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This is our year
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The race for a nominee has concluded. Senator Obama is prepared and the rest of the ticket is supercharged to take our country back! I am supercharged to win in November on the municipal level.
Chairmen Dean are both working hard to make sure we turn out our members to support all candidates up and down ballot.
This is our year to win. We have great candidates running. We have newly elected county committee people who are willing to participate in the process of getting our neighbors and supporters out to vote.
We cannot lose. We have the power and we are the people we've been waiting for. We have hope and yes, we can change the direction America is heading. DFA has given us the tools and we are skilled at using them.
This is our year. Get involved, stay involved. Call your neighbors, talk to your family--do it 3 times between now and Election Day. We can't lose.
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let voters be purged from voting lists, and not check on an re-register dormant voters
not canvass or door knock to answer neighbors questions or concerns
never volunteer to help with a lit drop, phone bank,parade, or stuff envelopes
stay quiet while your candidate panders to the right
If we don't take seriously the election, the nature of politics, the direction of the country and the strategy, tactics and logistics of campaigning.
Enthusiasm alone won't do it. I was in the Perfect Storm.
- I wish the DCCC would take this election more seriously. I got the most disgusting email ask from them this morning.
By Susan Rowe on Jul 2, 2008 5:44 PM EDTI called the DCCC and asked them to re-think their strategy.
Take a look at it for yourself.
Honestly, there was a reason Cross Fire was canceled on CNN. And frankly, I was overjoyed when they finely did it.
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Begala
To: Susan Rowe
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 11:52 AM
Subject: Cry Babies
Dear Susan,
Apparently, it didn't take long for the "Grand Oil Party" to come unglued. After I called their fat-cat funders a bunch of dirtbags in my email to you on Sunday, they started squealing like a pig stuck under a gate.
House Republicans are crying so hard over my "dirtbag" comment, you'd think they just found out they were forced to spend the Fourth of July quail-hunting with Dick Cheney.
So I want to take a minute to do something I don't do often enough: apologize. I am very sorry for calling those fat-cat plutocrat Republicans "dirtbags." Doing so was grossly unfair. To bags of dirt. After all, dirt is good. Things grow from the dirt. I myself raise tomatoes and corn and pumpkins, jalapenos and cucumbers and lettuce - all from the good earth.
No, it was too kind, too generous to call them dirtbags. Probably better to call them oilbags or toxic-waste-bags or chemical-pollutant-bags. So I'm sorry.
Still, even though I used such a comparatively flattering term, the Republican whine machine was in full whimper. Yesterday, before their alligator tears even dried from crying about me calling them out, they mobilized their favorite shadowy attack squad, the Karl Rove-backed Freedom's Watch.
They are launching vicious attack ads against 16 Democrats starting today. We can't thank you enough for generously standing with us before and we wouldn't ask if it weren't so critical we fight back - but we need your help again.
Contribute $35, $50, or more to our EXTENDED DEADLINE Matching Campaign before July 4th to fight back against the Rove-Freedom's Watch attacks - Democrats will still MATCH and TRIPLE your gift.
Of course the Republican hypocrites are launching their attacks today. Between my comment about their 'dirtbag' funders and my good friends at the DCCC hiring a 'W' impersonator to record radio ads that exposed their friends' support for Big Oil in Congress, we've clearly gotten under their skin. As we say back home in Texas, "a hit dog barks."
They don't know how to handle a Democratic Party that is ready, willing, and able to hit back when the right-wing slime machine kicks into gear. This is exactly how we're going to win this year - but we need your help to keep it up.
Contribute $35, $50, or more to our EXTENDED DEADLINE Matching Campaign before July 4th to fight back against the Rove-Freedom's Watch attacks - Democrats will still MATCH and TRIPLE your gift.
The days of Democrats quietly enduring Republican smears are over - as are the days of Republicans living by a double standard. The Bush Republicans questioned the courage of a war hero like former Senator Max Cleland. They besmirched the war heroism of John Kerry. They spend years smearing Bill Clinton, savaging Hillary Rodham Clinton, and viciously attacking Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Harry Reid. Now they're attacking Barack and Michelle Obama. But the second I call their fat-cat funders "dirtbags," they turn into a bunch of blubbering cry babies.
This year, let's dry the crybabies' tears and celebrate Independence Day by giving Barack Obama the bigger, stronger Democratic Majority he'll need to declare our independence once and for all from the failed Bush-Cheney-Grand Oil Party policies for America.
Contribute $35, $50, or more to our EXTENDED DEADLINE Matching Campaign before July 4th to fight back against the Rove-Freedom's Watch attacks - Democrats will still MATCH and TRIPLE your gift.
Sincerely,
Paul Begala
P.S. Let's show the "Grand Oil Party" that their fat-cats are no match for tens of thousands of grassroots supporters. Help us raise $8 million before July 4th to Fight the Rove-Freedom's Watch attacks that are starting today - Democrats have EXTENDED THE DEADLINE and will still Match and Triple your gift.
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"The U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay stands as a challenge to our nation. It challenges our readiness to do the right thing in times of crisis, the times when it’s most important -- and most difficult -- to adhere to our founding principles and to follow the rule of law. What lies at the heart of the Gitmo debate are the beliefs upon which the United States of America was founded and for which it has long been celebrated: the conviction that no one should be imprisoned without charge, and that everyone has a right to defend themselves in a fair and impartial trial.
I believe that the global pressure to close the detention centers, the widespread disgust with this administration blatant lack of respect for the rule of law and the erosion of America’s reputation globally—will force Gitmo’s dungeons to close. Unfortunately, that day has not yet come.
There are still almost 300 detainees at Gitmo for going on 7 years. It’s sad how we have hurt so many innocent people and destroyed so many lives."
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we could lose if we allow "security" to trump the Rule of Law
- I didn't think anyone could kill the Great American Conversation but this version appears to be giving it a good shot.
By Phil Specht on Jul 2, 2008 4:08 PM EDTwe could lose if we cannot communicate
would Linda B be going to Denver without the Blog?
I doubt it
That's why we're launching McCain Watch—a zippy email with the presidential news you most need to know (but won't hear elsewhere) about Senator McCain. The good folks at The Huffington Post will publish it and we'll deliver it to your inbox. It'll be fair, clear, and tough—the way news is supposed to be.
Want to sign up? Just click here and we'll add you to the list:
http://pol.moveon.org/mccainwatch/
Thanks for all you do,
–Nita Chaudhary, MoveOn.org Political Action
Right now is the time to be asking fellow DFA members to become more engaged and recruiting new folks to help for this incredible election.
Democracy for America members have always been local leaders and organizers. You are probably working or organizing for a number of different groups, candidates or campaigns. Help us put our resources to good use with the groups, candidates, or campaigns you are involved with.
We have more tools than ever but it all starts with you and what you are doing on the ground in your community. As a dedicated DFA member we want you to be a leader in your local Obama Campaign or a super volunteer for a local congressional candidate or city election.
It doesn’t matter if you are "in-charge" or not, anyone can contribute to the success of an event, group, or candidate. Sign-in, post an event, invite your friends, and together we’ll take our country back.
Targeted Response Drives
In this issue: how to add multimedia to your page, including photos, videos, and goal thermometers; a tutorial on how to mount a targeted response drive (fundraising around a timely issue); and profiles of two of our most successful targeted response drives, from the campaign of Darcy Burner, a candidate for the U.S. House in Washington State, and the Courage Campaign, an independent political organization in California.
As always, we're eager to hear your feedback. Write to us at writers@actblue.com.
Opting out of public matching funds was an extremely difficult decision, and frankly we are at a disadvantage when it comes to raising money. Unlike John McCain, this campaign has never accepted donations from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs.
While McCain has built his fundraising strategy around high-dollar donors giving huge checks to the RNC, you are creating a new model for publicly financed campaigns.
Thank you for your support and for taking on the masters of a broken system,
David
David Plouffe
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