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We’re getting down to the crunch in the 2010 elections and many esteemed BMGers are wondering how they can help fight for truth, justice and the American Way against the ugly mob of surreality-based teabaggers that have taken over the Republican Party, and certainly the Twitter feeds and Facebook pages related to Bill “Is Bill Hudak a Birther” Hudak, Jeff “Red Light” Perry, and Charlie “Big Dig” Baker. Larouchie icon Heath Ledger’s jolly joker mask, as just one example, still turns up on Baker’s feeds — the virtual equivalent of a “Keep your government’s hands off my Medicare” poster.

Here is what you can do in 5-10 minutes each day that will help Governor Patrick’s online campaign:

  • Twitter: Re-tweet messages you like from the BlueMassGroup feed. We’ll keep this updated. “Re-tweeting” means you rebroadcast a message to whoever is following you, and knock it higher in the feed. Hover your mouse over the message and click on “Retweet.”
  • Twitter: Re-tweet appealing tweets from the #magov feed. A search for #magov, in Twitter-langauge, brings up all messages related to the Massachusetts Governor’s race.
  • Twitter: Write your own tweets about things that interest you, pithy observations, and links and post them with an #magov tag in the message so they show up in the #magov feed.
  • Facebook. Visit the Governor’s page and leave a comment on his wall. Do the same for Charlie on his page.
  • Boston Globe comments. This really is a steaming morass of invective and a plea for moderated commentary, but since almost any comment will raise the level of discussion, throwing down a line or two can’t hurt.

    If you have additional ideas, please share them in the comments.

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    1. Boston Globe comments. This really is a steaming morass of invective and a plea for moderated commentary, but since almost any comment will raise the level of discussion, throwing down a line or two can’t hurt.

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      p>The default ordering for the Globe is chronological — which means that the first 20ish comments get seen over and over again.

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      p>If you’re an early riser, go to boston.com first thing, find the political articles, and write something logical, appropriate, and friendly.  Bonus points for using your real name.

    2. Tweet and status-update your friends to let them know who you’re supporting and why, keep track of who “likes” them or comments in support of them. Call/Email/Text those people personally on election day to make sure they vote…

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