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I don't know about you, but I still amazed bush won the 2004 Election Webmaster T. 11 5 2007
I voted, so I am able to say what I want about this election. Those who don't vote have no opinion. OK everyone, as you know this site continues to morph and grow into a` information packet for the common man. As I see it, we have to make a good choice come election day. Therefore, I plan to post the Demi's and Repub's Email lit here. I hope you enjoy, as you can look at how both parties behave. I really don't care who is in charge, but it time for the people of America to sign more ballots and petitions! That way the laws will change according to the will of the people and not political/religious agenda! Enjoy the info! - Webmaster T.
Don't tell me about the next 4 years, show me what you've done with the last 4..? Forget these polls, you go vote this year and we shall see a new president, a new senate, and a new congress. Legalize Drugs, Tax Drugs, free all non violent prisoners arrested for using or selling. We will then have room for "all the violent" and "child molesters" for life, not 1 to 5 years... If we charged 11% flat tax for all Americans poor to rich, then taxes would be fare. If Dick Chaney was not on the ticket, I 'ed vote for Bush. How were the "Oil Prices" before we went into Iraq? One debate without media interference, and we see the men for who they are. Regardless of what you think, do not complain unless you vote or voted!!! Dear Thomas, Today the campaign released "Whatever It Takes," an ad featuring President Bush discussing his resolve to win the War on Terror. The ad reminds us of our shared experience over the last four years, his steady leadership, and the serious and difficult decisions a President must make. Because of the President's leadership, we have come through difficult times and stand together at an historic moment. We can choose to take the fight to the terrorists where they live and plan, or we can pursue the politics of retreat and defeat advocated by our opponent. We choose hope over fear, and we choose to confront those who wish to do us harm, rather than returning to a pre-September 11 worldview. It is because of his steady leadership that President Bush has the support of hundreds of family members of September 11 victims. They have drafted an open letter to the American people and we are pleased to share that letter with you. In the final days of this campaign, the most important thing you can do is reach out to two other voters, tell them why you support the President, and get them to the polls. One good way to start that conversation is to forward this message to five other people. You can do so using the form below. Thanks again for your continued support. Sincerely, P.S. Our new ad, "Whatever It Takes," features the President discussing his resolve to win the War on Terror. Because of that resolve, and that commitment to keep America safe, hundreds of family members of the victims of September 11 have signed an open letter to the American people in support of President Bush's re-election.
Dear MoveOn member, They're doing it again. In Nevada, a Republican contractor has allegedly ripped up thousands of Democratic registration forms.(1) In Florida, Jeb Bush has purged tens of thousands of legitimate voters -- mostly black, mostly Democratic -- from the rolls because their names are similar to a felon's.(2) In Ohio, the Republican Secretary of State has been so uncooperative that a federal judge said that he "apparently seeks to accomplish the same result in Ohio in 2004 that occurred in Florida in 2000."(3) But there's one big difference between the election of 2000 and the election of 2004: this time, a number of powerful, well-staffed groups will be aggressively responding to each and every instance of voter intimidation, suppression, and fraud. Messing with our right to vote is a felony, and with your help we'll make sure that anyone who does is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. We've put together a wallet-sized card that has all the numbers and information you need if someone tries to stop you from exercising your right to vote. You can download it now at: http://cdn.moveonpac.org/content/pdfs/ep_card.pdf In a great majority of polling places, of course, voting will be very efficient -- even fun. Poll workers will guide you through the process. They're non-partisan, and they are there to help. But it's likely that some precincts will be targeted for vote suppression, and that's what we have to be on the look-out for. Since one key suppression tactic is slowing down the voting process, we have to be careful not to fall into that trap. Don't obstruct: just demand that whoever is giving you trouble step aside with you and let the voting continue. But before we get into what you should do if things go wrong, here are a few pointers to help make sure your voting experience is a good one:
So, what if something does go wrong? First, document it. If there are specific individuals involved who are challenging your right to vote, intimidating voters, or interfering with the process, try to get their names. Write down exactly what happened, including the time of day, descriptions of the people involved, and any other details you can remember. Then, report it. There are lots of organizations that will be working to respond quickly to complaints of voter intimidation, suppression, and fraud. Here's who to call:
Again, to download a wallet-sized card with all of this information that you can bring with you to the polls, go to: http://cdn.moveonpac.org/content/pdfs/ep_card.pdf As Bill Clinton said at a rally with John Kerry on Monday, "They're trying to scare the voters away from the polls. It worked so well in Florida, they seem to be trying it elsewhere." We're not going to let them get away with it. And with your help, we'll make sure that anyone who tries to stop people from exercising their right to vote ends up behind bars.
Thanks for everything,
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Here's one of the most powerful things you can do to win this election: Vote by Mail. In an election where a handful of votes could make all the difference, voting by mail is the single best way to make sure your vote is counted. All you need to do is request an absentee ballot, and when it comes in the mail, fill it out and send it back. To order your ballot right now, click below for the form: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/Outreach/absentee/links/GE_countyform_ballotapp2004.pdf Then click here to find where to send it -- your county election office: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_d.htm Think voting by mail sounds kind of "ho-hum"? Think again:
This election is way too important to leave anything to chance. Click here now to order your mail-in absentee ballot:
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/Outreach/absentee/links/GE_countyform_ballotapp2004.pdf Then click here to find where to send it -- your county election office: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_d.htm Be sure to sign and date the form before you mail it in. Then watch for your absentee ballot, which should arrive in the mail shortly. If it doesn't, don't worry, you can still vote the usual way on November 2nd. The 2000 election was decided by just 537 votes in Florida and just 366 in New Mexico. We've got to take every possible step to bank our votes this year. Voting by mail will play a huge role in this election. According to yesterday's Washington Post, "absentee ballots are expected to account for as much as 20 percent of Florida votes, rising to an estimated 50 percent in New Mexico and Colorado and 70 percent in Washington state." Get your mail-in absentee ballot today. Thank you for your commitment to democracy. Sincerely, -
Carrie, Joan, Lee, Marika, Noah, Peter, and Wes P.S.: In California, there are no eligibility rules for voting by mail -- we checked. All you have to do is ask for a ballot. Do it today. P.P.S.: If you have any questions, you can find your Secretary of State's office online at: http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm Or try reaching their office by phone, at: 916-657-2166
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Interested Parties As the campaign enters its final days, President Bush has seized the momentum and is well-positioned to win re-election in a close race. Supporters should use the momentum to recruit two new George W. Bush supporters between now and Election Day. In the next two weeks, let's each try to get two new people to vote for the President who we haven't touched yet -- two in two! With this momentum in hand, the campaign will be spending the last two weeks on the offensive. The President is doing increasingly well among voters deemed a part of the key swing group: the President is winning independent voters, he is doing better among women voters than 2000, and we have the opportunity to achieve historic gains among minority voters.
As can be seen in the below chart, the President led Kerry by about 5 points prior to the debates, but the debates energized the Democratic base and closed the race to dead even. Now, the President is on the
upswing and leads Kerry by 4 points nationally, 49% to 45% -- almost identical to his position before the debates. Terrorism and Iraq remain key issues of the campaign, and President Bush continues to lead by double-digits on both of them. In the recent Newsweek poll, terrorism was the top issue for 26% of voters (President Bush leads Kerry by 16 points on handling terrorism in the same poll) and Iraq was the top issue for 20% (President Bush leads Kerry by 10 points on handling Iraq). Yesterday's Gallup poll shows that John Kerry's favorability has remained stagnant through the debates. Between Gallup's Sept. 15 and Oct. 16 polls, Kerry has remained at a net +7 favorability. President Bush now has a net +11 favorability, at 55% favorable and 44% unfavorable. In yet another sign of the President's momentum, the Kerry campaign pulled its advertising out of West Virginia on Friday, making it the latest in a string of their retreats from former "battleground" states. In fact, the Kerry campaign and its allies have now conceded victory to the President by pulling out of Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Virginia, after they combined to spend $36 million on ads in those states. But Kerry and his allies aren't the only ones who are increasingly skeptical of their chances -- Americans also believe that President Bush will win re-election. According to the recent ABC News poll, 56% of Americans believe that President Bush will win the election, compared to just 33% who think Kerry will win. And the President's travel will reflect this movement. In the next two weeks, 2/3 of the days will be spent in states Al Gore carried in 2000, as opposed to protecting states. For example, the President will visit New Jersey today, a state that Gore won by 16 points, but recent public polls show to be competitive. And in those states he will be visiting swing as well as high-growth areas with many new voters.
Please do all you can in this "two voters in two weeks" program, and if we are successful, we will be celebrating on November 2nd. Your Role in Reelecting Our Leader
Dear MoveOn Member, John Kerry and John Edwards are surging in the polls, and our campaign to take back our country has never been stronger. Now, thanks to their performance in the first two debates, we have a real shot not just at winning the White House, but at recapturing control of the Senate, and winning back key seats in the U.S. House. After watching crucial votes like the Bush Administration's terrible Medicare Reform Bill pass by a margin of just five votes in the U.S. House, we know every seat we can wrestle from the control of the House Republican leadership is essential. We've got to seize the moment and ride this wave. Five great Congressional candidates are poised to win their races. We can help put them over the top. Check them out and give what you can now, at: https://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html Melissa Bean, a progressive businesswoman, has won nationwide support for her campaign to oust Phil Crane, one of the most entrenched and most conservative members of the House. In Congress since 1969, Crane has played a key part in President Bush's slashing of social programs though giant tax cuts for the very rich. Melissa Bean has a real chance to show Crane the door, with our help. Patsy Keever is an outstanding candidate from North Carolina who worked for twenty-five years as a public school teacher and is now serving in her third term as a popular county commissioner. Her Republican opponent, Charles Taylor, votes with his party's right-wing leadership 96% of the time. Taylor has been implicated in a bank loan scandal, and has had his Congressional wages garnished because he failed to pay taxes. All this from one of the wealthiest members of Congress. Let's help Patsy Keever "clean House." Allyson Schwartz and Joe Driscoll are both running strong campaigns for two open House seats in Pennsylvania. Open seats are rare but crucial pickup opportunities in this age of gerrymandering, and Schwartz and Driscoll are making the most of them. Schwartz has been a long-time, key progressive leader in Pennsylvania, serving for fourteen years as a state senator. Driscoll has been a prominent community leader and business person in his district, the Lehigh Valley. Both of their Republican opponents support President Bush's war in Iraq, more tax cuts for the wealthy, and pretty much the whole right-wing agenda. Driscoll's opponent is also attacking him for seeking MoveOn's support. Let's show them we mean business. Finally, Teresa Daly is a committed City Councilor who decided to run for Congress because her Republican Congressman and the Bush Administration were out of touch. Daly is running against John Kline, who gained his seat through an ugly and wildly distorted smear campaign two years ago. Since then, Kline's been one of Bush's staunchest supporters. Let's replace him with someone who will champion our values instead. You can help support these 5 great candidates now, at: https://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html Kerry's and Edwards' surge is creating "coattails" -- making it more likely that these 5 Democrats (and others) will win as well. It's a huge opportunity, and a crucial one for us to make the most of. Thanks to Kerry and Edwards fighting hard, and our hard work, we have a real chance to win this election, but we've got to win back Congress as well -- we have to take back our democracy from Tom DeLay as well as from George Bush. Together, we can do it. If we can raise at least $50,000 for each of these 5 candidates, that could mean an additional week of television, more grassroots ground troops for the final days, or several mailings to targeted voters across their districts. Our support can make the difference in these key races. Please give what you can, whether it's $10, $50, or $100, now: https://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html Thank you, again, for all you do. Sincerely,
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Dear MoveOn member The debate last night was a make-or-break moment in our campaign to win back the White House. Today the verdict is in: with confidence and conviction, Kerry made the case against Bush's disastrous foreign policy -- and Bush couldn't take the heat. Today's editorial by the Boston Globe sums it up: "Ladies and gentlemen, you wake today to a whole new presidential race. Last night, John Kerry won as clear a debate victory as we've seen since Ronald Reagan outdueled Jimmy Carter in 1980…The Democratic challenger seemed more serious and substantive, more knowledgeable and confident, than the man who holds the job." It's become a truism that the post-debate spin matters as much as the debate itself. We've got a running start today -- the reaction last night nation-wide was overwhelmingly in John Kerry's favor. But it's critically important that we all get out there and help seal the deal. Over the weekend, Americans will look to the letters-to-the-editor pages of their local newspapers to confirm their perceptions about the candidates and their performances. Please take a few minutes today to write a letter highlighting how Kerry confronted Bush with the truth and the way that it rattled and angered him. We've set up an online tool that highlights some key talking points and makes it easy to find your local newspaper. To write a letter to the editor, go to: http://www.moveonpac.org/lte/lte.html?lte_campaign_id=13 John Kerry's performance was very strong. But what sealed the deal for many commentators was how rattled Bush got when confronted with the truth about his policies. The Washington Post derided his "stammering and pausing," the New York Times said he was "scowling and grimacing" and "petulant," the Boston Globe noted his "sighing, clenching his teeth, rolling his eyes," the LA Times said he seemed "tired and annoyed," and CBS News described Bush as "scowling at times and looking away in apparent disgust at others." Mark Halperin of ABC News summed it up: George Bush was "remarkably angry-seeming." Kerry has said before that George Bush lives in a "fantasy world of spin." Last night that fantasy world began to crumble. Bush appeared angry that anyone would dare to challenge his view of the facts. Faced with the reality of the mess he has created in Iraq, and challenged for repeatedly misleading the American people, he retreated, falling back on his trite slogans over and over and over. One of the most compelling moments of the debate came when George Bush once again tried to connect Iraq and 9/11. But Kerry wouldn't let him do it, and Bush scowled at his powerful response. We've put together a great web video that captures this moment. Check it out now at: Even the conservative pundits gathered on Fox News had to admit that Kerry looked pretty good last night. Bill Kristol said, "I think Kerry did pretty well, and…we're going to have a real presidential race." And right-wing commentator Joe Scarborough conceded: "I don't see how anybody could look at this debate and not score this a very clear win, on points, for John Kerry." And the voters agree. ABC News said, "John Kerry won the debate," pointing to a poll of independent voters who declared Kerry the winner, 45% to 36%. CBS News said, "John Kerry won the debate," and found Kerry up by 15 percentage points among uncommitted voters. Even Gallup, a polling firm which has consistently skewed Republican, found Kerry winning by 16 percentage points, with a whopping 46% of the viewers saying that the debate made their opinion of Kerry more favorable. On the web, clickers delivered a landslide: with over 250,000 votes cast on the CNN website, 77% of the viewers thought that Kerry won, as opposed to only 19% for Bush. Kerry's win last night will transform the presidential race. As voters get to actually meet the man Karl Rove has demonized, they realize he presents a serious alternative to Bush's reckless policy of endless war. But it's up to us to seal the deal for our friends, family, neighbors, and communities, as these perceptions are forming. Please take a moment to write a letter to the editor today at: http://www.moveonpac.org/lte/lte.html?lte_campaign_id=13 With a month to go, this race is turning around. Kerry is building momentum. The polls are narrowing. And on November 2nd, we're going to win this thing. Thanks for everything you do, --Adam, Eli,
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Dear MoveOn member, The war in Iraq is President Bush's signature failure. To reduce the damage the war has caused him, Bush and his campaign operatives have spent the last six months attacking and distorting John Kerry's position on Iraq. But yesterday, in a powerful speech in New York, Kerry set the record straight. John Kerry laid out a plan to end Bush's irrational, deceptive and unilateral policy in Iraq, and pursue a policy of international cooperation to end the worsening insurgency and rebuild Iraq -- and bring our troops home. And Kerry made it clear that we would not be in Iraq today if he were president. The action today is simple: if you like what you hear from Kerry in the speech below, pass this email on to your friends, neighbors, co-workers -- anyone who wants to hear from you on this issue. It's critical that progressives like us spread the word that John Kerry is fighting back on Iraq. We've excerpted a few of the highlights, below. You can read the whole thing at: http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0920.html Here are the main points from Kerry's speech on Iraq yesterday:
Most people will see a second or two of the speech, if they see it at all. But by forwarding this email to your friends and family, you can help make sure people get a full picture of Kerry's position on Iraq -- in his own words. And you can read the whole speech at: http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0920.html Thanks for everything, --Eli Pariser PAID FOR BY
MOVEON PAC www.moveonpac.org Dear Thomas, This year's Presidential election will be the most critical of many of our lifetimes. We're all playing a small part in making history and in paving the path for the future. This week, we invite you to share your experiences and hear from someone who has unique access to our nation's leaders - up close and personal. On Wednesday, September 15, Mrs. Lynne Cheney, wife of Vice President Dick Cheney and accomplished author, takes your questions and discusses the importance of choosing Vice President Cheney and President Bush to lead America for the next four years.
Also this week, two Bush-Cheney '04 officials who direct several of the campaign's coalitions will host live discussions.
Defending Kerry against Zell Miller and Dick Cheney Week of September 7, 2004 In this
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URGENT: American voters need to know - Donald Grbac
The Greater Cause, The Greater Sacrifice - CitizenM
A review of some high points of the last four years - Twinkle
Dear MoveOn member, Last night, Senator Zell Miller, a Democrat, gave the Republican keynote address in New York. Miller's brazen prime-time betrayal is shocking. But this week, we're not getting mad. We're getting even. The fact is, we don't need Democrats like Miller -- he's been selling us out in the Senate for years, voting with the right wing across the board. We can do better. Much better. This year, we have a great chance to elect a slew of real progressive champions to the Senate -- people whose values and principles we can count on. One of them, Denise Majette, is running for Zell Miller's seat. Another, Betty Castor, just came off a landslide victory in a three-way primary in Florida with huge momentum. Click here now to help Denise Majette, Betty Castor and other terrific women take back the Senate: https://www.moveonpac.org/give/04endorsed.html It's probably no coincidence that four of the strongest progressives running for the U.S. Senate today are women, but it's cool. Check them out:
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