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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>I thought it was too good to be true.
Durbin like the others on both sides of the aisle play the voters; but in
Durbin's case, it would be too much to expect someone who is part of the
congressional and party leadership to go against the established agenda of their
parties leadership in the chamber and in the Executive Branch. As for
being bothered by betrayal, Durbin already knows that he would be reneging
on his earlier promise and is counting on the fact that when he comes up for
election again people will forget his actions and be focused on new issues and
causes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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href="mailto:info@boldprogressives.org">Aaron Swartz, BoldProgressives.org</A>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 11, 2010 3:34 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=laurie@advancenet.net
href="mailto:laurie@advancenet.net">Laurie Solomon</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Dick Durbin -- betrayal!</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0.5em"><A
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border=0 hspace=5 alt="Dick Durbin - Betrayal?" vspace=5 align=middle
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0.5em"><STRONG>After promising to
vote "yes" on the public option, Senator Dick Durbin now wants all
senators to vote "no."</STRONG></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0.5em"><A
href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/499?akid=549.353556.jd_9wg&t=2">Call
Durbin today -- click here.</A></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P>Laurie,</P>
<P><STRONG>This is an urgent action alert...</STRONG></P>
<P>40 senators -- including Senator Richard Durbin -- promised to vote
"yes" on the public option...and more are promising every day.</P>
<P>But as Senate Majority Whip, Durbin just announced that he would tell
Democratic senators to OPPOSE all amendments, including a public option
amendment, if offered on the Senate floor.</P>
<P>Can you call Durbin immediately? Tell him that voting "no" on the public
option after promising to vote "yes" would be an outright betrayal.</P>
<P><A
href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/499?akid=549.353556.jd_9wg&t=3">CLICK
HERE FOR THE NUMBER AND A SCRIPT.</A></P>
<P>We need to make clear to Durbin that his strategy of broken promises
would signal to voters that Democratic politicians cannot be trusted to
keep their word. That would spell disaster for Democrats in 2010.</P>
<P>Check out Durbin's absurd rationale for voting no on all amendments:</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px">“We know the Republicans are likely to offer a lot
of amendments, and some of them may be appealing to Democrats, but we have to
urge them to stick with the bill.” </P>
<P>Our friends at Democracy for America responded perfectly:</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px">"So, let’s get this straight. Dick Durbin’s
argument is that these Democrats should break their promise to the American
people, risk primary challenges from real Democrats back home, and vote against
a public option, purely because Republicans will offer other amendments
too."</P>
<P>Exactly! Democrats should simply vote down Republican amendments and vote
"yes" on the public option which 60% of voters support.</P>
<P><A
href="http://act.boldprogressives.org/go/499?akid=549.353556.jd_9wg&t=4">CLICK
HERE TO TELL DURBIN TO VOTE "YES" ON THE PUBLIC OPTION AND "NO" TO A STRATEGY OF
BETRAYAL.</A></P>
<P>We've come so far due to intense grassroots organizing. Your phone call today
will help solidify the gains we've made as we work to pass the public
option.</P>
<P>Thanks for being a bold progressive.</P>
<P>-- Aaron Swartz, Stephanie Taylor, Adam Green, Brian Bills, Michael
Snook, and the PCCC team</P>
<P style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px">P.S. We will run the above image as an online ad
in DC and Illinois, to hold Durbin accountable. You can help by <A
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