't find their polling places...if their votes are tossed out because of a shady poll watcher or Judge of Elections...WE WILL NOT WIN.
Put simply, We Need to Get. Out. The. Vote.
How do we do that?
Volunteer for your local Obama office. I guarantee they need your help. Our office recruited over 500 people in one night. We need 1000. Sign up to go door-to-door in a nearby neighborhood. Call up supporters and remind them to vote. Drive people to the polls. We will be working from dawn until the polls close and beyond.
Attorney? Get your legal behind in Counsel for Change!
Live in Superblue territory? Travel to a battleground state. They NEED you. Take along your liberal spouse, your liberal siblings, your liberal friends (heck, your liberal dog)...Pile into a minivan and drive to Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Virginia, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Indiana, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida... As an out-of-state volunteer, you'll be welcomed with open arms!
Is your area not so liberal? Volunteer for Downticket Democrats! Last time I checked, we don't have 535 Safe Democratic seats. Help out candidates for Congress, the Senate, your State Legislature, mayor, whatever! They NEED you, too.
If possible, take the day off to save the world.
No time, but still want to help?
Host an out-of-state volunteer. Give up your pull out couch for the sake of democracy.
Donate food and gift cards to your local Obama office. Volunteers get hungry, too! Pretzels or chili, we will eat it! Your office also needs money for pens, clipboards, paper clips, and pay-as-you-go phones!
WE WILL WIN - because the netroots are filled with passionate, intelligent, liberal activists who take their activism outside to win this thing.
Barack Obama is giving 110%. Joe Biden is giving 110%. Dr. Dean and the DNC are giving 110%. Even McCain and Palin are working tirelessly to elect Barack Obama by continuing their joke of a campaign.
The rest is up to us. Leave everything on the road.