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> From: "Baldeh, Samba" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 12:41 pm
> Subject: FW: "I hope [Obama] fails"
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Noah T. Winer, MoveOn.org Political Action
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 11:42 AM
>> To: Baldeh, Samba
>> Subject: "I hope [Obama] fails"
>>
>>
>> Rush Limbaugh hopes President Obama fails to pass the stimulus
>> plan. And
>> so far, he's going to get his way in the Senate. Can you call and ask
>> Sens. Feingold and Kohl to support Obama's stimulus?
>>
>> Senator Russell Feingold
>> Phone: 202-224-5323
>>
>> Senator Herb Kohl
>> Phone: 202-224-5653
>>
>>
>>
>> <http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-
>> t8oxywx&t=1> Click Here
>> <http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-
>> t8oxywx&t=2>
>> Dear MoveOn member,
>>
>> President Obama has a plan to create or save 3 million jobs. But
>> did you
>> hear what Rush Limbaugh said?
>>
>> "I hope he fails."1
>>
>> Limbaugh might just get his way: he already helped convince every
>> single
>> House Republican to vote against the bill.
>>
>> Now his listeners are calling Congress to oppose the stimulus plan,
>> and
>> senators are mostly hearing from folks who oppose Obama's plan. The
>> calls are scaring swing-vote senators-even Senate Democrats are
>> saying
>> they may oppose the stimulus.2
>>
>>
>> The vote is expected any day. We've got to turn the tide quickly. Can
>> you call and ask Senators Russell Feingold and Herb Kohl to support
>> President Obama's economic stimulus plan?
>>
>> Senator Russell Feingold
>> Phone: 202-224-5323
>>
>> Senator Herb Kohl
>> Phone: 202-224-5653
>>
>>
>> Then, please report your call by clicking here:
>>
>> http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-t
>> 8oxywx&t=3
>>
>> Obama's stimulus plan will help real people, not the Wall Street
>> banks.
>> It's not perfect, but it's targeted on stimulating the economy
>> immediately and investing wisely in long-term growth:3
>>
>>
>> * Millions of green jobs to double our clean energy production in
>> three years.4
>> * Affordable health care for the unemployed.5
>> * The biggest investment in education since World War II-enough to
>> "avert literally hundreds of thousands of teacher layoffs."6
>>
>> Almost 200 economists from across the political spectrum sent an
>> urgent
>> letter to Congress endorsing the stimulus plan. They write:
>>
>> "The plan proposes important investments that can start to overcome
>> the
>> nation's damaging loss of jobs by saving or creating millions of jobs
>> and put the United States back onto a sustainable long-term growth
>> path.
>> We do not have the luxury of a lengthy debate over the best course of
>> action. This legislation may not be enough to solve all the economy's
>> problems, but it is urgently needed and an important step in the
>> right
>> direction."7
>>
>>
>> Rush Limbaugh and other right-wingers don't think the government
>> should
>> help people survive tough economic times. And they don't want Obama
>> to
>> gain momentum for other progressive goals, like ending the war and
>> making sure everyone gets health care.
>>
>> Please call and ask Senators Russell Feingold and Herb Kohl to
>> support
>> President Obama's economic stimulus plan.
>>
>> Senator Russell Feingold
>> Phone: 202-224-5323
>>
>> Senator Herb Kohl
>> Phone: 202-224-5653
>>
>>
>> After you call, let us know here:
>>
>> http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FSWI_2.FSWI_1&cp_id=844&id=15480-9313202-t
>> 8oxywx&t=4
>>
>> Thanks for all you do.
>>
>> -Noah, Ilyse, Matt, Tanya and the rest of the team
>>
>> P.S. You can read the complete legislative text of the American
>> Recovery
>> and Reinvestment Act of 2009 at:
>>
>> http://www.finance.senate.gov/sitepages/legislation.htm
>>
>>
>> Sources:
>> 1. "Dittoheads," Americans United for Change," January 30, 2009
>> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51129&id=15480-9313202-t8oxywx&t=5
>>
>> 2. "Sen. Conrad: 'I'd have a very hard time voting' for recovery
>> package
>> as it stands," ThinkProgress, January 30, 2009
>> http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/conrad-stimulus/
>>
>> "Nelson 'Undecided' On Recovery Plan: 'I Don't Even Know How Many
>> Democrats Will Vote For It As It Stands'," ThinkProgress, January 30,
>> 2009
>> http://thinkprogress.org/2009/01/30/nelson-stimulus-bill/
>>
>> 3. "GOP may vote no, but economists back Obama stimulus," McClatchy
>> Newspapers, January 27, 2009
>> http://www.bradenton.com/916/story/1199058.html
>>
>>
>> 4. "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
>> January 27, 2009
>> http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/legislation?id=0273
>>
>> "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act," Senate Finance Committee,
>> February 2, 2009
>> http://www.finance.senate.gov/sitepages/legislation.htm
>>
>> 5. Ibid.
>>
>>
>> 6. "Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education," The New
>> York
>> Times, January 27, 2009
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/education/28educ.html
>>
>> 7. "Letter to Congress: Economists Across the Spectrum Endorse
>> Stimulus
>> Package," Center for American Progress, January 27, 2009
>> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51130&id=15480-9313202-t8oxywx&t=6
>>
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