You don't have to drop everything

You don't need to quit your job or move to another state to make a difference this election. Can you help with the election by pledging to make calls three times before November? Yes, I'm in!

Dear MoveOn member,

Did you catch this line in President Obama's speech last night?

"...the election four years ago wasn't about me. It was about you. My fellow citizens—you were the change."¹

He's right, we are the change. President Obama won in 2008 because of people like us—including a million MoveOn volunteers—and he absolutely cannot win again without that kind of support.

Here's the thing: we don't have to drop everything and volunteer full time. But if too many of us don't volunteer and sit this one out, we'll lose this election. That's why we're asking you to commit to helping out for even a couple of hours before Election Day.

Today, all you have to do is say "I'm in." You don't even have to know yet when you can volunteer—just pledge to make election calls three times between now and November and we'll follow up with everything you need to get involved. Can we count you in?

Yes! I can make election calls three times!

Every call you make counts and together it can really add up. You'll be recruiting MoveOn members in swing states to join our new "Voters Rising" election program—which will get crucial swing state voters to the polls by partnering with the AFL-CIO to run the largest independent voter turnout program in America. 

Together we'll combine the power of 19 million members with a revolutionary new method that uses polling and statistical modeling to make canvassing voters over five times more effective than before.

So, can you pledge to join in and help make calls before the election?

Yes, I'm in!

Thanks for all you do.

–Amy, Adam, Ryan, Victoria, and the rest of the team

Source:

1. "DNC 2012: Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention (Full transcript)," The Washington Post, September 6, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=280100&id=50961-10220574-UYYuLPx&t=4

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Re: Elizabeth Warren

Hi—I wanted to make sure you saw this email I sent this morning, in case you missed it. Elizabeth needs our help, and every dollar counts! 

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Elizabeth Warren showed last night how great she is at articulating what we, as progressives, stand for. We need her to keep doing that in the Senate. But she needs our help to get there. Can you chip in to help her win?  Chip in $5

Dear MoveOn member,

"Corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters, because we don't run this country for corporations, we run it for people." 

That line from Elizabeth Warren brought the house down last night in Charlotte, and it's obvious why. Elizabeth has a way of putting into words exactly what we, as progressives, believe in.

Now it's up to all of us to make sure that Elizabeth can continue to speak out so powerfully for our values as a senator. 

She's locked in one of the closest races in the country, but Scott Brown has $2 million more in the bank than she does. She needs our help in these final 9 weeks to close that gap and win. Can you chip in $5?

Yes, I'll donate to help send Elizabeth Warren to the Senate.

Elizabeth is one of a kind, but she's hardly the only amazing progressive in a tight race for Senate this year.

In Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin is running against governor-turned-lobbyist Tommy Thompson. Tammy's fought for working families her whole career—just this year, she introduced a bill opposing immunity for big banks that defrauded homeowners and another to implement the Buffett Rule.

And in Connecticut, Chris Murphy—a tireless champion for campaign finance reform who's fought to get corporate money out of politics—is running against multi-millionaire Linda McMahon. Chris was one of the biggest supporters of the public option during the health care fight, and now he needs our help winning in November.

Elizabeth, Tammy, and Chris wouldn't just be three more Democratic votes in the Senate—they'd be three progressive leaders. All three are in toss-up races and they need our help. Can you chip in $5?

https://pol.moveon.org/2012c/give/elizabeth_dnc.html?aa=5&id=50858-10220574-kReisOx&t=3

Thanks for all you do.

–Daniel, Levana, and the rest of the team

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Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren showed last night how great she is at articulating what we, as progressives, stand for. We need her to keep doing that in the Senate. But she needs our help to get there. Can you chip in to help her win?  Chip in $5

Dear MoveOn member,

"Corporations are not people. People have hearts, they have kids, they get jobs, they get sick, they cry, they dance. They live, they love, and they die. And that matters, because we don't run this country for corporations, we run it for people." 

That line from Elizabeth Warren brought the house down last night in Charlotte, and it's obvious why. Elizabeth has a way of putting into words exactly what we, as progressives, believe in.

Now it's up to all of us to make sure that Elizabeth can continue to speak out so powerfully for our values as a senator. 

She's locked in one of the closest races in the country, but Scott Brown has $2 million more in the bank than she does. She needs our help in these final nine weeks to close that gap and win. Can you chip in $5?

Yes, I'll donate to help send Elizabeth Warren to the Senate.

Elizabeth is one of a kind, but she's hardly the only amazing progressive in a tight race for Senate this year.

In Wisconsin, Tammy Baldwin is running against governor-turned-lobbyist Tommy Thompson. Tammy's fought for working families her whole career—just this year, she introduced a bill opposing immunity for big banks that defrauded homeowners and another to implement the Buffett Rule.

And in Connecticut, Chris Murphy—a tireless champion for campaign finance reform who's fought to get corporate money out of politics—is running against multi-millionaire Linda McMahon. Chris was one of the biggest supporters of the public option during the health care fight and now he needs our help winning in November.

Elizabeth, Tammy, and Chris wouldn't just be three more Democratic votes in the Senate—they'd be three progressive leaders. All three are in toss-up races and they need our help. Can you chip in $5?

https://pol.moveon.org/2012c/give/elizabeth_dnc.html?aa=5&id=50811-10220574-1FxTWgx&t=3

Thanks for all you do.

–Daniel, Levana, and the rest of the team

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This line from Michelle's speech

After Michelle's inspiring convention speech, we're pumping up our ambitious plan to keep her in the White House. Will you help? Chip in $5

Dear MoveOn member,

I might as well just admit it—I'm in love with Michelle Obama.

Did you see her convention speech? My favorite line: 

"In the end, more than anything else, that is the story of this country—the story of unwavering hope grounded in unyielding struggle."

After hearing that, I thought, "This is why I'm all in." This is why I'm going to work harder than ever to re-elect the Obamas. I've got a hundred reasons, but at this moment, it's because Michelle is the kind of First Lady I want in our White House.

If you're feeling the love too, can you chip in $5?

With polls showing the presidential race in a dead heat, it'll take serious work to re-elect the Obamas. So we have a serious plan:

1. Work with AFL-CIO to turn out the voters that won it for Obama in '08
2. Fight back against voter suppression in key swing states, like Ohio and Pennsylvania
3. Keep up our sucessful work of showing how Romney and Ryan will only represent the 1%.

The Obamas need a grassroots, progressive wave behind them—pushing them forward, further—to give us the America that Michelle described. It's up to us. Me, you, 7 million other MoveOn members, and millions more who still have hope. 

Can you contribute $5 to keep Michelle in the White House?

Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Laura, Wes, Tate, and the rest of the team

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91% of MoveOn members

Dear MoveOn member,

A couple of months ago, I sat down with leaders of the AFL-CIO for a really hard conversation.

With all the money Karl Rove, the Koch Brothers, and others are spending to defeat President Obama—we needed to do something truly game changing, or President Obama could really lose this election.

And we decided the only way to beat the GOP money machine was to team up and dig deep in the grassroots to create the biggest independent get-out-the-vote campaign in the country.

So today I'm excited to announce an unprecedented partnership between the AFL-CIO's Workers' Voice and MoveOn's 7 million members to turn out the same progressive voters who swept Obama to victory in '08.

Earlier this summer, 91% of MoveOn members like you voted to "dedicate substantial resources to the presidential race." I believe this plan lives up to that mandate.

But in order to carry it through, we need to raise $325,000 this week to help recruit and support the 400,000 dedicated volunteers we need to power this program.

Can you chip in $5 right now so we can get started?

Yes, I can contribute.

Thanks.

Adam

Adam Ruben
MoveOn Political Director

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liar

Hi—Clint Eastwood's "Empty Chair" speech was funny (and really weird), but the bigger story coming out of the Republican Convention is Paul Ryan's lies. Click here to add your name to my petition urging the mainstream media to call out candidates' lies, and then pass it along.

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Paul Ryan lied to the American people in his convention speech. Add your name to my SignOn.org petition demanding that the mainstream media expose the truth. "Mainstream media: Fact-check and call out candidates when they lie. You have an obligation as journalists to educate the public on the facts of the major campaign issues." Sign the Petition!

In his convention speech, Paul Ryan lied to the American people. Some journalists and outlets covered Ryan's lies. But others failed to check the facts and didn't call Ryan out on his brazen lies.

In this crucial election, news reporters have an obligation to educate the public about the facts regarding the major issues and call out the candidates every time they lie.

That's why I created a petition urging the major news corporations—ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, and MSNBC—to live up to their obligation to report the truth. The petition says:

Mainstream media: Fact-check and call out candidates when they lie. You have an obligation as journalists to educate the public on the facts of the major campaign issues.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Here is a list of five lies that Paul Ryan told when he gave his speech at the Republican National Convention. Every single news outlet should report on these lies.

1. Lie: President Obama is the "greatest threat" to Medicare.

Truth: Obama didn't make any cuts to Medicare benefits; he made cuts to provider reimbursements, to improve cost efficiency and extend the fiscal security of Medicare by eight years. According to the Medicare actuary, "[Obama's] Affordable Care Act makes important changes to the Medicare program and substantially improves its financial outlook."¹

But Ryan actually does want to cut benefits. He proposed dismantling Medicare and replacing it with a voucher system, leaving millions of seniors to come up with more money to pay for care out of pocket.^2,3

2. Lie: President Obama didn't save a General Motors plant in Wisconsin.

Truth: First, Obama wasn't even in office when the GM plant closed. Second, Obama never made a promise to save it.⁴

3. Lie: President Obama ignored recommendations of a bipartisan debt commission.

Truth: Paul Ryan actually sat on that commission. And he led Republicans in voting down the commission's own recommendation. So the commission never gave a report to Obama, because Ryan himself voted to kill the report before it could.⁵

4. Lie: President Obama is responsible for the downgrading of the U.S. Credit Rating

Truth: House Republicans, including Paul Ryan, held the full faith and credit of the United States hostage to try to ransom it for trillions of dollars in cuts to social programs without increasing taxes on the wealthy one dime. Standard & Poors said specifically, "We have changed our assumption on [revenue] because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues." That's why our nation's credit rating was downgraded.^6,7

5. Lie: Ryan wants to protect the "weak."

Truth: Ryan's biggest feat in his political career was proposing a budget with dramatic cuts to programs benefiting the poor. He'd cut Medicaid by one third, take away health care insurance from 30 million Americans, and cut Pell Grants for 1 million students. All so that he could give more tax breaks to the rich.⁸

Click here to add your name to my SignOn.org petition urging ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX, and MSNBC to call out candidates when they lie, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks!

–Brenda Witt

Sources:

1. "Fact check: Paul Ryan at the RNC," USA Today, August 30, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279602&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=8

2. "Undoing Obama Medicare cuts may backfire on Romney," The Boston Globe, August 18, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279597&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=9

3. "Romney-Ryan Medicare Plan Would Cost 29-Year-Olds $331,200: Report," Huffington Post, August 27, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279596&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=10

4. "Paul Ryan Misleads With GM Plant Closure Tale," Huffington Post, August 29, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279598&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=11

5. "Fact Check: Paul Ryan misleads on debt panel's spending cut plan," CNN, August 30, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279608&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=12

6. "Top 5 Fibs In Paul Ryan's Convention Speech," Talking Points Memo, August 30, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279595&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=13

7. "Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions," Huffington Post, August 30, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279604&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=14

8. "4 Ways Paul Ryan's Budget Would Devastate The Poor," ThinkProgress, August 17, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279605&id=50381-10220574-TpmHq0x&t=15

This petition was created on SignOn.org, the progressive, nonprofit petition site. SignOn.org is sponsored by MoveOn Civic Action, which is not responsible for the contents of this or other petitions posted on the site. Brenda Witt didn't pay us to send this email—we never rent or sell the MoveOn.org list.

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Clint made our day

Dear MoveOn member,

Did you miss it?

The Romney campaign produced a video biopic to show Americans how Mitt Romney is a regular guy—just like them.

But most Americans missed it, because its prime time slot was taken up by Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair (occupied by an invisible President Obama).¹ You just can't make this stuff up.

We didn't think that was fair, so we're offering Americans our own mock-umentary based on the true story of Romney's hardscrabble upbringing in one of the wealthiest towns in the country. It's called, "The Man from Bloomfield Hills."

After people watch this video, even that empty chair will out-poll Romney on likeability. So click here to watch it, laugh, and share it with everyone you know.

Thanks for all you do.

–Lenore, Victoria, Mark, Carrie, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Rachel Maddow: Clint Eastwood RNC Speech Was 'The Weirdest Thing I Have Ever Seen At A Political Convetion' (VIDEO)," The Huffington Post, August 31, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=279632&id=50268-10220574-5IdPIBx&t=3

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