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Take a 20 seconds today to vote for Aunt B December 1, 2009 11:51 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Contest, Of Interest
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Vote for Aunt BAir America is sending one of America’s progressive bloggers on a cruise to meet the Air America hosts. Our very own Tennessee blogger Aunt B (Betsy Phillips) of Tiny Cat Pants is in the running! She is currently tied in position 13 with Jamie Sanderson, The Politics of Jamie Sanderson; Markos Moulitsas, Daily Kos; Matthew Filipowicz, Huffington Post, Headzup; John Amato, Crooks and Liars; and Jane Hamsher, FireDogLake. She needs to be in one of the top 5 positions in the next 3 days! To vote, simply go to the nomination form page and nominate Aunt B or Betsy “Aunt B” Phillips of http://tinycatpants.wordpress.com. We can get her on that cruise. Please vote for Aunt B and spread the word.

Thank you!

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Free coffee for voting November 3, 2008 3:01 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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Starbucks wants you to vote.

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I don’t have to blog politics anymore October 29, 2008 10:36 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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Newscoma said it all. fin.

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Don’t Vote! (registration ends Monday) October 2, 2008 2:35 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Activism, Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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(mature language warning)

Leonardo DiCaprio, will i. am, Tobey Maguire, and Forest Whitaker have created public service announcements to encourage American youth to register to vote. The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprios Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to register and vote and participate in the upcoming election. Celebrities appearing in the PSAs include: Amy Adams, will.i.am, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Bacon, Halle Berry, Kate Bosworth, Kevin Connolly, Courteney Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, Jonah Hill, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Kiedis, Ashton Kutcher, Adam Levine, Laura Linney, Eva Longoria, Tobey Maguire, Demi Moore, Natalie Portman, Giovanni Ribisi, Ethan Suplee, Kyra Sedgwick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Usher, and Forest Whitaker.

Have you reached out to an unregistered voter and encouraged them to participate in the election? Time is running out. Find voter registration information at http://maps.google.com/vote

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Vote today! November 6, 2007 7:09 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Local Politics, Politics, Touchy Subjects
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If you are eligible to participate in today’s elections, please do! We must actively work to get ourselves and others to the polls. Every vote counts! You have time. Your employer is required to let you go vote!

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