Virtual March

MoveOn.org is sponsoring a "Virtual March on Washington", schedule for next Thursday to protest the coming war.  This protest will feature citizens calling their Senators and the White House to deliver messages in oppostion of the war, as well as sending faxes and emails.  Since I can't get out to participate in a physical march, this is something I'm excited to have the chance to do. 

When you register to participate in the Virtual March, they also ask you what your statement to the Senators and White House will be (so that they can post it in their anti-war room and on the web at the time your calls are scheduled to be made).  Below is mine:

I am calling to express my opposition to a war with Iraq.  While President Bush may feel that listening to the loud, overwhelming voices of American citizens is "governing by focus groups", the government is supposed to be "by the people" and "for the people".  If the people don't want war, then as our elected official, you have an obligation to do whatever you can to prevent one. So far there has been little to no credible evidence that Iraq is enough of a threat to warrant an invasion and the inevitable loss of life it would visit upon both the Iraqi citizens and our young men and women in the armed services. Even the Bush administration has acknowledged that attacking Iraq would actually make us MORE vulnerable to terror attacks rather than less.  The risks are too great, the benefits too few, the justification too shakey and the war too unwanted by the people of this country, and the world.

I would strongly encourage anyone who can pick up a phone and has some spare time available when they could make three calls to sign up and participate in the Virtual March.  Bush may not want to listen to what we have to say, but we can still make him at least hear us - and realize that every person protesting the war is also quite likely a voter (activists usually manage to make it to the polls, no?) - and someone who can help make sure he's a one-terms wonder just like dear ol' dad.