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

[Jay Mittenthal]

>Date: 30 Oct 2002 22:16:58 -0000
>From: "Eli Pariser, MoveOn PAC" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
>To: "Jay Mittenthal" <mitten at life.uiuc.edu>
>Subject: We need your help: Stand up, keep fighting
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>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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