Re: Elizabeth, it's time to commit to vote

Dear President Obama & the Democratic Party:
I promise that come November, i will vote. I also promise that come
November i will vote in my own best interest and for 2 years you all
have shown me that my best interest does not lie with the Dems in
general. If health reform legislation can be bought by health
insurance companies and stimulus packages can be bought by the wealthy
and war can be escalated by mineral deposits, then why can't you all
spend a bit to buy my vote? buy the votes of the 20 percent unemployed
(i'm one) buy the votes of women (you all sure have failed on that
constituancy) buy the votes of my friends and allies in the gay and
minority communities. buy the votes of the forclosed in hoovervilles
(obamavilles?) buy the votes of those of us who are sickened that the
US is prosecuting a child soldier that we've been holding in gitmo for
years. until you make it worth my while to vote for you, my vote is
for sale to anyone but you including 3rd parties, write ins and pro
choice republicans.

On 8/12/10, Barack Obama <democraticparty@democrats.org> wrote:
> Elizabeth --
>
> Eighteen years ago, shortly after graduating from law school, I helped lead
> a voter registration campaign in Chicago that generated record turnout on
> Election Day.
>
> That experience taught me one of the most important lessons I ever learned
> as a community organizer: When people promise that they'll do something --
> like voting -- they are far more likely to do it.
>
> That's why one key part of our Vote 2010 plan this year is to get folks like
> you from across the country to commit to vote, to make sure we get as many
> people as we can to cast their ballots this fall.
>
> But getting the commitments we need starts with your own promise to make it
> to the polls and cast your ballot.
>
> Will you please commit to vote in the 2010 elections?
>
> http://my.democrats.org/Commitment1
>
> Over the next 82 days, volunteers across the country will spend countless
> hours calling voters and knocking on their doors, asking them the same
> question.
>
> And you can bet that I am counting on you to join them in talking to voters
> in your community.
>
> This election offers a stark choice. We Democrats are hard at work trying to
> move America forward, repairing a decade of damage and growing an economy
> based on the Main Street values of hard work and responsibility.
>
> We've fought for and won historic reforms to our health care system, a
> victory 100 years in the making, and to Wall Street, the most sweeping
> overhaul of the financial system since the Great Depression.
>
> But after years of policies that landed us in the worst recession since the
> 1930's, the Republicans who got us there have not come up with anything
> different from the policies of George W. Bush.
>
> We simply cannot afford to go backwards or let them repeal our reforms. And
> making sure we can continue moving forward starts with your own promise to
> cast your ballot in these elections.
>
> Please commit to vote this fall:
>
> http://my.democrats.org/Commitment1
>
> Thank you,
>
> President Barack Obama
>
>
>
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