I am not given to conspiracy-mongering, but earlier this afternoon ThinkProgress.org was off-line for quite a while. Now, MediaMatters.org is down. My guess is they are being inundated and their servers are crashing. This is more despicable bullshit (sorry but there is no other word for it) from the group that is giving us push-poll phone calls around the country. We must do more than expose the shenanigans; we must GET OUT THE VOTE. Take a dozen friends with you to the polls. Take a dozen senior citizens who may not have transportation. Volunteer with a union, the NAACP, or any of a number of other groups that want as many people as possible to vote. As I noted in the previous post, I am an election judge here in Illinois, and will be ensuring a fair count of all ballots - anyone who enters the door of Poplar Grove precinct 3 in Boone County will cast a ballot that will be counted. Period.
The media is starting to wake up to the nonsense, at least according to some of the reports over at tpmmuckraker and Crooks & Liars. If you are the recipient of one of these automated push-polls (you will know because [a] the source of the call will not be identified; and [b] if you hang up, the calling will continue until you get the entire message) contact the local television and print media. Reporters are on the story, but they need our help.
Get out the Word. Get out the Vote. Let's take Congress back. Let's take our country back.
UPDATE: Well, MediaMatters.org is up and running. Until tomorrow night, things are going to be very nasty around the country.
