Posted on 07/15/2004 11:22:38 AM PDT by VoteHarryBrowne2000
A group of Annapolis-area women formed an organization in December -- Mothers Opposing Bush -- to work for the president's defeat and have opened chapters in the state and across the country. Another group of mothers will hold a breakfast meeting Thursday to launch W.I.S.P. -- Women in Support of President Bush.
"I was inspired by Mothers Opposing Bush," said Gaye Galvin, one of the W.I.S.P. organizers. She admires the MOB moms for working for something they believe in, but got tired of seeing MOB bumper stickers and buttons and wanted to do something about it.
"I just wish they believed in our president as much as we do," she said.
Galvin and two friends -- Tammy Doring and Shirli LoSchiavo -- met last week at an Annapolis restaurant to discuss plans for W.I.S.P. Like their MOB counterparts, they have only limited experience in previous political campaigns. But they wanted to do something to help re-elect Bush.
"We realized that politically we were on the same page," Doring said. "We decided, 'Why not do something about it?' "
They have been sending out e-mails and talking to friends to try to create interest in W.I.S.P. and get people involved in activities such as writing letters to the editor, putting up signs, e-mailing friends and making phone calls.
"You may be a stay-at-home mom, but there is something you can do," Doring said. "Anybody can get involved at the grass-roots level."
Matthew Crenson, political science professor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said he is seeing evidence of more involvement among average voters this year than in previous presidential campaigns.
"I think the use of the Internet has stimulated a lot of grass-roots political activity that wouldn't have occurred otherwise," he said. "I get at least two (e-mails) a day from different sources urging me to do something or other in the election."
04 times as many people as expected....Great news!
Why the democrats even thought they needed an anti-Bush group in Maryland is beyond me. Sadly, Montgomery county, Prince Georges county, and Baltimore city will provide more than ample victory margins for Kerry. My husband will probably drive over to Virginia or PA to help the republican voter drives, because Maryland is a lost cause.
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