tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post5856359743167241773..comments2024-03-29T03:19:09.227-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: A GREAT IDEARobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-23113047893587992832016-02-25T20:54:49.458-05:002016-02-25T20:54:49.458-05:00Wellstone Action: http://www.wellstone.org is wor...Wellstone Action: http://www.wellstone.org is working to put progressives into elected office. <br /><br />Sanders has proved the it is a good time for progressives to seek office. Hugh Manatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13040821012806449929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-47717502558865315292016-02-25T10:11:41.142-05:002016-02-25T10:11:41.142-05:00You might try one of the online petition sites, th...You might try one of the online petition sites, then ask your readership to sign and promote it -- especially to any of the grassroots members of the Sanders campaign whom they might know. <br /><br />This article mentions a few of these sites:<br /><br />https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_petition<br /><br />You probably are aware that Howard Dean started Dean for America, which coverted into Democracy for America after the nomination campaign of 2004. This is a parallel effort to that, so perhaps some effort to combine these rather than "split" would be indicated?<br />I'm guessing you would be less motivated to lobby for "Obama for America" -- yet a third "movement" -- to combine forces, if only because it is still too identified with one candidate. Movement building is hard :(<br />Sethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16486234948199900568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-59628900996562020282016-02-24T15:10:21.480-05:002016-02-24T15:10:21.480-05:00I'm really out of my depth now.I'm really out of my depth now. Tom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-4147123357106851382016-02-24T14:11:45.181-05:002016-02-24T14:11:45.181-05:00How much money are we talking about? I am clueles...How much money are we talking about? I am clueless about these things.<br />Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-63078373470884445052016-02-24T13:45:58.706-05:002016-02-24T13:45:58.706-05:00I see, on re-reading, that your question was reall...I see, on re-reading, that your question was really, "Can we generate a movement to encourage Bernie to lead the movement?" That would be a little more daunting, I think, but not impossible. It might involve spending some $ for on-line advertising to attract people to the Facebook page in the first place. Or maybe just a sympathetic figure with lots of Twitter followers, who'd be willing to ask his followers to re-tweet his message about joining the movement?Tom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-83403648994088237432016-02-24T13:37:22.557-05:002016-02-24T13:37:22.557-05:00I've been waiting for the more cyber-hip (read...I've been waiting for the more cyber-hip (read: younger) to jump in, but I think your idea is very doable. Bernie's campaign already has a huge list of email addresses of supporters. An initial emailing (after the nomination process is over, of course), asking people to commit $, but also to become Facebook friends of the movement (so people can talk with each other), would cost nothing and would probably generate a large number of members. Would Bernie do it? Don't know. TomTom Cathcarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136970056480275148noreply@blogger.com