Get Out The Vote Quote

"This year, voting is more than just the core responsibility of citizenship; it is an act of defiance against malicious political forces determined to reduce access to democracy. Millions of ballots on Tuesday — along with those already turned in — will be cast despite the best efforts of Republican officials around the country to prevent them from playing a role in the 2012 election." -- from today's editorial in the New York Times, summing up why this election matters so much for the future of our democracy. It wasn't always this way, but the reactionary Rethuglican / New Confederate Party and its small army of wealthy plutocrats and larger army of radical tea baggers are determined to replace our democratic system with an authoritarian one that is molded in their narrow self interest. So, make your vote count on Tuesday.