What's your message to Kerry/Edwards after they win in November?

[Q]

- There is absolutely no other choice but to vote for Kerry/Edwards. As most of you know by now...Bush* isn't simply a 'bad' president...he's a ruling class elitist, a criminal and mentally unbalanced. He and his gang of PNACers depend on the corporate media, rubber stamp, enabling congress and uninformed/misinformed Americans to carry the burden of their malfeasance. Bush* must go. The very survivial of our democratic republic depends on it.

- But...many of you also know that putting Kerry/Edwards in office is only the beginning of the fight to make government accountable to the people instead of the corporations that help buy their way into office.

- Moving ahead to Jan, 05...what's your message to Kerry/Edwards about priorities and principles?

[TeacherCreature]

1. get out of Iraq, get rid of NCLB, give us national single payer healthcare

break up the media conglomerates, get rid of the bush tax cuts.

[Q]

4. What are you...some kind of...librul?

- But seriously...the very issues you mention would be a good start in bringing our government back into balance.

- These issues are the crux of the problem: a government growing ever more unresponsive and unaccountable to 'We The People'.

[DrWho]

7. my message to Kerry and Edwards

I will be on your ass the first day in office.

You better do a good job.

[chelsea0011]

2. Start a scandal. The Caps Lock key is missing on all the computers

[readmylips]

3. Get rid of the stupid Color Code spooker.....

get rid of Michael Powell, get rid of that religious nut bush appointed to the UN, reform taxes, stop job out-sourcing.

Global: Call all global leaders to Camp David for a resolution of Iraq and Israel/Palestine wars.

[AP]

5. Have the kind of foreign policy Edwards described in second last debate:

one aimed at making the lives of working people around the world better, and not one aimed at making the oligopolies abroad richer. Help Afghanistan build public schools. Help Iraq build an oil industry that delivers wealth to Iraqis and not to Texans. Let Chávez build a Venzuelan economy that works for Venezuelans.

We'll all be richer and happier whent here are wealthy middle classes in democratic countries all over the world.

[ewagner]

6. From a practical point of view

My suggestions for their very first steps are organizational.

1. Put the best people in the best administrative positions.
2. CAREFULLY vett everybody.
3. Compartmentalize information and don't get too free with strategies and plans.......Clinton made this mistake, too many people knew too much and talked to the press, and consequently, the RW spin machine.
4. Don't expose yourself by issuing pre-mature statements. Make sure all the "i's" are dotted and "t's" are crossed before taking any issue public.
5. Build coalitions quickly among legislative branch and key bureaucratic institutions. (Carter didn't and they tried to scuttle him every inch of the way)
6. I know it's cliched, but try to think "out of the box" as much as possible. The Repubs know how to fight traditional battles and will be confused by anything that they can't fight with their traditional, worn out mantras. (tax & spend, Liberal agenda, etc..)

A great deal will depend on what happens with the House and Senate. If the Repubs retain control of both a lot of the strategy will have to be developed around coping with obstruction and outright hostility from congress.

Just a few thoughts.......

Anxious to hear others.

[Birthmark]

8. My message would be:

"It's NOT a mandate, so don't get all big-headed."

[tom_paine]

9. Fix our executive agencies then Investigate investigate investigate

THIS TIME, instead of a bogus perjury charge to manuever which the Busheviks broke far more laws than Clinton ever did, we have scandals dripping ooze from every orifice.

If it wasn't for fear of charcter, career, and literal assassination, 3 ADAs, 2 paralegals, with a budget of $20,000 coulkd ucnover any one of them.

But the System has been so parasitized and brutalized these last 20 years, can it shake off it's rust and defend itself?

Even IF Kerry/Edwards are permitted to win the "Election" upcoming.

[LiberalTechie1337]

10. My message

If you don't want to be another one-termer, listen and listen good...

[Larkspur]

11. Stop talking about "working families"

It discriminates against singles and married child-free taxpayers and voters. Replace it with just plain old "American citizens"

[erpowers]

12. Start Regulating Corporations Again-Keep Other Promises

[Sperk]

13. I think I'll send them "sweets and flowers"!

:-)

[Jacobin]

14. "Remember LBJ"

Remember LBJ


REMEMBER LBJ


(oh, and Remember LBJ)


btw, I don't think he will.

[LTR]

15. Don't be bullied by the Republicans

Stand up and be tough against these clowns and their enabling media whores.

[rocktivity]

16. Get our troops out Iraq, start investigating the Bush Regime

And rescind all of Georgie's executive orders!

:headbang:
rocknation

[redqueen]

17. Rescind executive orders giving FEMA too much power!

Implement a living wage here.

Signal your intent to push congress to repeal Taft-Hartley.

Rescind support for profit-centered corporate-crony ruled trade agreements, and signal your intent to sign fair-trade deals only with countries that pay a living wage and abide by our standards for the working class - no child labor, no sweatshops, right to unionize.

Implement enegery policy that weans the US from foreign oil and coal, and shift the focus and investments toward developing renewable sources (wind, solar, wave, etc.)

Cut the wasteful programs from the military budget, and fully fund Section 8, First Start, etc. Also send some of the funds to state schools which are starving and hurting the children.

Fully fund all first reponders.

Signal your intent to implement Kucinich's vision of a Medicaid for All program, so that while the wealthy can still have premium service through private insurance, EVERY AMERICAN will be guaranteed basic health, dental, and mental service.

That's a start, anyway.

[in_cog_ni_to]

18. Get out the orange jumpsuits and handcuffs

because I want to see the cabal wearing them! Every damn one of them!

[Q]

19. My message: lead by example

...and always tell the truth. Not much more complicated than that.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. You've won

Act like it. Don't ask the Republicans for permission to do anything, and don't be intimidated by their pouting or ranting.

Be as bold as a winner as Bushboy was as a loser.

[CWebster]

21. Just because you always wanted to be president

Don't squander the opportunity once you get there. Make it matter and don't end up being more compared to LBJ than JFK, as you hope to be.

[truthspeaker]

22. 1) Congratulations! 2) Get us the fuck out of Iraq!

3) Let's see some investigations and indictments of the Cheney crime family.

[Q]

23. Getting out of IRAQ...

...is a big one for many Americans. I hope that they actually listen and work to get rid of every last crumb of Bush* policies.

[JVS]

24. Bring home the soldiers

[GreenPartyVoter]

25. I'll update my letter in my sigline and keep mailing it to them

for while there are many, many important issues on the table just now I don't want this one to fall by the wayside.