Friday, February 11, 2005
Social Security April Fools Event
A group of us Kerry volunteers out here in the deep, dark, Republican suburbs of Columbus, Ohio (Dublin, actually) could use some help brainstorming. We've got the skeleton of an idea, but it needs some fleshing out. Maybe you could help.
Harry Reid (and others) noted that Bush delivered his State of the Union address on Groundhog Day. We'd like to piggyback off the calendar, too. We want to celebrate April Fools Day by highlighting Bush's plans to wreck Social Security.
Any ideas on an appropriate way to turn this into a media event that will get local coverage? Could it be something that other groups across the country could do in their neighborhoods? Let's get creative.
Since April 1 is on a Friday this year, we've got the chance to make it a twofer, not only generating media coverage, but also building our grassroots. It can be a TGIF party/happy hour/gathering for Democratic activists.
So what can we do? A few of us brainstorming have come up with a few ideas. C'mon, you can better than:
Harry Reid (and others) noted that Bush delivered his State of the Union address on Groundhog Day. We'd like to piggyback off the calendar, too. We want to celebrate April Fools Day by highlighting Bush's plans to wreck Social Security.
Any ideas on an appropriate way to turn this into a media event that will get local coverage? Could it be something that other groups across the country could do in their neighborhoods? Let's get creative.
Since April 1 is on a Friday this year, we've got the chance to make it a twofer, not only generating media coverage, but also building our grassroots. It can be a TGIF party/happy hour/gathering for Democratic activists.
So what can we do? A few of us brainstorming have come up with a few ideas. C'mon, you can better than:
- A party/press conference where we invite Bush and local Republican elected officials to finally come clean and admit that all of the talk about "reforming" Social Security was nothing but an elaborate April Fools prank? (After all, would anyone seriously try to gut the most successful social program in the past seventy years?)
- An April Fool Idol contest for the most foolish way to "reform" Social Security, with all of the "contestants" offering actual Republican plans?
- Some kind of a party around Bush's famous garbled line: "Fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." (Sept. 17, 2002)?
