• campaign rhetoric 2008

Along the lines of "Swing Vote" with Kevin Costner, organizations are trying innovative ways to "guilt" people into voting with the whole "what if Obama lost by ONE vote--YOUR NON-VOTE" scenario.

I received this email from "MoveOn.Org" now, and I laughed out loud. The video takes a few minutes to load, but it's worth it:

Dear MoveOn member,

Oversleeping. Getting the car fixed. Having to pick up the second-cousin's stepkids on the other side of town. These are just a few of the reasons millions of Americans won't vote on November 4th.

It's not like they hate voting. They want to do it. They know they should. And mostly, they intend to. But some of your friends won't get around to actually voting because they haven't been reminded vividly enough.

That's why we developed this funny, scary video. It shows people what it might look like if we lose the election by a single vote: theirs.

Here's a version we prepared for you. You're in it—seriously, you. Check it out—and if you like it, send it to your friends:

Watch this video of YOU.

Thanks for all you do.

–Peter, Joan, Carrie, Daniel and the rest of the team

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