For over a year a single Senate seat has served as the
sole check on the ambitions of this administration to
plunder the national treasury on behalf of its friends.
The administration has tried to open the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge to drilling by its allies
in the oil industry. It has supported high oil prices by
increasing federal purchases of oil and threatening a
multi-billion dollar war in the Middle East. And it
winked as its oil and gas buddies manipulated the
West Coast energy market, creating a fictional shortage
that permitted energy companies to quintuple their
profits while energy-starved businesses in that region
faced economic ruin.
Worse, it has set a terrible example for corporate
accountability by the actions of its own top officials.
Bush took corporate loans he now would ban. Cheney
profited from insider sales that make Martha Stewart's
look like window dressing. And they all looked the
other way as friends in high corporate office pillaged
their companies of billions of dollars and then left
shareholders and employees high and dry. It is clearer
than ever that "compassionate conservatism" has proven
to be no more than crony capitalism at its worst.
So do something about it! Go to:
http://www.moveonpac.org/moveonpac/viewcandidates.phtml
As confidence in the integrity of our top officials has
eroded, the recession has deepened, and we're starting to get
irritable. We deserve better government than we're getting,
and we're tired of being played for patsies. It's time for a
change.
We've got some candidates for the U.S Congress to recommend
to you that might play ball as if we're all on the same team.
You can see our picks at:
http://www.moveonpac.org/moveonpac/viewcandidates.phtml
You may notice that we're adding more candidates from
the House of Representatives this time. Until now, we've
been operating on the assumption that our top priority
was to maintain the Senate as our main bulwark against
administration chicanery. However, recent polls suggest
that we may also have a chance to oust the old
Gingrich gang from control of the House. Thanks to
redistricting, the vast majority of House seats are safe for
incumbents (the same finagling is not possible in the Senate,
as legislators are not allowed to monkey with State
boundaries). However, enough seats are now in play that
there is a chance to replace the leadership of the House.
In 2000, we raised over $2 million to fight back the conserva-
tive wave. This year it's tougher -- our people don't have
as much money in their pockets and the Bush steamroller
has seemed unstoppable. We're not even halfway to that
number yet. But you can fight back, at:
http://www.moveonpac.org/moveonpac/viewcandidates.phtml
In fact, I'd really like you to take a larger step. Each
month we feature a small group of candidates that we have
endorsed. But if you're able to reach a little deeper, take a
look at the full list at:
https://www.moveonpac.org/moveonpac/viewcandidates_all.phtml
We've endorsed three incumbent Senators and eight chal-
lengers. On the House side, we've now endorsed three
incumbents and two challengers. That's only sixteen
endorsements out of more than 460 races, but these are
critical races. As always, 100% of your contributions
to these candidates will go directly to the races you
designate. (If you give money directly to the PAC, we
will use it to pay the engineers who work on the Web
site and to expand our list of supporters.)
Your contribution, whatever the size, really will make a
difference. In the last election cycle, everyday people giving
modest amounts through the MoveOn.org PAC helped elect
more than a dozen great candidates to Congress. It's clear
that we need a people-friendly Congress to shield us
from the excesses of the Bush Administration, now more
than ever.
And tomorrow is the candidates' FEC reporting deadline, so
do it today and give them a real boost!
Sincerely,
Doug Carlston
Director
MoveOn PAC
P.S. Why not share this email with your concerned friends?
This is a great way for them to have an impact too. They can
contribute through the links in this letter, or if they want
to get on our list, sign up as MoveOn PAC members by
clicking on:
http://www.moveon.org/pacnews/index.html
(If you forward this message to them, be sure to delete your
personalized unsubscribe information at the end of this
letter, or your friends might accidentally unsubscribe you!)
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