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There was a plan to write a bunch of diaries supporting a Special Election in Virginia. Sixty people were asked to write diaries, 15 people agreed. 11 people actually wrote diaries, they wrote fantastic diaries. This was planned way before the rally in Charlottesville. Thought was given to whether to proceed or not. It seemed like the best way to support the folks in VA, and to prevent the domestic terrorism they were subjected to this weekend was to help them get more and better Democrats elected.
You can see from the poster at the top of my diary that this isn’t Virginians first go round with the Klan. I’m hoping if we help with the elections this may be the last time they have to suffer. Out of the 11 diaries that were written, 7 made the recommend list, that’s how good they were.
I’ve rounded them all up here, and pulled out some bits from some of them to highlight, but please take a few minutes to at least skim them all. They are all very different. I will warn you right up front though that one stirred up a bit of controversy.
The sentiment was put forth that pooties have a certain disdain for Democracy and would never even bother to show up to vote, whereas dogs show up cheerfully and enthusiastically with their tongues hanging out. Needless to say, this viewpoint pissed some Pootie people off. Feel free to weigh in!
***The Virginia Election diaries from today***
Breaking News: Yard Signs have the right to vote in VA
Another skirmish in VA — important for the State and Nation
Go Local: Fairfax County Special Election August 29
Charlottesville raises stakes for Fairfax Special Election
Lets make music for Karen Keys-Gamarra
Show your support for Virginia
Are local races important? Are you kidding?
For dog’s sake, go vote Virginians!
Let’s make yesterday count for something
Six degrees of separation in Fairfax
Trump is responsible for what happened in Charlottesville
Highlights — go see for yourselves though, really good stuff here...
If you know anyone in Fairfax or know anyone who knows someone, please pass this information on. Include that the election is Aug. 29th and
Aug 22: Deadline to Apply for an Absentee Ballot by Mail, 5:00 p.m.
Aug 26: Final Day In-Person Absentee Voting
Aug 29: Absentee Ballot Return Deadline, 7:00 p.m.
From the candidate herself:
Thank you so much for highlighting my campaign!!
This election shouldn’t even be happening— it’s an attempt to keep Democrats out of the school board. I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to show the strength of our grassroots organization and rise above, and posts like these are huge for building up a network about our race. Let me know if you have any questions and feel free to message me anytime!
Karen Keys-Gamarra
If we ever needed a Better reason to support Democratic women running for Office
They somehow find the $200k+ for these special elections acceptable, but then when we want to fund schools, infrastructure, health care, or anything else, suddenly there’s no money.
At some point, we’re going to have to start going on the offensive and marketing this stuff to voters. They’re on their way to costing taxpayers a million dollars this year in special elections that could be avoided
Karen — thanks for stepping up again. We’re with you. We won in Prince William in April thanks to help from folks in you’re neck of the woods; it’s time for us to return the favor. Ken Boddye on the Republicans "fiscal responsibility"
Ursulafaw needs to work for the DNC and help them with messaging. She said this in one of the diaries:
Message to Republicans: You’re done.
I put this song in all 11 diaries because it was just such a great version of the Stones song. I noticed the view count on the video when I uploaded it because, who the hell is this band and why haven’t I heard of them before? As of right now, 10:49 pm CST, 8.13.17, there are 1,713 new views! Someone has been reading our diaries!!