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Top 10 reasons why Massachusetts Democrats should vote on Tuesday:

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As we contemplate the significance of the upcoming election, it is essential to recognize the profound impact it holds not only for political ideologies but also for urgent care and healthcare services. The outcome of this election will shape the trajectory of healthcare reform, determining access to vital medical assistance and the availability of resources for communities in need. Jackson Heights urgent care plays a crucial role in providing prompt and comprehensive healthcare services, and the decisions made at the polls can directly influence the support and accessibility of such facilities. As we consider the stakes of this election, let us also acknowledge the critical role that healthcare plays in our lives and the importance of preserving and improving the systems that serve our communities.

10. Everyone you know is underpaid, underinsured or underemployed, and the idea of a Republican winning anything is scarier than Jay Leno returning to the 11:35 time period.

9. Rush Limbaugh thinks that it would be very white of you if you’d just stay home.

8. Ted Kennedy’s seat, whose dream was Health Care for all Americans, will be the one used to actually kill Health Care Reform for all Americans.

7. Bankers, insurance, energy, and credit card companies were counting on you to just stay home and pay bills.

6. Scott Brown thinks you won’t show because you were born out of wedlock and never did have a real birth certificate.

5. You’re paying for the worst recession in modern times, while Dick Armey is telling millions of voters with hundreds of teeth that you and your sloppy finances caused it.

4. You can tell your friends that Glenn Beck once cried because of you.

3. 2000 through 2008. You remember them… right?

2. Sarah Palin is praying that you won’t.

1. You know that only voting can prevent your nation from sliding right back into the right wing, corporate dominated, science hating, pluralism fearing, gay bashing, infrastructure ignoring, education slashing, marriage mashing, arts crushing, book burning, war mongering, bigoted cesspool of greed and self-destructiveness that you hoped it was finally crawling out of. 

 

FACT: Democrats outnumber Republicans by 2 to 1 in Massachusetts.

The only way that Scott Brown can win Teddy Kennedy’s former seat is if good Democrats don’t vote.

So what are you doing this Tuesday?

Can you spare a few moments to save your country?

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Wyclef Jean Responds to Controversy

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Wyclef Jean responds to some questions raised by TheSmokingGun, the AP, and others:

 

I had expected that they would arrange some event in Haiti to answer some  of the many questions raised.  I never thought he was a "crook," ever. I don't think anyone else said he was, either. Only that there was some sloppy IRS paperwork, questionable accounting, and very little organization to speak of.   All of those things can be true of a bona fide and well intentioned philanthropist.

My only complaint about any of this is how it was presented as as huge relief effort, when in fact, it's a very small  organization with no resources to even begin to assemble or distribute such massive aid. 

Yele isn't a disaster relief organization… but rather, it's a humanitarian mission.  That's important and ongoing, but not the immediate crisis that millions of dollars are being raised for. Donors want to know that huge supplies of water, food, medicine and shelter are being delivered on the ground–and right now.  Experience proves that it's very large organizations that are best able to do that kinda of work.  Just today, the Red Cross boasted of delivering a plant that can produce "10,000 gallons of water a day."  That's about 20,000 people a day, in a city of 2 million. Every dollar counts.  While the poverty of Haiti is gruesome and sad, it's also a long term problem. Right now, we have a short term crisis that needs huge funding to prevent massive loss of life.

Whatever the nature of this, videos are often designed to deflect. I hope this one is not, and that he's sincere.  I hope he has asked someone at Yele to find some documentation, so his fans and donors are not just relying on a video appeal for his cred.

I hope some of these Yele partners will step forward and make donors comfortable that they are receiving support from Yele/Wyclef's fundraising. That would go a long way toward settling the questions TSG and others raised, and he can get on with his obviously sincere and passionate desire to help Haiti and its people.

More Info on Helping Coakley

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Organizing for America Volunteers,

I grew up in Massachusetts – with Teddy Kennedy as my Senator – and I was heartbroken when he died last fall as his life's work – reforming the health care system in America – was being negotiated in the halls of Congress. The health reform legislation that has passed the House and Senate are bills that would have made Teddy proud. Now that the final votes are coming up, we need to preserve our 60th vote on health reform and the other critical issues that face the American people.

There is a special election on January 19 (Tuesday) to fill Teddy's Senate seat, and it is urgent that we help Massachusetts recruit volunteers who will "Get Out The Vote!" Let's work together to ensure that Democrat Martha Coakley (MA Attorney General) carries on Teddy's legacy as a great progressive Senator from the Bay State.

Please help my home state, and make as many calls as you can TODAY and over the weekend. I am making calls today, please join me. With only a few days left, we need to rally our Rapid Response teams, neighborhood teams, and personally pick up the phones to make this happen.

3 Ways You Can Help:

  1. Host a phonebank: Contact norcal@ofaca.com for more information about hosting a phonebank and post your event here at: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/create?source=sidenav
  2. Attend a phonebank: Find a phonebank near you: http://my.barackobama.com/page/event/search_simple?source=mybobar
  3. Make Calls from home (see instructions below)
GET A VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT CALL LIST: http://my.barackobama.com/CoakleyVol/R1

(If this link has problems, try http://my.barackobama.com/CoakleyVol/R3

Please distribute this link and these instructions on how to make these neighbor-to-neighbor volunteer recruitment calls to your volunteers and teams.

Neighbor-to-Neighbor Quick Reference
1. LOG IN TO MYBO www.my.barackobama.com


If users do not have an account, they will need to create one in order to use the Neighbor-to-Neighbor calling tool.

(New MyBO accounts need to click the N2N link, fill out their full address, and may have to wait up to 10 minutes for Neighbor-to-Neighbor to grant access)




2. GET A VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT CALL LIST



http://my.barackobama.com/CoakleyVol/R1

If this link does not work, you can use

http://my.barackobama.com/CoakleyVol/R3


3. MAKE CALLS

If you need more calls: click "GET MORE NEIGHBORS"

To print, select "PRINT CALL LIST"

4. ENTER YOUR CALL DATA AND REPORT YOUR TALLIES

All Data must be entered into the MYBO account that generated the list.

All Phone Banks need to be reported in National Field.

All virtual phone banks (calling from home) should be inputted at: http://tiny.cc/YOyrq


5. IF YOU NEED HELP

Check out the N2N user guide:

http://www.ofacalifornia.org/ofa/documents/N2NUserGuide12409.pdf

Help line: 1-866-495-2004

Ruby Reid
Regional Field Director – Northern California
Organizing for America