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1. Presidential candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney has come out against online poker (read more here). Let's tell him what we think on Facebook HERE and via Twitter HERE. Here's an optional conservative-libertarian themed tweet to consider tweeting as well: HERE
2. Presidential candidate former Sen. Rick Santorum has also come out against online poker, calling online gaming "dangerous for our country!" [Watch here -- time point time point 8:17 through time point 11:00.] Let's tell him what we think on Facebook HERE and via Twitter HERE and HERE.
   
3. Let's send the House Subcommittee for Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade members NEW tweets requesting a markup for HR 2366: HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE. [Speed tip: Click these links with either your middle mouse button or CTRL + your left mouse button to open these in separate tabs. Then, go tab-by-tab to knock them out.]
4. Let's send a NEW prefilled tweet promoting today's action plan HERE.

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If you wish to do more today, let's continue to reach out to the House Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee via Facebook with respectful requests for them to hold a markup for HR 2366. Simply like the pro-poker posts and make a short, supportive post of your own. When commenting on preexisting posts, please be sure the post is appropriate for pro-poker comments. [Speed tip: Search for "poker" or "2366" with CTRL-F, then choose "highlight", to identify poker posts quickly.]:

• House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Facebook
• Mary Bono Mack, CA (Chair) Facebook
• Marsha Blackburn, TN (Vice Chair) Facebook Facebook
• Edolphus Towns, NY Facebook
• Joe Barton, TX Facebook (sponsor)
• John D. Dingell MI Facebook Facebook
• Bobby L. Rush, IL Facebook
• Fred Upton, MI Facebook Facebook
• Leonard Lance, NJ Facebook (cosponsor)
• G. K. Butterfield, NC Facebook
• Cliff Stearns, FL Facebook
• Mike Ross, AR Facebook
• Jan Schakowsky, IL Facebook
• Charles A. Gonzalez, TX Facebook
• Charles F. Bass, NH Facebook Facebook
• Gregg Harper, MS Facebook Facebook
• Bill Cassidy, LA Facebook
• Brett Guthrie, KY Facebook
• Pete Olson, TX Facebook Facebook
• David McKinley, WV Facebook Facebook
• Mike Pompeo, KS Facebook Facebook
• Adam Kinzinger, IL Facebook Facebook
• Jim Matheson, UT Facebook
• Henry A. Waxman, CA No Facebook

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For some reason I can't post on a few walls, like Jan Schakowsky's, even though I have no problem on most of them. Anyone know what's up?

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I often edit the tweets a little, I think it maybe helps if anybody looks at them to see different tweets on the same topic.

Anywho - for today's I especially don't like the wording. "Don't support a ban of online poker" or something like that. Sort of a double negative. Instead of 'don't support a ban' you could just say 'support'.

I also don't like having the phrase 'ban online poker' or 'online poker ban' in there since these people receive thousands of tweets, and if anyone looks at them, its surely only a glance, so I don't want them to only cherry pick the 'ban' part, and miss the 'oppose the ban' part and totally misinterpret my intentions.

so thats why I always rephrase my tweets in an affirmative tone, as opposed to a negative or double negative tone.

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Did double time on the FB links

You've probably been banned as a fake page. Evidently Shackowky's staff is not to bright.

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Thanks. I think it's great to edit the tweets, prewritten letters to Congress, and stuff like that to individualize them.

It's not a double-negative, though.

Opposing a government ban on an activity is not the same as supporting that activity. Our opponents like to claim it is, of course. They equate free speech supporters with "smut peddlers," those who don't support efforts to ban poker with being an advocate of people playing, etc. We're not asking Romney to come out and say he supports online poker at this point. Rather, we want him to refuse to support efforts to ban it.