Going After the Roadblock Republicans
I’m here today because I don’t think this is a time for us to just join a debating society or echo chamber where we talk exclusively to each other; Republicans are denying the Senate a chance to find a new course in Iraq, so what are we going to do about it?
I think we need to run radio ads in the states of the most vulnerable of the Roadblock Republicans who stand in the way, making it clear to everyone that those Senators don’t deserve to be reelected because of their continued support for the Bush Doctrine of escalation without end.
And I want you to make the ad.
You may have heard about this effort; I emailed it out to the JohnKerry.com community email list last week. But I wanted to make sure all of you heard about it here on the JohnKerry.com blog as well.
Simply put, it’s been the voice of activists that have gotten us this far in the Iraq debate, not the soundbites and cookie-cutter ads of Madison Avenue media firms. So I want to empower you to speak in this radio campaign. User generated content changed Presidential debates; I know it can help change the next election around this most critical issue.
And that’s the reason we’re running this contest. We want you to submit scripts for a 30-second radio ad we can air in the states of the Senators we’ve targeted in our Roadblock Republicans campaign. We’ll whittle it down a bit for simplicity’s sake to the top twenty, we’ll record them with an announcer, then put them up for a vote from everyone. And then we air the winner. Then we’ll fundraise to run it, and you can choose with your contribution where we will air the spot. No political professionals producing the spot or choosing where to run it. It’s all done by you.
And you can do whatever you want with the ad. You can use a story from your life and put it in your own voice (maybe you know someone in Iraq or maybe you are a veteran of the conflict yourself), or you can make a factual case on why voters should consider someone else because of this issue. And what you do can be the ad that airs against the Roadblock Republicans.
And let others know about this as well. If you know someone with a way with words and a desire to make a difference, tell them about this. You can give them the link to this post, or you can send them to this page, which explains the contest a bit.
Good luck!
and thanks for all your help,
John Kerry
(Also cross-posted at Daily Kos.)
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Senator Kerry, I have been a big fan of yours for a while now and I love what you have done in the Senate over the past 20 years, especially when it comes to the environment. We need more champions of the environment like you. Anyways, you are right about the roadblock republicans, only it applies to almost every issue not just Iraq. The Senate is on pace to shatter the record for most cloture votes, and this is because these roadblock republicans are being some of the worst obstructionists in American history. They are blocking almost every single piece of legislation the Dem leadership has put up, thus allowing the media to portray the Dems in Congress and “Do-Nothing.” Senator Kerry, you need to bring your colleagues together and have a united front against these obstructionists. Every single interview with a Democratic political official needs to contain the words “republican obstructionism” again and again until the right-wing media can’t ignore it anymore.
Senator Kerry,
This is a great idea and will get a lot of attention, not just for the fact that it will shatter the Republican stranglehold on the Congress, but also because it will empower “ordinary” Americans to deliver a message to their fellow citizens and help restore our great nation.
Thank-you for leading this effort.
This is a brilliant idea, Senator. These Republican obstructionists are the root cause of why the Democrats have proven ineffective so far of bringing the Iraq War to a close. If forcing them to get up at 5 A.M. for a Senate vote is not enough to get them to follow the will of the American people, a direct radio ad targeting those up for election next year might break the camel’s back. It’s worth a try. I’ll submit some scripts for you.