BUSH'S THIRD TERM
What would a third Bush term look like? Endless war in Iraq, continued torture and spying, more ultra-conservative judges, more and more people without health care, and so on ... it'd be awful.
But that's impossible, right? Well, maybe not. Every Republican candidate for president is trying to distinguish himself from Bush, but the major candidates would carry forward Bush's core agenda:
President Giuliani would support a second escalation of the war in Iraq.1
President Romney would double the size of the Guantanamo Bay prison.2
President McCain would bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.3
President Fred Thompson would have offered Scooter Libby a full pardon.4
We can make sure the Bush era ends in 2008. But it means starting now, not next year: building strength in key neighborhoods, creating cutting-edge tools for volunteers, and designing the most sophisticated voter turnout effort progressives have ever run.
The earliest we would hold a vote to endorse a candidate is the fall. So, why start now? Right now, most people are thinking about who's going to win the primary, but if we wait until there's a nominee before we start planning for the general election, it will be too late. Starting early will give us a critical leg up by allowing us to:
Advance progressive issues in the presidential primaries;
Train volunteers to counter the Republicans' messages through local media;
Find neighborhood leaders to form the backbone of a massive voter turnout effort;
Create new high-tech tools to connect volunteers directly with swing voters and people who might not vote without a reminder;
Show targeted TV advertisements in swing districts;
Run the most sophisticated progressive voter turnout and persuasion program ever.
Thanks for all you do,
–Adam, Karin, Noah, Eli, and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Thursday, July 12th, 2007
Sources:
1. "Giuliani Signals Support For Second Escalation Of U.S. Forces To Iraq," Think Progress, June 15, 2007
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2. "Romney: 'We Ought To Double Guantanamo'," Think Progress, May 16, 2007
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3. "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran," YouTube, April 19, 2007
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4. "Thompson reacts to Libby clemency," Think Progress, July 2, 2007
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