Calling all those who care about democracy, human rights and freedom. Message from Stephen King and MoveOn.org. Get out the vote!

Yesterday, MoveOn.org sent out an email from Stephen King which I would like to share with you. Believe me I have much more to write on my blog and might even post something later tonight but I figure that this should be on the top of your minds today when you come to Ripplefxs. I would be taking part in this if I was in the States and hope those of you that are WILL. Our country is not moving in the right direction as Kevin Tillman clearly pointed out last week. Our political system is far from perfect and the Democrats might not be our ideal party but they are much closer to the direction that we want to be moving. Read Stephen King’s letter below and take these next two weeks to use your voice to get out the vote.

“Dear MoveOn member,

If I know anything, I know scary. And giving this president and this out-of-control Congress two more years to screw up our future is downright terrifying. Thankfully, this national nightmare is one we can end with—literally—a wake up call.

My friends at MoveOn.org Political Action are organizing pre-Halloween phone parties this weekend, Oct. 28th & 29th. We'll be calling progressive voters in key districts who may not turn out unless they get a friendly reminder or two.

And since it's almost Halloween, we'll celebrate with an optional costume contest, some pumpkin carving (I'll be making a Jack-Abramoff-O'-Lantern) and—of course—plenty of candy.

Please click the link below to R.S.V.P. for the nearest party, or to sign up to host your own:

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?action_id=61&id=9234-2285125-o_jKs7qSanhycawwgPqxww&t=5

If you're concerned about the future of this country, this is the time to get involved. The polls are telling us that this November is our best shot in over a decade to turn things around, and we've got to make the most of it.

You might wonder if these reminder calls to voters actually help. I did, too. It turns out MoveOn tested this whole Call for Change program on some early elections this year, and it produced the biggest increase in actual votes of any volunteer phone bank ever studied.

The failure in Iraq and the recent string of scandals have put a bunch of new districts into play. That means there are more voters to call than anyone planned, and every call we make at a party this weekend will reach a key voter who otherwise would have been missed.

Come November 8th, we're all going to kick ourselves if we ignored any close races and then lost the majority in Congress by a hair. These parties are our chance to make sure that doesn't happen.

Can you help end our national nightmare this Halloween weekend? Sign up to attend or host a local Call for Change Halloween party this weekend:

http://pol.moveon.org/event/events/index.html?action_id=61&id=9234-2285125-o_jKs7qSanhycawwgPqxww&t=6

Thanks,

–Stephen King
Monday, October 23rd, 2006”