Posted on 11/01/2004 3:20:47 PM PST by PJ-Comix
I found out something VERY IMPORTANT today. You can use your cellphone to help re-elect Bush.
Here is what happened. Like many of you, I was suffering the election jitters due to the seesawing polls. So this afternoon I took a walk to work off the tension. While doing so, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh on my portable radio. Anyway, Rush was doing an interview with Gov. Jeb Bush and Rush mentioned that a lot of Republicans haven't gotten phone calls yet from GOP workers to go vote. At that point, Jeb mentioned that regular folks could simply call the folks from their cellphone caller list and urge them to vote for Bush. I stopped in mid-step at that thought and whipped out my cellphone and immediately starting making calls from my caller list before the radio interview was even over.
GUESS WHAT??? I got great results right away! First I called Barbara who is completely apathetic when it comes to politics. I figured that I could talk her into voting. Well, it turned out that for the FIRST TIME Barbara will be voting tomorrow but she told me she was voting for Kerry for no other reason than a co-worker asked her to. I then reminded her that Osama Bin Laden wanted Florida (where I live) to vote for Kerry because he threatened states that voted for Bush in his tape released last week. I begged Barbara NOT to give that terrorist the satisfaction of a Kerry victory. That was enough for Barbara. The GOOD NEWS is that she promised me that she will be voting for BUSH tomorrow. (I will still call her tomorrow to make sure she is voting).
Next I called Sophia. It turns out she is a Republican but just needed a reminder to vote since politics isn't that important to her.---ANOTHER VOTE FOR BUSH!!! (I still will call her again tomorrow to make sure she votes and not procrastinate.)
There were just the first two people I called. After that I got really excited and called other folks on my cell phone caller list with really great results. Best of all, most of the folks on my cellphone list live here in Florida, an important battleground state.
I therefore strongly URGE all of you to do the same. Not only will it help relieve your election jitters because you are doing something useful but I really think this could really help Bush tomorrow. Even if you know committed people who will definitely vote for Bush tomorrow, call them as well so they can do the same as you (and me) by calling the names of people on their cellphone call list.
Remember, this is probably the MOST IMPORTANT election of our lifetime. The future of our nation is at stake. The volunteer Minutemen put their actual lives on the line. The biggest risk you will be facing is a slight sprain of your dialing finger. Don't sit around and just wait for the election results. PLEASE make a positive impact on the election results by calling your friends on your cellphone call list.
I tried calling Dan Rather and it worked.
More phone #s than ever are unlisted nowadays due to the increased use of cellphones. Therefore it would be VERY HELPFUL for everybody to call their personal cellphone call list since it is very likely that is the only way they can be contacted. I know that I got at least a half dozen votes for Bush tomorrow via this method. And multiply that by THOUSANDS of Freepers and it will make a difference in the close battleground states. AND also ask your committed friends to do the same.
From Kerryspot...Bush will win, pretty decisively, Qui-Gon said. Maybe, worst case scenario, it's 51-49 [percent]. But everyone has looked at how the voters will decide too cerebrally. You walk into that voting booth, you pull the curtain behind you, and youre alone. Its the centerpiece of our democratic process, and voters take that responsibility seriously. Its almost a religious experience, a sacred rite. And theyre going to go with whos going to keep them safe. Whos been tested. Its an emotional, gut reaction.
I'be been saying this for two months to people I know, but not on FR. I was flip in a previous post PJ-Comix. Don't hold it against me. I live in Cook County. Forgot you guys live in FL.
When I call people from my personal cellphone call list, I remind them about the Bin Laden threat on the Red States. If they were undecided before, that usually convinces them. I tell them they CAN'T let Bin Laden have the satisfaction of us giving in to his threat.
When??? In 1977 or something??? I love the pic tho!
I called 73 families from my XMAS card list (mostly NJ). Here are the results...
13 Voicemail - and no callback yet
37 Voting for Bush (25 of the 27, I got the woman of the house)
4 Split -
19 Kerry
You can get numbers of people to call from:
http://www.georgewbush.com/Call/default.aspx
You may have to sign up to get a login, but after you do, that page gives you voter's names, phone #'s and addresses in battleground states (I am seeing OH voters and I am in PA). It also has a script for you to use to make the calls.
I own 2 cell phones- got 2-3 calls asking me to vote for Bush on the one I've had the longest. One was from a pro-life group. Someone is calling cell phone owners- kewl.
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