Posted on 05/29/2012 4:46:31 PM PDT by FrdmLvr
From my email today:
Dear MoveOn member,
With November fast approaching, we need to make some hard decisions about which campaigns we can afford to take on, and which ones we'll have to sit out.
There are so many important races this year. Of course there's the presidential election. But the U.S. Senate is up for grabs, too. There's the Scott Walker recall in Wisconsin. If we can elect Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts, that will be huge.
It's like picking which of your kids you love the most. I just can't do it.
But I'll be honest—if we can't increase our budget, we're going to have to pull the plug now on some absolutely crucial campaigns.
Can you chip in $5 to help make sure we don't have to sit out some of these critical campaigns?
Click here to chip in $5 and help MoveOn take on more campaigns this election season.
Here are some examples of the important projects we'd love to run in 2012 if we had enough money:
Young voter turnout. Young voters were crucial to Obama's victory in 2008, but most elections experts say it's unlikely they'll vote again in similar numbers this time around. We learned how to register and turn out young voters last time, and we need to do it again.
Elect Elizabeth Warren and keep control of the U.S. Senate. Elizabeth Warren is one of the best progressive candidates we've seen in years. When control of the Senate could be decided on her race, how could we not help her win?
Fighting voter suppression. Republicans have passed a wave of laws aimed at making it harder to vote for African Americans, students, and poor people. If turnout goes down by even a couple percentage points among these key voting blocs, that could be disastrous. MoveOn will do a little bit on all of these projects, but will we be able to go big? That's mostly a question of resources. If we have enough money, we will. If not, we simply can't.
Click here now to chip in $5.
MoveOn has an incredible track record in past elections—when we take on a campaign, we get results.
In 2008, MoveOn was one of the first groups to endorse President Obama, and we then recruited 1 million volunteers who went door to door, made phone calls, and helped provide the surge of grassroots support necessary to elect Obama.
In 2006, before anyone else was even talking about it, we announced plans to take back Congress from the Republicans. We made over 7 million phone calls to occasional voters to help fuel the Democratic takeover of Congress.
And in 2004 we organized a neighborhood get-out-the-vote program that knocked on over 4.6 million doors in 10,000 swing-state precincts.
If we can finish this quarter with a bang, that will give us enough confidence to go forward with campaigns that we'd otherwise have to cut right now.
Click here to chip in $5 and help MoveOn take on more campaigns this election season.
Thanks for all you do.
–Adam R., Elena, Victoria, Emily, and the rest of the team
Whatsa matta, ya can’t get any more money from Georgie Schwartz?
I am sending heep big wampum to the warren campign.
I am sending heep big wampum to the warren campign.
Got some ‘splainin to do there Frdmlvr? Like how did you get on moveon.org’s mailing list? Hmmmm..?
:)
Elizabeth Warren said that she’d sell me Manhattan if I donated $24 to her campaign. I’m thinking about it.
The Scott Walker recall?
Fuggedaboutit.
Elizabeth Warren?
She’s toast.
Better prioritize a little more wisely, fellas.
I got an email today that insulted my manly prowess.
They did offer to help for a small fee.
Gots ta keep up with the eminee.
George ran out of loot?
FK moveon.org!
Oh, you mean like how the Republican Congress pushed through the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which was filibustered by Democrats including Al gore's dad? Or are you talking about the Democrats' 'Jim Crow' laws?
I have a couple of these that I saved from a trip a couple of years ago.IIRC,they're worth about $3.I'm gonna send one to moveon.org to display my solidarity with their righteous goals.
FINISH THEM!
When you counted all that ‘click here to donate 5 dollars’, by the end of the letter/email, moveon is going to get a huge pot of gold.
Do Cherokee indians accept Wampanoag money [wampum]???
I think it’s long past time that they should have just moved on by now.
MoveOn.org is the Herlihy Boy House Sitting Service:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/2330/saturday-night-live-the-herlihy-boy-house-sitting-service
If any of you have cheap Mardi gas beads laying around, send them to Princess Pants on Fire’s campaign for a donation.
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