<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">"Brian Sonenstein, Firedoglake" <<a href="mailto:act@firedoglake.com">act@firedoglake.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">May 22, 2012 1:29:11 PM CDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica">"(Dr.) C. G. Estabrook" <<a href="mailto:cge@shout.net">cge@shout.net</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><b>Does Pelosi support catfood?</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="5" style="font: 18.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:act@firedoglake.com">act@firedoglake.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div> <title>Firedoglake.com</title><div> <div style="position: relative; top: 0px; left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 30px; border-top: 10px solid #1F78A5; border-right: 1px solid #cccccc; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; border-bottom: 1px solid #cccccc;"> <img src="http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files/2011/04/fdl-logo-200w.png" style="width: 180px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; padding-left: 20px;"><div style="clear: both; display: block; padding: 20px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> <div style="float: right; width: 280px; border: none; margin: 10px;"><p style="font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; font-family: arial;"> <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e31/1523207297/VEsH/">Ask Pelosi to Publicly State Her Opposition to Benefit Cuts</a></p> <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e31/1523207297/VEsE/"><img src="http://static1.firedoglake.com/1/files/2012/05/pelosi-video.png" style=" margin: 0px;" width="260"></a></div><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Dear (Dr.) C. G.,</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Either Rep. Nancy Pelosi opposes benefit cuts or she doesn't.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> In a recent interview, <b>Pelosi openly defended the Catfood Commission's widely-derided deficit reduction plan that includes major benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid</b> while rejecting Russ Feingold's claim that she switched positions.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> In the end, however, Pelosi never actually says if she opposes or supports benefit cuts.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Enough with the weasel words - it's time Rep. Pelosi set the record straight. <b>Can you call Rep. Pelosi and ask her to publicly state her opposition to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid benefit cuts?</b></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e31/1523207297/VEsF/">Call Rep. Pelosi and ask her to set the record straight by clarifying her position on benefit cuts.</a></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e31/1523207297/VEsC/"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "action.firedoglake.com" claiming to be</b></font> Click here for her phone number and a sample script: http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/pelosi_catfood?source=dpsc</a></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;"> Can't call? <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e36/1523207297/VEsD/">Chip in $5 to run ads asking voters in her district to call her office for a public statement.</a></p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> As Feingold put it, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are bedrock progressive programs that Rep. Pelosi should stand by, and any endorsement of benefit cuts amounts to their wholesale surrender to corporate interests.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> <b>Rep. Pelosi either stands by her earlier commitments to opposing benefit cuts, or she now supports them - but she can't have it both ways.</b> As a leader of the Democratic party and an elected official, the American people deserve to know where she stands on an issue that could impact each and every one of our futures.</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> In solidarity,</p><p style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial;"> Brian Sonenstein<br> Director of Online Activism,<br> Firedoglake.com</p></div> <div style="clear: both; display: block; padding: 20px; font-family: arial; font-size: 10pt; color: black; text-align: center;"> <hr><p>Firedoglake is supported entirely by small donations from people like you.<br>Can you chip in to keep us strong? <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e37/1523207297/VEsA/">Click here to contribute.</a> </p><p><a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e37/1523207297/VEsB/"><img src="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/-/button-donate.png" border="0" alt=""></a></p><p style="font-size: 9pt; color: #7d7d7d; text-align: left;">This email was sent to: <a href="mailto:cge@shout.net">cge@shout.net</a><br> To unsubscribe, go to: <a href="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/m/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e34/1523207297/VEsO/">http://action.firedoglake.com/unsubscribe</a></p> </div> </div> <img src="http://action.firedoglake.com/page/o/5958d2c8/4595702c/626e356d/3dc66e35/1523207297/open.gif" width="22" height="1"></div> </blockquote></div><br></body></html>