MoveOn Contributions Hit $500,000 In Less Than 24 Hours
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Yesterday, an amazing thing happened. After the Senate's shameful
vote, and after President Bush called MoveOn "disgusting," our email
started to fill up with messages like this one:
I'm currently in Iraq. I do not agree with this war, and if I did
support this war, it would not matter. You have the RIGHT to speak the
truth. We KNOW that you support us. Thank you for speaking out for
being our voice. We do not have a voice. We are overshooted by those
who say that we soldiers do not support organizations like MoveOn. WE
DO.
YOU ARE OUR voice.
And then came the donations. By midnight, over 12,000 people had
donated $500,000-more than we've raised any day this year-for our new
ad calling out the Republicans who blocked adequate rest for troops
headed back to Iraq.
The message from MoveOn members was loud and clear: Don't back down.
Take the fight back to the issues that matter.
So today we're shooting for a very ambitious goal: Reach $1 million so
we can dramatically expand the campaign we launched yesterday going
after politicians who support this awful war. Can you chip in $25
toward our goal?
All day, messages from vets and military family members kept pouring
into our email, many of them aimed at the Senate:
I have given a son to this country. My brother, my father, my uncle
have all served honorably and bravely. I am a loyal American. I am
outraged and sick to death of the tactics this administration uses to
try to silence dissent to a war that is unjust, built and maintained
on lies, political power, and greed. I was content to let others fight
more loudly, but no more.
-Sharyn W., NC
I am a prior soldier who served in Iraq for 13 months, and am now an
expecting mom with a husband who is deployed in Baghdad. I don't think
I can ever forgive the Bush administration for the lies that tricked
America into this war and hurt my family so badly. I am ashamed of
those American politicians who would condemn an organization for
practicing the Freedom of Speech that so many soldiers have died for.
-Danielle B., OH
As a US Navy veteran and an Iraq war veteran of over a year I want to
ask, What has happened to us? What has happened to our voice? Where is
this country going with stopping free speech and free press? ... Every
time I think of the long nights I had in Anbar remembering what I was
fighting for, well here it is....
-Ahmad H., LA
These folks have made sacrifices many of us can't imagine. Their
charge to us was clear: keep speaking the truth about how President
Bush and the Republicans have betrayed our trust.
So we're going to expand our ad campaign-keep it on the air longer and
run it against other politicians who helped block adequate rest time
for our troops. Can you chip in $25 to do it?
And still the messages kept coming ...
I've had three nephews serve since 2002, one of whom was killed in
Anbar Province. I have a fourth nephew at Quantico training. I want
this war over before he is deployed and before any more of our
soldiers are sacrificed.
-Michele R., NE
Three members of my family are military. Two Marines have served in
Iraq and an Army Lt. is deploying in November. If we had all spoken
out when the administration used General Powell perhaps we would not
be in this mess.
-Carol B., PA
As a Marine I served for many reasons but one of them was to allow
people the freedom of speech, whether I agreed with it or not. Wearing
a uniform does not mean someone isn't a shill, is spewing propaganda,
and downright lies. MoveOn has every right to buy an ad and say what
they want about a public figure. This administration has lied to us,
deceived us, misled us and when posed with a challenge this is how
they respond?
-Keith G., VA
The Senate won't pass a policy to end the war or even to make sure our
troops in the field have enough rest time between deployments, but
they hold votes to crack down on millions of Americans who are upset
about the war?
Well-it isn't going to work. We put together a hard-hitting ad that
highlights how Republicans failed our troops and if we can raise
enough money today, we'll air it across the country. Please help if
you can:
For all of us on the MoveOn staff, this week was a bit of a
rollercoaster-MoveOn was attacked by nearly the entire Republican
party, while too many Democrats ran for the hills. But what kept us
going were messages like these-and the incredible privilege we feel to
serve all 3.2 million Americans in MoveOn.org.
When the story is written of how the Iraq war ended, you will be the
heroes. Thank you.
abelincoln
torturer who will go down in history as the worst president ever, by far....
who the fuck cares what the jerk says anyway...???
What Me Worry?
news:AdydnYkpu6NesGnb...@rcn.net...
> george bush is a despicable liar, a war criminal, and a goddamned torturer
> who will go down in history as the worst president ever, by far....
>
> who the fuck cares what the jerk says anyway...???
I hope he keeps saying stupid sh*t. Actually, I have no doubt that he will.
If Bush has done one thing right, it was exposing the Republicans for the
morally-repugnant criminals that we all knew they were. Every day that Bush
is in office, it adds months to the length of time that the GOP will be out
of power - if they ever recover.
DickChe...@aol.com
And who values General Petraeus' opinion on this war (or Ambassador
Crockpot for that matter) other than Republicans?
General Betrayus sold himself to the Devil (and tarnished his own
reputation) by getting involved with Presidunce Bush and letting
himself be set-up for a fall. I hope he has learned his lesson. Now,
he could go back and revise his report and tell the truth!
We are not as stupid as they think. We all knew, weeks in advance,
that the "report" was written by the White House.
Miles Long
But heck, that's nothing like the $64,000 Rudy Baby says he raised
based on his attack on the First Amendment and MoveOn...
MooMoo must be cowering under her bed over this...hope she makes an
appearance soon. What am I saying, she won't be able to help herself...
<snicker>
Miles "$100 Lighter - Paid Down On The Constitution" Long