[Peace-discuss] Progressive Tidal Wave Hits Chicago-- Bye, Bye, Rahm!

[Robert Naiman]

Throw some money in the hat...

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From: Blue America <BlueAmericaPac at gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 9:17 AM
Subject: Progressive Tidal Wave Hits Chicago-- Bye, Bye, Rahm!
To: naiman.uiuc at gmail.com


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Dear Robert,

Chicago's mayoral race is two weeks from today-- April 7. Yesterday was the
first day of early voting but two weeks from today is the whole ball of
wax. The race pits the "pay-for-play politics" and endemic corruption
embraced by careerist and Wall Street shill Rahm Emanuel against the
communities and neighborhoods of one of America's great cities trying to
reclaim its dignity and its independence. The race is a neck and neck
contest between Emanuel and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia.

*Yesterday Blue America joined with our friends and allies at DFA, PCCC,
MoveOn, Daily Kos, SEIU and Illinois Working Families to launch a money
bomb on behalf of Chuy's campaign*
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Does it seem too late in the cycle to make an effective contribution? It
isn't-- thanks to electronic contributions delivered directly to campaigns
by ActBlue. Netroots donors can still have a *significant impact* on the
outcome of the race.

No one ever thought Chuy would have the ability to raise as much money as
Emanuel, who had already spent $30 million in the first round to Chuy's
$1.2 million. But no one thought Chuy needed to match Emanuel either.
*Emanuel's
record as mayor has devastated Chicago's neighborhoods and most voters have
soured on him*. Chuy's campaign was designed from the beginning to be a
person-to-person operation-- street politics, door-to-door,
friend-to-friend, neighbor-to-neighbor.

Money contributed today
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isn't going to be wasted on expensive network TV ads-- which Rahm is
spending $10 million on-- but will be spent on real community outreach
efforts.

If you're thinking about donating, remember that it costs the campaign $6
to provide a box lunch for a volunteer out in the field. *This campaign is
going to be won because of a get-out-the-vote effort. That's what Chuy's
operation is all about right now*. Providing 50 buttons for distribution at
an event is $25. It costs $100 to print 1000 copies of an 8½x11 piece to
pass out on street corners, outside grocery stores, on subway platforms, in
front of churches and synagogues and community centers, outside high school
basketball games, at parades and rallies. Money contributed today--even
small amounts-- combine with others’ to make a real difference.

*If Rahm loses, it will shake up Democratic politics to its core; a
shake-up that is long overdue. Please **consider contributing what you
can-- today, 2 weeks out-- via ActBlue*
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There is no such thing as a contribution being too small to make a
difference. *

Last week, looking back at his presidential run in 2004, Howard Dean
explained that he had

“represented the 'Democratic wing of the Democratic Party'-- a line
inspired by Paul Wellstone that captured the spirit of my grassroots
campaign. Jesús 'Chuy' García is running a similar people-powered campaign
in Chicago and that's why I am proud to announce that I am endorsing him as
the progressive choice to be Chicago's next mayor. Chuy García brings years
of experience standing up for the people of Chicago. He worked with Harold
Washington, Chicago’s reform mayor, to clean up Chicago in the 1980s. He
also served alongside a then-unknown Illinois State Senator, Barack Obama,
in the 1990s. In that time Chuy García fought for better schools and
neighborhood services while developing the leadership skills required to
lead Chicago in the 21st century. As mayor, Chuy García will focus on the
needs of Chicago's working and middle class. He'll work to improve public
schools and take a community-oriented approach to ending the violence in
Chicago's neighborhoods. Chuy García will put the people first, not the 1%.”

*Like Chuy says in the video (that I highly recommend you see) at the
donate link, "Chicago doesn't belong to '$omebody.' Chicago belongs to
Everybody!" **Let's see how far a progressive Money Bomb for Chuy Garcia
can go to start the ball rolling towards a progressive tidal wave sweeping
the Country*
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Thanks for always doing what you can to make this a better world,

--Howie, for the entire Blue America team




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