Motorcyclists - get out and vote!

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MRF E-MAIL NEWS Motorcycle Riders Foundation
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For Immediate Release

29 October 2008

Contact: Michael "Boz" Kerr, MRF Vice President
Email: boz@mrf.org

Motorcyclists - get out and vote!

In a matter of days, Americans will make the decision as to who will be the
44th President of the United States. Presidential elections bring out the
largest number of voters, and the top of the ticket can have a definite
impact on the down ballot races. Those races, specifically the 435 seats in
the House of Representatives and the 35 seats in the United States Senate
(there are 2 special Senatorial elections this year in addition to the 33
seats in this cycle) should be of serious interest to us.

In the next Congress we will see debate begin on the re-authorization of
the Interstate Highway funding act, which has historically been the
defining piece of legislation for us. It is imperative that we support our
friends in Congress in those down ballot races and not let them get buried
in what could be a landslide vote for President in some states. A defeat of
Congressmen who are supportive of our issues could turn what we
perceive to be potentially a positive piece of legislation on its ear. The
days of "transfer penalties", sometimes referred to as "helmet law
blackmail", could be on the horizon if we don't get out and vote.

There are over six million Americans who ride motorcycles. Our challenge in
the coming year will be to convey the message to those who hold public
office that:

 - Motorcyclists are overwhelmingly registered as voters.

 - Motorcyclists show up at the polls on Election Day in a far higher
percentage than almost any other demographic group.

 - Motorcyclists are mindful of the voting records and views on
motorcycling of the candidates for congress.

 - That when those six million motorcyclists are face to face with their
ballots, they will lean to those candidates who are supportive of our
issues.

We can make those points a reality on November 4th.  Then, when that fact
begins to resonate through the halls of Congress, our problems will begin
to fade away.

Everything that we do as activists in the motorcyclists' rights movement is
important. Nothing, however, is as important as voting. It trumps
everything else that we do.

This report is not meant to sway anyone to vote for any particular
candidate for federal office. It is intended to motivate you to get out and
vote. Remember, elections are won on Election Day - the actual election is
the only poll that counts.

If you haven't already taken advantage of early voting, get to the polls on
November 4th. Ride your bike, wear your leathers, wear your vest, or your
colors. Bring your helmet into the polling place, or rev your bike when you
leave. Do it - but most importantly vote.

Think of voting as something that is the most important maintenance task
you'll do to keep your bike on the road. Vote as if your riding in future
years depends on it - it does.

NO EXCUSES - VOTE NOVEMBER 4TH

Michael Kerr
MRF Vice President

--
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.. Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA
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Yes!  Republicans on Tuesday; Democrats on thursday.

 Vito wrote:


  You're not dim enough to vote republican this year,
are ya? Seems like eight years of Bush would be enough
to convince even the most rabidly partisan and clueless
right wing nutter that it's time for a *major* change...




--

  http://911research.wtc7.net
  http://www.journalof911studies.com/
  http://www.911truth.org



  Here's what happens to steel framed buildings exposed
to raging infernos for hours on end.

  http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/compare/fires.html
  http://davesweb.cnchost.com/nwsltr69c.html

  On 9-11-01, WTC7, a 47 story steel framed building, which
had only small, random fires, dropped in perfect symmetry
at near free fall speed as in a perfectly executed controlled
demolition.

  http://911research.wtc7.net/talks/wtc/videos.html
  http://wtc7.net/articles/FEMA/WTC_ch5.htm

  Ever wonder who benefits from the 700 MILLION
  U.S. taxpayer dollars spent each DAY in Iraq?
  http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0223-08.htm
  http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type !

   "They are waging a campaign of murder and destruction. And
  there is no limit to the innocent lives they are willing to
  take... men with blind hatred and armed with lethal weapons
  who are capable of any atrocity... they respect no laws of
  warfare or morality."
  -bu$h describing his own illegal invasion of Iraq.
   http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm

  http://www.commondreams.org/
  http://thirdworldtraveler.com/

  "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things
  that matter." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

   "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President,
    or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is
    not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable
    to the American public."
    -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

   Don't let bu$h do to the United States what his very close
   friend and top campaign contributor, Ken Lay, did to Enron...

 


There will be a major change no matter what happens.  The Democrats are posed to
take over the majority in the Congress in a way that will prevent filibusters.
It will be to the advantage of this country if the White House stays in
Republican hands, if only to prevent the extremists of the Democratic Party from
swinging us to the far left.

Do not confuse McCain for George Bush.  He'll be his own man... just as George
wasn't his daddy (GHWB, unfortunately).

I've seen what happens when one party controls everything.  It's not pretty.
Don't think for an instant that the Democrats will be any better if they get to
control it all.

And to address the point of this whole thread, I *have* voted already...
absentee.  The absentee ballot, btw, provides you with a way to write in a new
candidate.  I don't know how they'd do it with voting machines.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com

 Even though I find all the candidates repugnant, there are a lot of
propositions on the California ballot that need killin'. I will be at the
polls early, and wearing my Nixon button.
--
Stupendous Man,
Defender of Freedom, Advocate of Liberty