Chapter 12 Second meeting of Kerry supporters

Kerry supporters meet every 4th Thursday of the month.At the end of May, when we were about to attend the second gathering, our Liberal Party’s election signature campaign was in full swing.If enough signatures are not collected, the Liberal Party's candidate cannot appear on the ballot, and the Democrats and Republicans can only sit back and watch the two parties compete. Recently, I saw some articles analyzing the possible impact of the third party on this year's presidential election.We know that 4 years ago, Green Party candidate Nader attracted a large number of votes from left-wing Democrats, which was one of the main reasons why Gore lost the election.Had Nader not been on the ballot in certain states, those voters would have voted for Gore, not Bush.In fact, Nader's votes in Florida far exceeded the difference between Bush and Gore.If it weren't for Nader, Gore would have easily won Florida and won the entire election without going to the Supreme Court in the last election.

Since then, the Democrats have been making little remarks about Nader. Unexpectedly, he has become more and more courageous this year, and he has come out to participate in the presidential election again.Although the Democrats are dissatisfied with this electoral poison, they cannot prevent him from exercising his legal rights.The Republican Party is secretly happy, and it is said that it has secretly donated to Nader's campaign. However, today's election struggle has taken a new trend. Analysts have found that not only Nader, but other third parties can also have a major impact on the presidential election.This is because this year's election is so close that the weak weight in previous years can also tilt the entire balance this year.As an economically conservative and individual liberal party, the Liberal Party has always been very attractive to moderates in the Republican Party. Especially after Bush, the right wing of the Republican Party, has been in power for four years, many moderate Republicans cannot agree with many of his extreme policies. Going not to vote for him this year.

From this, I came up with a strategy of "killing two birds with one stone", that is, encouraging Democrats to help the Liberal Party's election signature campaign, because as long as the Liberal Party's candidates can appear on the ballot papers, it will definitely be bad news for Bush.I drafted a letter to Kerry supporters: Dear Kerry Supporters: We all know how Nader influenced the 2000 presidential election.This time he has the backing of the Reform Party and is trying to get his name on as many state ballots as possible.Don't worry, though, because George W. Bush is facing an even bigger threat: the Liberal Party candidate.

Those economic conservatives who have always supported the Republican Party are no longer willing to vote for them today.President Bush ran record deficits and made the federal government bigger and bigger.Many economic conservatives are turning to Liberal candidates because of their strong belief in small government and conservative economics. A Humphrey College poll in February backed up that claim.Lawrence R. Jacobs (Lawrence R. Jacobs) published an article "The Third Party Threat: Not Just Nader" in the "Christian Science Monitor" on April 20, pointing out: "Polls show that in Bush and Bush could win 87 percent of the Republican vote in a one-on-one election with John Kerry and a conservative third-party candidate, but Republican support for Bush drops to 75 percent.” Jacobs "The Liberals will hit the Republicans harder than Nadel has hit the Democrats," Stanley concluded.

However, for all this to happen, the Liberal Party first needs to put their candidates on the ballot.They are required by law to gather 25,000 signatures.This is where we can "help others to help ourselves".Imagine Bush's mood when he saw the Liberal Party candidate on the Pennsylvania ballot! Republicans are donating to Nader's campaign.They hope that he can paint the gourd again like the one he made 4 years ago.Now is the time for us to fight back.Please at least sign the attached signature sheet, get your friends and family to sign as well, and maybe fill out the first page.That would help put a candidate on the ballot that can eat away at Bush's Republican support.This is crucial for John Kerry to beat Bush in this "battlefield state".

Note that on the signature form, the address should be your residential address, not your mailing address.On a signature form, only people from the same county can sign.If you need more signature sheets, please contact me.My contact information can be found at the end of the letter. Please send the completed signature form to "somewhere".All signature forms should be mailed by July 6th (July 4th is a great opportunity to collect signatures, right?). Thanks!Together we can beat Bush! I printed 50 copies of this letter, got another 50 signature sheets from Liberal Party Chairman Jim, and bought a bunch of envelopes and stamps.The night before I went to the party, I worked hard for two hours, packing everything in envelopes, affixing stamps, and painstakingly writing the return address of each letter. , In this way, after the Democrats collect signatures, they can just throw them into the mailbox.

After the party, everyone first talked about the various business matters of the campaign, and it was not until the end that I stood up and stated my ideas, which were basically what was said in the letter.As a result, it was Deng Gao who called, and the responders were Liao Liao. Many people laughed and shook their heads while listening.In the end, only two copies were sold.One of them also said: "We don't need this, we can beat Bush one-on-one." I probably just sponsored a copy because I didn't see anyone else responding. Note on August 3rd I waited until the end of July, but I didn't see these two letters back. I guess they didn't take it seriously.I can't figure out these Democrats. Although the views of the Liberal Party are very different from yours, the enemy of an enemy is a friend. Many people in the Republican Party are secretly supporting Nader. Why don't these Democrats understand the principle of "friendship at a distance and attack at a distance"?Are they really arrogant enough to think they can definitely beat Bush on their own?

Two months later, at another meeting of Kerry supporters, I was surprised to find that a handsome guy with a Latin temperament stood up and said, "I'm not a Democrat, but I have a friend here who can help the Democratic candidate." Method. I am helping a conservative political party to get signatures for the election. If their candidate can get on the ballot, it will attract a lot of Republican votes." Then he explained the details, and before he finished, the crowd already Someone shouted: "Okay, what are you waiting for, tell us where to sign!" Everyone laughed.He also finished his speech, found a table to sit down, took out the form for everyone to sign, and more than half of the people came to sign.I saw it with both admiration and envy. I thought he was also from the Liberal Party, so I went up to talk to him.He told me that he was here to collect signatures for the Constitution Party. In fact, he was not a member of the Constitution Party, but he was just here to help a friend.

Only then did I understand that it wasn't that the Democrats really didn't understand the principle of "distanced friendship and close attack", but that I didn't agree last time.Of course, most of the people who came to the party were women, and the handsome image of this young man must have helped him a lot.In addition, I found that my problem is that on the one hand, I am too greedy, trying to persuade Kerry supporters to help us sign for the election, instead of just taking out the watch on the spot like this handsome guy, asking you to sign it and it's over. It's easy to do, and everyone will be happy to do it, I just overcomplicated things that way.On the other hand, I always suspect that this trick I am doing is not very clever, and I am afraid of being looked down upon by others, so I am not very confident when introducing it. On the other hand, he said it openly, which must be easier to win others' attention Good impression.

Fortunately, in the end, we Liberals relied on our own efforts and successfully completed the signatures for the election, and nothing was missed.I did get some experience out of it, which is not bad.