Latest MOVEON attack on Arnold...nationwide, volunteer phone bank

[Gopher Broke]

Tell California voters the truth about Arnold Schwarzenegger. Join the MoveOn phone bank:

Forward this email!

Dear MoveOn member, 24 hours ago, we launched an emergency ad campaign to tell California voters the recent revelations about Arnold Schwarzenegger's life and character. As of 2pm, more than 12,000 people have contributed and enabled us to reach our goal of $500,000. The ad will begin playing throughout California on Sunday. It's appearing on at least 10 national news programs today. Incredible.

Yesterday, there were revelations about Arnold Schwarzenegger's physical harassment of women -- charges which he has refused to deny. Today he is struggling to explain statements he has made throughout his life regarding Adolf Hitler and another Nazi war criminal.

As the Schwarzenegger campaign reels, it's clear that the outcome of this election is up in the air. Today, we're asking you -- no matter what state you live in -- to do something this weekend to ensure that Schwarzenegger is defeated. We're asking you to participate in MoveOn phone banking to California to make sure that voters know the truth. Every Californian deserves to know the truth about this man who will be elected unless they vote No Recall on Tuesday. To sign up to help, click here:

http://moveon.org/pac/lapb/

Our online phone banking system is easy to use, and if you have free weekend minutes on your cell phone, you'll be able to make the calls for free. If thousands of MoveOn members call tens of thousands of California voters this weekend, that we could make the difference in this race.

Click here to sign up to phone bank and we'll email you back with simple instructions and phone numbers of voters to call:

http://moveon.org/pac/lapb/

With only a few days to go, it's critical we get this stunning new information into as many hands as possible. If you've read what's come out about Arnold Schwarzenegger's record and character, you'll want to get on the phone and talk to California voters about this. Please take a look at these news articles from yesterday and today:

LA Times: Women Say Schwarzenegger Groped, Humiliated Them

NY Times: Schwarzenegger Admired Hitler, Book Proposal Says

Washington Post: Effect of Allegations Is Unpredictable; Race's Focus Shifts

The recall campaign has been so short, and Schwarzenegger has received so little scrutiny from media that California is in danger of electing this man without knowing this very important and scary information about his record and character. California is the most populous state and it is the fifth biggest economy in the world. We can't let California be hijacked in this bizarre election by a man like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Together, we have the power to defeat the recall by making these calls this weekend. Please sign up right now to make calls today, Saturday or Sunday:

http://moveon.org/pac/lapb/

Sincerely,

-- Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack The MoveOn Team October 3, 20003

PS: Our TV ad has appeared or will appear on Good Morning America, CNN American Morning, CNN Headline News, CNN News Live Today, MSNBC News Live, NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, CBS Evening News, Crossfire and Hardball. You can watch the ad here:

http://moveonpac.org/

[Orangedog]

Bustamonte....Bustamante....Bust-a-move...Fat-Bastard...it can be spelled many ways.

[michaelt]

Are liberals so stupid as to not realize the irony of a group called MoveOn dwelling on old allegations? I guess not, their hatred well exceeds their common sense.

[Vladivostok]

Now, I wonder if there is a script we have to follow, or if we can ad-lib ;0)

They're your free weekend minutes, use them as you see fit :-) Perhaps to let the recipient of your call know that the Hitler smear has been retracted?

[Chad Fairbanks]

Heh heh heh... Ya know, I bet if William Clinton, sitting on the LAX Tarmac holding up flights so he can get a haircut, was calling around this weekend urging people to vote "YES" on the recall it would be really funny...

;0)

[chicagolady]

Thanks, that was the most fun I had all day!

Freeped and bumped!

[chicagolady]

Correction: Barbara Streisand donated $500,000!

[joyce11111]

LOL

[WOSG]

This is wonderful ... MoveON showing their TRUE HYPOCRITICAL COLORS ... they started defending a groper and perjurer and harrasser, now they are attcking others on less evidence for less serious matters.

And not only that, they are wasting $500,000 on a losing effort.

I for one would find it funny, but unlikely, that Tom McClintock wins on this basis. But I am confident based on polls of one thing: Davis is toast.

VOTE YES ON 54!

[WOSG]

I must admit something here ... the technology and approach they use is quite innovative - good idea for copying ...

Get the databank on the web, and let volunteers get the names to call from the databank and report back.

[aruanan]

LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR LIAR

Today he is struggling to explain statements he has made throughout his life regarding Adolf Hitler and

Obviously, poor lad, you didn't read the NYT retraction of the Adolf Hitler story, retracted because it was not true.

[pcx99]

But as you can see here it's also very open to hijacking ;)

Obviously they expect people to talk Arnold down but I imagine quite a few freepers will be throwing a monkey-wrench in that little plan :)

[DoctorZIn]

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[bd476]

There's always a positive side to everything. The phone companies, production company, the film crews and artists involved in creating their ad as well as the television stations who sold air time all will profit from their "emergency" efforts.

This is getting tiresome, though.

[EveningStar]

You certainly are busy. :D

[goldstategop]

When it comes to Republicans' sex lives, its should be DwellOn.

[michaelt]

That's a great line.

[harpo11]

Yeah, la di da...we're on a "Move Out" Davis mission.

[Gopher Broke]

When you sign up as a phonebank volunteer, they send you an email with a personal, unique link to go on their site.

When you link, you get their phonebank guide on how to do it, then you link to get your first 20 names to call. Each line has full name, city and phone number. Beside each name is a column with a drop down menu for call status...then a third column to check COMPLETE.

They urge you to call with their website on your screen and use the save function constantly so as to update their database.

Their email said the top caller made over 900 calls...and they claim to have called 47,000 people in their drive to call 100,000.

Here is their email, below

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Sunday is the best day for phone banking!


Dear MoveOn phone banker,
Sunday is the best day of the week to phone bank. New poll news coming out shows that this election is (once again) extremely close. As voters learn more about Arnold Schwarzenegger, they are sobering up to what having a man like him as Governor might mean.

We now have nearly 7,000 phone bankers! We've made 47,000 calls so far and we're trying for 100,000 before the election.

Phone banking can be scary at first (calling up strangers!). But once you get started you'll find that it's easy -- and even fun. Remember: you're not doing this alone. You're making these calls alongside thousands of other MoveOn folks around the country.

This is likely to be the biggest phone bank ever. If we can make 100,000 calls, we'll make the difference in this election. This is exactly how to get out the vote and we're doing it!

To get started phone banking just click here:

http://moveon.org/pac/pb/?id=(unique number deleted)

We've provided everything you need to be an effective phone banker at that link. Bookmark that page and save this email so that you can get back there any time.

Thank you, and have fun!

--Zack Exley
MoveOn.org PAC
October 5th, 2003

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Paid for by MOVEON.ORG PAC, P.O. Box 9218, Berkeley, CA 94709. This communication is not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee. Website: www.moveonpac.org.

[steve-b]

Are liberals so stupid as to not realize the irony of a group called MoveOn dwelling on old allegations?

The name originally referred to "moving on" and giving Billzebubba a free pass on his sleazy satyrical ways.

[steve-b]

I would LOVE to get in Moveon's phone bank and encourage them to vote YES on the recall!

*ring* *ring*

"Hello?"

[belch] Hey, bud, first off lemme say that that "do not call" thing don't apply to us, so you gotta just listen. Me and the boys just wanted to give you a warnin' that youse had oughta vote 'no' on that recall....