You should definitely notice the eye-catching link to the left of the screen. Today I got an e-mail that went like this:
Folks:
Wanted to reach out to you on an effort I’m working on with Victory Caucus and a coalition of other support-the-surge type groups. (Apologies to those of you who are already aware of this effort). We’ve put together a petition that allows signatories to declare their support for General Petraeus and the surge, and calls on the nation’s leaders to resist calls for a premature withdrawal.
The unique aspect of this project is that there is a single petition, but any website or blog can host a copy of it. The code has been developed so that it is a simple matter of pasting a small chunk of HTML on a website page. Because of this approach, each site hosting the petition can track and collect the names/email addresses of people signing on their version, while at the same time all signatures are aggregated centrally in a combined list that will ultimately be presented to Congress.
An example of the petition hosted on the Victory Caucus here:
http://victorycaucus.com/standbythemission
Supporters include pro-victory groups such as Vets for Freedom, Gathering of Eagles, Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Victory Caucus; blogs such as Captain’s Quarters, Wizbang and Instapundit; and media outlets like Pajamas Media, FrontPageMag and Redstate.com — with many more in progress.
Please consider this an open invitation to put the petition on your blog. We’ve got a bunch of options for doing so, including posting it ‘inline’ within a blog post or a new page on your site, and a method of placing a DHTML pop-up link that pops up the petition when the reader requests it. You can see exact HTML for using all the options on this page:
http://victorycaucus.com/hostthepetition
…including just a simple graphic link-button that can be used if you don’t want to host the petition but would like to link to it on someone else’s blog.
If you’re game, you can use the code on that page to try it out. But if you really want to get serious, drop me an email and I can set your blog up with its own unique ID, which will allow you to track and keep the signatures / emails coming from your version as well as tailor the petition to match your site design.
Hope this is of interest, and best regards…
NZ Bear
The Victory Caucus
http://victorycaucus.com
Obviously with the pitched battles I’ve gone through with Congressman Gilchrest you know where I stand, so this was a good way to allow others to express their support as well. Since I’m not that “game” at computers, I’ll just link to someone else’s blog but the signatures add up nonetheless. With the way General Petraeus was trashed today by the Democrats (actually MoveOn.org but they’re one and the same) the battle lines continue to become sharper and sharper. And a great quote by Duncan Hunter from the FOX story:
White House hopeful Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., issued a statement calling MoveOn.org a “left wing anti-military organization,” and called on Democratic leaders to rein in the group.
“General Petraeus is an American soldier. His professional life is a reflection of adherence to duty, honor and country. For the Democrat leadership to allow this slur by their ‘Move On’ allies to stand would be a slap in the face of every member of the Armed Forces. I call on the leadership of the Democrat Party to denounce this advertisement and disassociate themselves from it,” said Hunter, who is the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee.
I know, if you think the Democrats really will do this I have a bridge I’d like to sell you too.
So it may not be a lot, but placing the link to the Support Our Troops petition is a step in showing that I’m on the right side in this.
