FReepers: Now's the time. Stand up and be counted. The C-in-C needs our help…

Yahoo News photos, Hannity show, myself | 2/21/03 | Wolfstar

[Wolfstar]

URGENT: The Commander-in-Chief needs our help. Our brave military needs our support. Heck, America needs our leadership.

We’re in a very real, potentially very hot war not of our choosing, but one that each one of us has a responsibility to help win. We on the center-Right to Right side of the political spectrum cannot afford to cede the public relations aspects of this war to the Left — and to the terrorists and tyrants the Leftists coddle with their stupid protests. Unlike the 1960’s, if we sit back and don’t respond to the Left, this time we may very well sign our own death warrants — and those of our children and grandchildren. We simply cannot let the enemy win.

Yesterday, Hollywood Leftist mouthpiece, Mike Farrell, was on the Sean Hannity radio program. In response to a caller who tried her best to tell him off, he issued a challenge. In his most condescending, scornful, smug manner, he essentially told her to go out and organize her own protests if she didn’t like what he and his fellow travelers were doing.

OK! Fine. For the last several days I’ve been having a little debate with myself as to whether or not to try to start what I would call the "Six Little Words" campaign. Finally decided that, instead of "grumbling in my beer" about the likes of Mr. Farrell, or taking my anger out on the family and dogs, I decided he’s right. It’s time to take up Farrell’s challenge. Perhaps he unwittingly awoke a sleeping giant: Americans everywhere who oppose the Left’s agenda. Or perhaps not. We shall see.

We on the Right tend not to go out in the streets and protest. But can we at least rouse ourselves to do something very easy, very inexpensive, and very quick to make OUR voices heard? How, you ask? With "Six Little Words" that just may help save our civilization.

It’s time for you, and I, and everyone who understands the danger, to stand up and be counted. It’s time to see what we're really made of — after all, if the hijackings and anthrax atrocities of Sept. and Oct. 2001, and the sniper attacks last year, have taught us anything, it is that we are all on the front lines in this war.

Pick up a pen or pencil, take a piece of paper and write: IRAQ: I SUPPORT YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. Put the paper in an envelope, seal it, slap a stamp on it, and mail it to:

President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500

DO NOT USE EMAIL TO CONTACT THE WHITE HOUSE. Handwritten letters are still the most effective way to contact our elected officials. Volume emails (spam) just pile up and often are deleted without being read. There is still no substitute for millions of pieces of mail arriving at the Presidential offices.

Be sure to send the letters to the WHITE HOUSE, not Congress. Congress is out of this now, since they already authorized the President to take all necessary action. They are not likely to take up another resolution. However, if you’re in the mood, make COPIES of your "Six Little Words" letter to the President and send ONE EACH to your member of Congress and your state’s two senators. If you don’t know who they are or where to address the envelopes, look here: House. and Senate.

Then talk to, phone and/or email your family, friends, business associates, neighbors, local political clubs, and anyone else you can think of, and urge them to do the same. It should not be one letter per household, but one letter for each person in the household old enough to sign their own name.

So what if the Left can turn out millions in the streets. Each and every one of us has the power to counter them. We FReepers should be able to generate millions of "Six Little Words" letters to the President with even a small effort.

[Wolfstar]

Just yesterday alone, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Bill Bennett all expressed deep concern at the length of time it is taking for the President to give the "go" command on Iraq. They are worried because the long build-up has given the Left time to organize, build support for it's point of view, and even threaten the political careers of the leaders of the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, and Spain.

This is something very effective and yet very simple that we can do to help. I appeal to every FReeper who reads this thread to mail your letter(s) and keep this thread alive as long as possible so that it achieves maximum audience penetration.

[Peach]

We're not the silent majority anymore; it's far easier to plan an effective response with the internet. I'd recommend writing/calling legislators next week in support of the President as well.

[Wolfstar]

Thanks, Peach. Am pinging a number of active FReepers to ask for their help in spreading the word. Also pinging Jim Robinson to thank him once again for providing this forum, which gives us the means to get such a campaign off the ground.

[Wolfstar]

PS: I'm ex-Navy. Hence the choice of the above photo.

[KansasConservative]

A friend of mine at work has started a counter website to the so called peace movement. You can visit this site too and sign a petition in support of the President.
http://www.moveover.org/

[Stefan Stackhouse]

A good start, but we're also going to have to take to the streets. Television is a powerful medium, and we are going to have to do something visual.

What would be great would be a televised rally that would include speakers who were survivors of Saddam's gas attacks. Survivors of his invasion & occupation of Kuwait. Survivors of his prison system. Survivors of the Embassy bombings, of the USS Cole, of the Twin Towers & Pentagon. Preferably people with visible scars, wounds, and missing limbs. Only something like this with a powerful visual impact and a riveting personal story will have the potential to change a lot of hearts and minds.

[Cate]

I think our President is a man who will not be rushed into something he is working on. He keeps his eye on the final goal and the rest of the world around him is all in a dither and he keeps going forward steadily. Its a lot being a parent and having your kids running around yelling and screaming and you keep saying to yourself, its all most time for LIGHTS OUT!!!! President Bush has not taken a misstep yet in his fight on terrorism and I don't forsee any in the future. I'll send more notes to my state reps. Thanks for the great info.

[Bigg Red]

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[Wolfstar]

Bump. And thanks, Bigg Red.

[Wolfstar]

BTW, Bigg Red, I love your screen name. (Am heading out to an appointment. Will check the thread later.)

[Wolfstar]

As someone who has worked on many a political campaign, and who's career has been spent in public communications, I can tell you that organizing a rally of any size is very, very difficult. Frankly, the Left does it largely because they appear to be more passionately vocal about their politics, and because they have a lot of celebrities who help draw crowds. They spread the word on college campuses, through unions, and similar networks, and are often able to drop the names of celebrities who have agreed to speak.

[CheezyD]

I signed the MoveOver petition and my letter supporting our President is going out tonight.

[rep-always]

Signed the petition, along with my husband and daughter. Thanks. Will also write to the president.

[anymouse]

Volley Bump for President Bush and our troops.

[bellevuesbest]

Seattle radio station KVI 570 is accepting donations for a pro-American TV ad. They started yesterday and as of 9pm last night had collected $75,000 from their listeners. This campaign needs to go nation-wide with other radio and TV stations. Get the word out!

[Aeronaut]

Can you hit your ping lists with this?

[Billie]

Can you hit your ping lists with this?

Will do, Aeronaut - know many will be pinged multiple times. (Please don't yell at us! It's for a good cause!) :)