MoveOn.Org is Getting Nervous

Personal email from MoveOn.Org

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

Dear MoveOn member, President Obama only needs 50 votes in the Senate to pass his visionary, progressive budget. There are 58 Democrats and Independents in the Senate, so it should be gliding through no problem, right?

Wrong. While most Democrats are supporting the president's agenda, some are wavering. They're backing away from key reforms—like making polluters pay to address global warming1 and rolling back the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans.2 They're even asking for compromises on major health care reform.3

They've been getting tons and tons of pressure from lobbyists for the big corporate interests—and key Democrats may buckle, right when we need them most. If too many Democrats defect, it will be nearly impossible to fix our broken health care system or create the millions of good, green jobs that will get our economy back on track.

So we're launching a huge new ad campaign to counter the influence of these entrenched special interests. The ads offer a clear choice—vote with American families, or vote with Wall Street. And they ask voters to contact these key members of Congress and make their voices heard. Can you chip in $25 to get our ads on the air?

[[Fundraising link deleted]]

Barack Obama promised to bring sweeping change to Washington during the campaign, and his budget delivers on that promise. Paul Krugman said it will set America on "a fundamentally new course."4

But the battle to get the budget through Congress is intense. Right now, the people paying the most attention to it are the ones who are working to gut it. They're aiming to quietly kill the provisions that they don't like, and if they get their way, the budget won't make the fundamental changes we need to overcome the challenges facing us.

The plan's fate will be decided by just a few members of Congress. But wherever you live, you can help by funding this emergency ad campaign. Progressives are going all out, running ads on TV, radio and the Internet. We'll make sure the key votes in Congress know that their constituents are watching, and will support them if they do the right thing.

Can you chip in $25 to get our ads on the air and on the web?

http://pol.moveon.org/donate/budget10_ads.html?id=15822-6649655-eETsO4x&t=4

Thanks for all you do.

–Daniel, Wes, Joan, Peter and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Carbon-Market Backers Split Over Obama Climate Plan," Bloomberg News, March 19, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51257&id=15822-6649655-eETsO4x&t=5

2. "Obama defends his plan to limit tax deductions," Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51258&id=15822-6649655-eETsO4x&t=6

3. "Democrats in Congress Are Ready to Pare Budget," The New York Times, March 24, 2009 http://www.moveon.org/r?r=51259&id=15822-6649655-eETsO4x&t=7

4. "Climate of Change," The New York Times, February 27, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/opinion/27krugman.html?em

[McGruff]

President Obama only needs 50 votes in the Senate to pass his visionary, progressive budget.

yeah. Let Carter Obama be remembered as the one who spent 3 TRILLION of your tax dollars while you are struggling to make your mortgage payments. Remember that in 2010.

[Political Junkie Too]

No. I think Specter has already started backpeddling, and Collins has said that she doesn't support Obama's budget.

-PJ

[avacado]

Good!!!

[holden]

green jobs that will get our economy back on track

Aha! See what a comedian this writer is!

HF

[sheikdetailfeather]

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/03/25/we-need-to-get-on-the-phone-asap/

Posted by Erick Erickson (Profile)

Wednesday, March 25th at 2:00PM EDT
25 Comments

We need to get the Blue Dog Democrats to slow down budget approval in the House of Representatives. The vote in committee is tonight.

STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

PICK UP THE PHONE.

CALL 202-224-3121.

Ask for one of these five Congressmen:

1. Alan Boyd of Florida

2. Bob Etheridge of North Carolina

3. Charlie Melancon of Louisiana

4. Chet Edwards of Texas

5. John Yarmuth of Kentucky

Tell them to vote no on the budget tonight. We can stop the budget if you will pick up your phone right now. The vote is tonight. See Paul Ryan in this video clip point out that Obama’s budget runs afoul of even European socialist rules:

(MARK LEVIN SAID TO CALL THESE GUYS LAST NIGHT ON HIS RADIO PROGRAM)

[RepublitarianRoger2]

Paul Krugman said it will set America on "a fundamentally new course."

Yeah, you got that right. But it sure as heck isn't "progressive" or "visionary." The only visions I see are of massive inflation now and huge burdens on our children later.

[SunkenCiv]

While most Democrats are supporting the president's agenda, some are wavering. They're backing away from key reforms -- like making polluters pay to address global warming and rolling back the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans. They're even asking for compromises on major health care reform.

Bad news, MoveOn boneheads -- Soros didn't bankroll you and Obama in order to help the poor and downtrodden. I happen to be one of those poor and downtrodden, and the only thing that will help me is watching you and him blow sky high.