My swing state, swing voting family.

[misterbz]

Okay, I need some help people. I have decided that in order to do my part for this election I am going to concentrate my efforts not on the democratic state of California where I live, but on voters in my home state of Missouri where it can do some good. Specifically, I am going to harass everyone in my family who traditionally vote Republican, yet

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[lawgeekgurl]

Go to Salon.com and troll the archives. John Dean, Richard Clarke, Paul O'Neil and Joseph Wilson have all written op-ed pieces that have appeared there, as well as excerpts from their books and Q & A's with them. Another good source of that kind of things is msn.com's Slate online newszine. Archives are searchable.

[lawgeekgurl]

for Salon you'll have to get a day pass by watching a short commercial, but it's worth it. Or you could just subscribe! :)

[texaslawchick]

I always forget about that when I link to salon.com because I've been a subscriber for so long.

[misterbz]

Yea, I've found a few of their Q&As at Salon, but haven't read the op-ed pieces etc. yet. Thanks.

[texaslawchick]

I'd start by trolling Salon.com. They're fairly anti-bush but they're also a news organization, so they have facts to back up their reporting

[misterbz]

Thanks. Also, stuff showing the b.s. of supply side economics would be good. My dad thinks the tax cuts were great successes.(Of course, your info on the deficit sums up a lot of that) He has that mentality that the less the rich have to suffer, the better off the economy will be.

[lawgeekgurl]

Timothy Noah over at Slate.com does the best job of debunking supply side economics I've seen. At least, I think so, because I can understand most of the moneybox segments.

[wearemany]

Center for American Progress: http://www.americanprogress.org/ -- founded by former clinton chief of staff leon podesta, but i find it really fair, and extensively sourced/footnoted, usually w/ links to original sources so they can check the context of the statements themeslves. especially the claim v. truth database.

Project Vote Smart (totally non-partisan), good information about voting records, donations, third-party scorecards, etc: http://www.vote-smart.org

I know there are some other good ones -- let me think a little and I'll send some mroe.

And good for you! This is such an excellent strategy.

[misterbz]

thanks, it just came to me the other day. the trick is going to be informing them without irritating them.

[jenniferlynn122]

If you need any help spreading the word, let me know!