I have had the privilege of hearing the Rev. Dr. William Barber, Pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church, Disciples of Christ in Goldsboro, North Carolina. The Rev. Dr. Barber is the architect of the Forward Together Moral Movement that gained national acclaim with its Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina General Assembly in 2013. His website is Repairers of the Breach.
Rev. Dr. Barber does not mince words. He called for us to come together, as progressives, as people of faith, as people with moral character, as people who must act together. We may have differences, but we cannot afford to be divided. We have a moral imperative, a moral call to action, and act we must. We must:
We have a moral imperative, a moral call to action, and act we must. A recording of the speech is here https://act.moveon.org/survey/readytoresist/ Rev. Dr. Barber begins speaking at about the 9 minute mark. IndivisibleMT Resources Here
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Up and at 'em. No moping. We did great.
We were never supposed to be this close. We were supposed to get destroyed. A 6% loss, especially in light of Trump' s 20 pt win and the outside spending (we were outspent almost 10:1), is a moral victory. Our candidate did NOT run to the center. He ran on a clear progressive stand. I say again - He ran to the LEFT and was successful. Look at what we learned. We put together a ground game, we trained canvassers and phone bankers and event planners. We had a scrimmage to get tuned up, and to figure out what we can do better next time. Because there IS a next time. We need to crank all this up again in less than 12 months. Start where you are.
Use what you have. Do what you can. Yep, the United States is a yuuuuge mess. We have Russian agents all over the Administration. Economic inequality continues to get worse. Health care as we know it may be done. The planet is warming faster than any of the models. North Korea keeps threatening nuclear war. It’s too much for any one of us to fix. But you know what? No single one of us has to. We just have to do what we can do. And what we can do is save Montana first. Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. We are going to need every single seat we can get in the US House of Representatives. That’s not just a midterm issue, it’s a right now thing. RIGHT NOW. We have to flip this seat. I don’t care if Quist is your favorite Democratic candidate or not (Disclosure: He’s not my favorite.). That really does not matter. He is not Greg Gianforte. So you have to vote for him. You can’t sit this one out, and you can’t cast a protest vote. Suck it up, buttercup. Your country needs you. Your planet needs you. VOTE. Don't get mad. Flip the seat. Go vote to put a Montana cowboy in the House, not some billionaire who doesn't even like Montana.
Early Voting is open until the day of the special election (Thursday, May 25). Head on over to your county early voting location, fill out an application for a one-time absentee ballot, fill out the ballot, seal it, hand it back. Boom. Took me 8 minutes this afternoon. Would have taken 5 but I had some questions about the technology in use, and the election judge was chatty. Our friends over at Big Sky Rising are compiling a list of the early voting location for every county in Montana HERE. |
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