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Anti-Bush Groups Planning Massive Phone Campaign
Newsday ^

Posted on 02/19/2003 12:41:20 PM PST by SirFishalot

Anti-War Groups Planning Phone Campaign By SAM HANANEL Associated Press Writer

February 19, 2003, 12:23 PM EST

WASHINGTON -- A coalition of groups opposed to a U.S.-led war in Iraq will have supporters call, fax and e-mail the White House and Congress next week in an effort to overwhelm switchboards and catch the attention of political leaders.

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The group also unveiled a new television ad featuring actor Martin Sheen, who plays the fictional President Josiah Bartlet on NBC's "The West Wing." In the ad, which begins airing Thursday, Sheen urges Americans to take part in the call-in effort.

"Our message to Washington will be clear," Sheen says in the ad. "Don't invade Iraq. We can contain Saddam Hussein without killing innocent people, diverting us from the war on terrorism and putting us all at risk."

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"We're hoping there will be thousands and thousands of phone calls," he said.

Sheen, along with other West Wing cast members and actress Janeane Garofalo, was appearing later Wednesday at a press conference in Los Angeles to discuss the new ad and the campaign.

The ad, produced by Win Without War, will air initially on CNN and other cable networks in Washington and Los Angeles at a cost of $30,000.

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TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: antiwar; bush; sheen; westwing
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I think is really about time to take on these celebs on. Maybe it's time to begin boycotting any products endorsed by these yoyos. I'm going to make a list of all of all of the West Wing sponsors and tell them that I will no longer buy their products as long as they advertise on that show. I've really had it with some of these scumbags.
1 posted on 02/19/2003 12:41:20 PM PST by SirFishalot
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To: SirFishalot
If you can get a list - please post it.

Also, the FreeRepublic should try to counter these vermin by
flooding Congressional E-Mail boxes with letters supporting the war.

You can reach these sites on: THOMAS (After Thomas Jefferson):

http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html


2 posted on 02/19/2003 12:45:04 PM PST by ZULU (You)
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To: SirFishalot
One word: Treason!
3 posted on 02/19/2003 12:47:44 PM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: SirFishalot
We can contain Saddam Hussein without killing innocent people, diverting us from the war on terrorism

Someone explain to this moron Sheen that the war against Hussein is the war on terrorism.

4 posted on 02/19/2003 12:49:46 PM PST by Campion
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To: SirFishalot
I wish that one of those POS's would call my house, I'd have a few choice words for their commie @sses!
5 posted on 02/19/2003 12:51:58 PM PST by HELLRAISER II
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To: SirFishalot
It's funny how Martin Sheen thinks that just because he plays the president on TV he has real experience and relevance in the foreign policy arena.

I never watched The West Wing nor do I know anyone who does. It can't be as good as they (liberals) say it is.
6 posted on 02/19/2003 12:52:34 PM PST by GiveEmDubya
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To: ZULU
Better yet, What if we were to get a list of every phone number for NBC and overload them with our outrage. Then we can do it to the sponsors.
7 posted on 02/19/2003 12:55:14 PM PST by SirFishalot
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To: SirFishalot
I hope they call. Thinking about it, I keep seeing Jack Nicholson as the Joker in Batman with his eyes dancing back and forth saying, "Wait'll they get a load of me!"
8 posted on 02/19/2003 12:56:00 PM PST by katana
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To: SirFishalot
Celebrity Appeasers Seek Publicity to Boost Sagging Careers-Defecate on the Graves of Those Murdered on September the 11th.

Film at 11....
9 posted on 02/19/2003 1:05:13 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered....)
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To: SirFishalot
BUMP
10 posted on 02/19/2003 1:07:05 PM PST by RippleFire (Hold mein bier!)
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To: ZULU
A list, you ask?......

2/16/03
Affleck, Ben
Altman, Robert
Anderson, Gillian
Asner, Ed
Baldwin, Alex
Bardem, Javier
Basinger, Kim
Begley, Ed, Jr
Belafonte, Harry
Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream
Brenneman, Amy
Brosnan, Pierce
Browne, Jackson
Campion, Jane
Carroll, Diahann
Cheadle, Don
Clayburgh, Jill
Clennon, David
Clooney, George
Coyote, Peter
Cromwell, James
Cross, David
Crouse, Lindsay
Crow, Sheryl
Cruz, Penelope
Curtis, Jamie Lee
Cusack, Joan
Cusack, John
Daly, Tyne
Damon, Matt
Danson, Ted
Dave Matthews (Band)
Davis, Ossie
Dawson, Rosario
Dern, Laura
Diaz, Cameron
Donahue, Phil
D'Onofrio, Vincent
Driver, Minnie
Duchovny, David
Dukakis, Olympia
Dutton, Charles S.
Earle, Steven
Elizondo, Hector
Elwes, Cary
Farrell, Mike
Farrow, Mia
Fishburne, Laurence
Flanery, Sean Patrick
Fonda, Jane
Franklin, Bonnie
Garafalo, Janeane
Gilbert, Melissa
Glover, Danny
Gould, Elliot
Guillaume, Robert
Harrelson, Woody
Harris, Ed
Havens, Richie
Hawke, Ethan
Hoffman, Dustin
Howard, Ken
Hunt, Helen
Huston, Angelica
Jackon, Samuel
Kaczmarek, Jane
Kanakaredes, Melina
Kasem, Casey
Kirkland, Sally
Kristofersen, Kris
Kudrow, Lisa
Lahti, Christine
Lange, Jessica
Lee, Spike
Leoni, Tea
Madonna
Malick, Wendie
Manheim, Camryn
Mason, Marsha
Masur, Richard
Matthews, Dave
McKellon, Ian
Moby
Moloney, Janel
Moore, Michael
Morales, Esai
Mortensen, Viggo
Moss, Kate
Norton, Ed
Noth, Chris
O'Neill, Ed
Ono, Yoko
Oprah
Paul, Alexandra
Penn, Sean
Pepper, Barry
Pounder, C.C.H.
Raitt, Bonnie
Redford, Robert
Reiner, Carl
Reiner, Rob
REM
Robbins, Tim
Roberts, Eric
Roberts, Julia
Rosenquist, James
Sarandon, Susan
Sarsgaard, Peter
Scorsese, Martin
Seeger, Pete
Shalhoub, Tony
Sheen, Martin
Spacey, Kevin
Steinem, Gloria
Stone, Oliver
Strassman, Marcia
Streisand, Barbra
Swit, Loretta
Terkel, Studs
Tomei, Marisa
Tomlin, Lily
Turner, Kathleen
Underwood, Blair
Weaver, Dennis
Whitford, Bradley
Whitmore, James
Woodard, Alfre
Wyle, Noah
Yarrow, Peter (of P, P & Mary)
Zinn, Howard
11 posted on 02/19/2003 1:13:43 PM PST by goodnesswins (Thank the Military for your freedom and security....and thank a Rich person for jobs.)
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To: RippleFire
I never watch WEST WING...so will somebody list the sponsors with address and email...I will be very happy to send them a note, telling them I will no longer use their products as long as they advertise on West Wing...

If enough of us do this...it will WORK!!

12 posted on 02/19/2003 1:14:36 PM PST by Gopher Broke
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To: SirFishalot
Crnak callers for peace.

YAWN.
13 posted on 02/19/2003 1:16:06 PM PST by finnman69 (!)
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To: SirFishalot
I support you 100%......now is the time to boycott.
14 posted on 02/19/2003 1:23:38 PM PST by smiley
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To: SirFishalot
I could use a list of celebs TO watch...the list of those "Not To Watch" is too massive...
15 posted on 02/19/2003 1:27:13 PM PST by joesnuffy
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To: SirFishalot
Individuals and Organizations Supporting Communist Party

Taken verbatim from the website of the Communist Party USA 1999

Sen. Barbara Boxer
University of California Student Association
Professor Gerald Horne, Chair, Department of Black Studies, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara
Linda Chavez-Thompson, AFL-CIO executive vice president
Matt Fong
Patty Murray, U.S. Senate
Art Guzman, a member of Pipefitters Local 250 in Los Angeles
Congressman Ronald V. Dellums - United States House of Representatives
Californian's for Justice
DePaul Cuba Coalition/Junta de Accion Latina
Labor/Community Strategy Center, Los Angeles CA
Prisoners' Defense Committee
Southern Arizona People's Law Center, Tucson Az
US Peace Council, Menlo Park CA
Shiu-Ming Cheer - Asian Pacific Americans for Affirmative Action, San Francisco
Nicole Davis - Californian's for Justice
Mark Piotrowski - Center for Campus Organizing
John Martinez - Prisoners' Defense Committee
Daniel Hosang - People United for a Better Oakland (PUEBLO), Oakland CA
Paul Gattone - Southern Arizona People's Law Center, Tucson
Kimi Lee, Executive Director University of California Student Association
Martha Acevedo - US Peace Council, Menlo Ca
David Mirtz, National Coordinator - Young Communist League, USA
16 posted on 02/19/2003 1:29:25 PM PST by Republicus2001
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To: SirFishalot
I understand Rob Reiner is up in arms over the latest revelations that second-hand thought is hazardous to society's health. Studies have shown that violence from Hollywood films may cause death in children and other gang members. Therefore Reiner has proposed a NEW TAX on MOVIE TICKETS to be spent combating the scourge of cheap killing movies like the Academy acclaimed GANGS OF NEW YORK.

17 posted on 02/19/2003 1:30:36 PM PST by Republicus2001
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To: GiveEmDubya
'Marty' Sheen, that brooding intellectual giant, is actually only remembered because of the peculiar underwater sound of his voice in Apocolyspe Now
18 posted on 02/19/2003 1:34:42 PM PST by Republicus2001
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To: SirFishalot
I will Post a list of sponsors late tomorrow. In the mean time, if you have AOL you can leave some messages for Sheen here...

http://www2.warnerbros.com/westwingtv/aolonly.html
19 posted on 02/19/2003 1:35:02 PM PST by SirFishalot
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To: SirFishalot
wish they would call me, and not hang up for a few minutes.

BUMP

20 posted on 02/19/2003 1:38:04 PM PST by Jackie222
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