Author urges progressives and libertarians to unite for Nov. 7 vote

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(Free-Press-Release.com) November 2, 2006 -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


GLOBAL SENSE author Judah Freed urges Progressives and Libertarians to Join Forces and "Get Out the Vote" to Stop Bush Rights Abuses on Nov. 7

Massive voter turnout can override attempts at vote fraud, author says.



DENVER (November 2, 2006) -- Calling for an unprecedented alliance of progressives and libertarians, GLOBAL SENSE author Judah Freed today urged rights and liberties activists from across the political spectrum to join forces in getting voters to the polls on election day, November 7.

"The Bush administration has launched the greatest assault on our rights and liberties since King George III forced American colonists into rebellion more than 200 years ago," said Freed, who's written a modern update of "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, the 1776 essay that inspired the war for independence. "The only way to stop the attacks on the U.S. Constitution by today's King George is to elect a Democratic Congress in 2006 and hold his administration accountable."

To counter the threats of voter suppression and voting machine tampering, Freed asserted, "the best option is to vote in such massive numbers that even the most blatant vote fraud cannot stop the landslide of public opinion against Bush." He noted that George W. Bush's "ill-conceived" war in Iraq has yielded the lowest job approval ratings of any U.S. president, dipping to barely 30 percent.

Freed aims to empower citizens for action. "Too many of us feel powerless," he said. "We believe that our lives and our votes cannot make any difference. We think that we're too small and weak to matter in the grand scheme of things.

"In reality," he continued, "because we're all globally interconnected, everything we think, say and do has an effect in the world. Our daily choices merge with the daily choices of others to co-create our families, our workplaces, our communities, our nations, and our world. Rather than being powerless, we actually are deeply powerful. We choose to believe we are powerless, perhaps, because we may fear accepting personal and social responsibility for our true global power."

As a practical step, Freed encourages citizen activists from progressives on the left to libertarians on the right to call one another's local organizations and offer to help with phone calling and door knocking in these final days before the election. He suggests that local groups pool their resources to help get voters to the polls.

"Success depends on seeing that it's in our common interests to stop the Bush agenda. We need to roll up our sleeves and start working together now."


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