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Get Out Of Our House. A plan to replace all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Get Out Of Our House. What is GOOOH? Government Failure Politicians Why We Must Replace All 435 How GOOOH Works Field of Dreams Common Questions Next Steps. What is GOOOH?. A process - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Get Out Of Our HouseGet Out Of Our HouseA plan to replace all 435 members
of the U.S. House of Representatives
• What is GOOOH?• Government Failure• Politicians• Why We Must Replace All 435• How GOOOH Works• Field of Dreams
• Common Questions• Next Steps
Get Out Of Our HouseGet Out Of Our House
• A process• U.S. House of Representatives only• Participants are candidates• Participants select the candidate• Non-partisan• No platform• Mandatory Term Limits• No special interest money• No parties• No career politicians• Hold our leaders accountable
What is GOOOH?What is GOOOH?
• 12 Trillion Dollar Deficit?• Failing Education System• (30% of kids do not graduate)
• Corrupt Tax Code• Leaking Borders• Ineptitude: • Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac• AmTrak• Post Office• etc.
Government FailureGovernment Failure
• John Murtha: 3 flights a day, contracts for his nephew, Airport name
• Arlen Specter “will not let the primary voters determine the fate of my political career”
• Joe Liebermann: run out of party for not voting how he was told.
• Contract with America: “we don’t need term limits, we are in power now.” Armey
• “Read my lips” Bush I• “I did not have sex…” Clinton
PoliticiansPoliticians
• Politicians serve • the special interest groups that fund them• the parties who tell them how to vote• their political career
• We the people are FOURTH at best on their list of priorities
If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.
Why All 435 Must GOWhy All 435 Must GO
• Candidate Questionnaire• 500,000 Participants• $100 Donation• Ballot Access• Pools of Ten, Choose Two, Repeat• Final Pool Chooses the Candidate• National Campaign
How GOOOH WorksHow GOOOH Works
• Recall the movie Field of Dreams• And the line, “If We Build It, They Will
Come.”• We have built the system.• We seek the modern day incarnations of
Madison, Franklin, and Jefferson
Field of DreamsField of Dreams
• Do we have enough time?• Won’t we split the vote?• Can a third party win?• Can we get on the ballot?• I like my Congressman?
Common QuestionsCommon Questions
• Join• Recruit• Make a list of 20 family and friends you can get
to JOIN• Ask them to JOIN• Follow up and make sure they have joined
• Contact • 3 media members; copy [email protected]• 3 Meetup groups (use Meetup.com)
• Next Assignment• Contact [email protected] and ask for more
Next StepsNext Steps
Next StepsNext Steps