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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: Cyb <cybermind@listserv.aol.com>,
"WRYTING-L : Writing and Theory across Disciplines" <WRYTING-L@LISTSERV.UTORONTO.CA>
Subject: Filibuster showdown is here - Volunteer to stop the Republican
power-grab (fwd)
Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 23:35:17 -0400 (EDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 17:12:39 -0700 From: PFAW-New York <alerts@pfaw.org> Reply-To: noreply@pfaw.org To: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com> Subject: Filibuster showdown is here - Volunteer to stop the Republican power-grab ================================================================ ACTION ALERT -- People For the American Way April 22, 2005 ________________________________________________________________ Dear Alan, As we wrote on Friday, Senate Republicans and Radical Right leaders are mounting a serious counter-offensive in their efforts to eliminate the filibuster and claim absolute power over the Supreme Court and lower courts.[1] There are even reports that Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is accelerating his "nuclear option" schedule and could try for a vote next week.[2] This Republican power-grab must be stopped, and you can help. Join our phone banks at People For's New York City office this week and help convince undecided senators to save the filibuster. Please volunteer for any of the following days: Next week: Monday, April 25, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 , between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 27, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday April 28, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. And the following week: Monday, May 2, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Thursday May 5, between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. Please tell us if you can use your cell phone and free minutes to call long distance. To RSVP, go to: http://pfaw.kintera.org/NYvolunteer The phone banks and other activities will take place at our New York office, located at: People For the American Way - New York 149 Fifth Avenue (at 21st Street) 7th Floor New York, NY 10010 Since March, thousands of phone calls to People For members in key states have been made by volunteers in our New York office, and the calls those members have placed to their senators are making a difference. Our message that America works best when no one party has absolute power is helping to persuade Republican senators like John McCain (Ariz.) and Lincoln Chafee (R.I.), who have now made strong statements against the "nuclear option." But the number of undecided Republican senators is reportedly shrinking, and we must still get at least four more Republican senators' votes to save the filibuster. The Radical Right is employing divisive, destructive tactics to try to win. Sen. Frist's latest gambit is to embrace far-right groups' outrageous claims that the filibuster -- used to block a handful of President Bush's most controversial judicial nominees -- is being used to keep Christians out of public office.[1] Our democracy will be forever damaged if the filibuster is eliminated. The showdown is upon us, and we need you in this fight. We are especially eager for volunteers who can use their cell phones and extra minutes to make calls. But whether you have a cell phone or not, we need you. Don't let Republican radicals eliminate the checks and balances on which our government is founded. Please volunteer now to preserve the filibuster. http://pfaw.kintera.org/NYvolunteer Thank you for all you do! Deni Frand Executive Director People For the American Way-New York [1] Learn about People For's response to Sen. Frist's religious McCarthyism: http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=18522 [2] "Republicans May Hasten Showdown on Judicial-Nomination Filibusters" by Carl Hulse, The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/13/politics/13judges.html ________________________________________________________________ People For the American Way 2000 M Street, NW | Suite 400 | Washington, DC 20036 http://www.pfaw.org/ 1-800-326-PFAW | 202/467-4999 ================================================================ This message was sent to: sondheim@panix.com To ensure that People For e-mails are not diverted to your spam or bulk folders, please add alerts@pfaw.org to your address book and/or "safe list." Please DO NOT reply to this e-mail. Replies will not be read. To contact us online, please use the web form at: http://www.pfaw.org/go/contact_us To remove yourself from this mailing, please go to http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M68437575608825013919565