Democracy for Texas Invites Netroots Nation 2008 to Austin

Down in Texas, we know a bit about politics. We're the home of Sam Rayburn, LBJ, Barbara Jordan, Jim Hightower, Ann Richards, and Molly Ivins. You may have an image in your mind of us that has something to do with horses, oil wells, and cactus. We have a different image of ourselves-- a lot of folks working really hard to come out from under the aberration that turned our blue state temporarily red. In other words, we're taking our state back for the people it really belongs to-- us!

And Austin? During the redistricting mess, Tom DeLay's boys referred to us as "The People's Republic of Austin." Perhaps that was payback for voting for Democrats for President while most of the rest of the state voted for the other guy. Or it could have been our lack of reverence for the biennial meeting of the legislature in our midst. Or maybe it was because of our history of consistently electing the most liberal leaders in the state. You might say we're "a little difficult."

But we're not just all about politics. We not so modestly call ourselves "The Live Music Capital of the World." We're the heart of the Texas Hill Country; the location of Lady Bird Lake, Lake Travis, constantly cool Barton Springs, the impressive State Capitol, and the LBJ Presidential Library; and home to the largest urban bat colony in the world. And when we say "Keep Austin weird," we mean it.

In short, we're the perfect place for Netroots Nation 2008. We're wired, linked, and networked-- the most wired community in the nation. Democracy for Texas, which organized and hosted more than 1,000 progressives at DemocracyFest 2005, can provide and coordinate eager, energetic volunteers to make this convention smooth and problem-free. In fact, we can guarantee a volunteer for every 5,000 bats under the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Memorial Bridge. (You do the math. Hint: It's twice as many as YK 2007.)

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