Open Left Beats the RNC!

by: Chris Bowers

Fri Sep 18, 2009 at 11:49


On Wednesday, Open Left launched a petition (the petition link is now inactive) urging Harry Reid to keep the public option in the health care bill that goes to the Senate floor. As I reported yesterday, we gathered 15,688 signatures in 24 hours. On Monday, CREDO Action will deliver the signatures to Harry Reid.

Yesterday morning, just after midnight, the Republican National Committee launched their "Stop The Side Show" petition. More than 24 hours later, they only have 11,776 signatures-barely two-thirds of what you guys did. You single-handedly bested the RNC!

That's pretty cool, although I have heard a rumor that some of the people signing the RNC petition have actually claimed 2,000,000 signatures. They even have photos of those two million people to prove it.

Chris Bowers :: Open Left Beats the RNC!

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Open Left Beats the RNC! | 5 comments
Well, (4.00 / 3)
they would've gotten more signatures if the public internets hadn't been so ill-equipped to handle their vast numbers.

Montani semper liberi
Well you know... (4.00 / 1)
The tubes are clogged with dump trucks.  We tried to address this issue a few years ago, but Ted Stevens got up and denied the whole thing, and now look where we are.  This was all so predictable.

Health insurance is not health care.
If you don't fight, you can't win.
Never give up. Never Surrender.
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Dump trucks? (0.00 / 0)
What are you two talking about? I would love to understand. Sounds like Internet problems that I'm not aware of...

A National Progressive Alliance, the viable solution.
http://www.openleft.com/diary/...
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We're snarking on... (4.00 / 1)
this.

And this comment by the former Senator from Alaska, Ted "Tubes" Stevens.

...the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It's not a big truck. It's a series of tubes.


Health insurance is not health care.
If you don't fight, you can't win.
Never give up. Never Surrender.
[ Parent ]
snarking! (4.00 / 1)
That's great!

A National Progressive Alliance, the viable solution.
http://www.openleft.com/diary/...
[ Parent ]
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