[Peace-discuss] Fwd: We need your help: Stand up, keep fighting

[manni at snafu.de]

Do any of you know people in Oregon to whom this
could be sent.  If so, please do so.



Forwarded Message:
> To: "Marianne Brun" <manni at snafu.de>
> From: "Eli Pariser, MoveOn PAC" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
> Subject: We need your help: Stand up, keep fighting
> Date: 30 Oct 2002 21:46:18 -0000
> -----
> Dear MoveOn member,
> 
> In memory of Paul Wellstone, today we're introducing an exciting new way
> to channel grassroots energy to a principled Senate candidate.
> Wherever you are in the country, you can help Bill Bradbury -- a
> Senate challenger who's been outspoken about his opposition to the Iraq
> war resolution -- win this key race in Oregon.  Please let us know by 
> noon EST on Thursday if you can help make a few dozen get-out-the-vote 
> phone calls at:
> 
>    http://www.moveon.org/keepfighting/standup.html
> 
> Last night, over 20,000 people in Minnesota and hundreds of thousands
> more across the country remembered Paul Wellstone, Sheila Wellstone,
> Marcia Wellstone, Tom Lapic, Mary McEvoy, and Will McLaughlin -- the
> Wellstone team that died in a plane crash on Friday.  The memorial
> service was held in a football stadium packed to overflowing with
> mourners, a populist event that fit Paul's vision of a genuinely
> inclusive politics.
> 
> During the ceremony, friends and family warmly remembered Paul,
> Sheila, and the rest of the team.  Paul's son Mark shared an anecdote
> about the scrappy wrestling team that under Paul's guidance took the
> state championship.  But for people who gave their lives over to the
> service of the common good, it was only appropriate that the memorial
> was political as well.
> 
> Rick Kahn, a close friend of Wellstone's and a campaign staffer gave a
> rousing speech.  "I can still hear that strong, clear voice calling
> for me that it is now our time to stand up for the people he fought
> for. . .  Can you not hear your friend calling you, one last time, one
> step forward on his behalf, to keep his legacy alive . . ."
> 
> "They will know we were here," he said. "They will know we made a
> difference.  They will know we left the place a much better place than
> we found it."
> 
> To continue Paul's legacy, we need your help.  The Wellstone motto
> was, "Stand up, keep fighting."   That's what we need to do now -- we
> need to put our heart and soul into making sure that the values
> Wellstone stood for are well represented in Congress.
> 
> We've come up with a great way of doing this.  Paul always argued that
> campaigns aren't won because of money or TV ads -- they are won
> because of the strength and commitment of the grassroots.  That's why
> we're hoping you can take a few hours over the next five days to help
> out Bill Bradbury, a Senate challenger from Oregon who will proudly
> stand in Paul's tradition in the Senate.
> 
> With our help, Bradbury can win.  Please sign up before noon EST on
> Thursday at:
> 
>    http://www.moveon.org/keepfighting/standup.html
> 
> If you join us, you'll be making phone calls to folks in Oregon to
> ensure that they turn in their ballots.  We'll provide the numbers and
> a detailed script -- it's really quite easy.  This first of its kind
> Internet phone bank could make a huge difference for Bradbury's
> campaign.  While Bradbury's slightly down in the polls, an enormous
> get-out-the-vote push really could turn the tide.
> 
> Bill Bradbury is exactly the kind of candidate we like to support.
> He's a man of principle.  He's the only Senate candidate that we know
> of who's announced his concern about going to war in Iraq (and his
> opposition to the resolution) on TV.  And he has strong environmental
> roots -- he even ran a conservation-oriented nonprofit for five years.
> 
> A few hours over the next few days could make a real difference for
> the Bradbury campaign.  Please join us today at:
> 
>    http://www.moveon.org/keepfighting/standup.html
> 
> Senator Tom Harkin gave the concluding speech at the Wellstone
> memorial.  In it, he said, "Paul was a hopeful man.  Green was his
> color.  The color of springtime.  The color of hope.  And the color of
> that bus he climbed aboard 12 years ago as he set out on his way to a
> better America.  But Paul never meant it to be a solo voyage.  He wanted
> us all on board.  Now we must continue Paul's journey for justice."
> 
> "So tonight, I ask you: Will you stand up and join together and board
> that bus?"
> 
> Please help today.
> 
> The countdown continues,
>  
> -Eli, Wes, Joan, Peter, Doug and Carrie
>  for MoveOn.org PAC
>  October 30th, 2002
>  
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> 
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> P.P.S.  There are some legalities involved: Federal election law 
> requires that you use your own personal property to undertake this 
> project.  Use of corporate or employer facilities is prohibited 
> under federal law.  For this volunteer project, the use of your 
> own personal property and the costs of your own phone calls are not 
> considered a campaign contribution under federal law, and don’t 
> need to be reported in any way.
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