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Progressives can't sit this one out

published by Pat Hadler on Thu, 10/25/2012 - 19:04

Disappointment with Obama's first term is understandable, but allowing Romney to take office would be calamitous

By , ROBERTREICH.org

This originally appeared on Robert Reich's blog.

This is for those of you who consider yourself to be progressive but have given up on politics because it seems rotten to the core. You may prefer Obama to Romney but don’t think there’s a huge difference between the two, so you may not even vote.

Your cynicism is understandable. But cynicism is a self-fulfilling prophecy. If you succumb to it, the regressives who want to take this nation back to the 19th century win it all.

The Koch brothers, Karl Rove, the rabid Republican right, CEOs and Wall Street titans who want to entrench their privileges and tax advantages – all of them would like nothing better than for every progressive in America to throw in the towel.

Then America is entirely theirs.

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Roots Camp March 6, 2010

published by admin on Tue, 07/26/2011 - 22:29

Saturday, March 6

Roots Camp Ohio 2010
Sign-in 8:30 AM, opening session is at 9:30 AM

Location: Ohio Civil Service Employees Association, 390 Worthington Rd. Ste. A, Westerville, OH

Ohioans talking with Ohioans. Open dialogue between Ohio’s activists, field organizers, leaders, techies, fundraisers, bloggers. Building organization and sustainability in Ohio's growing progressive movement

Sponsored by Progress Ohio

Registration required. Space is limited.

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