Date: July 19, 2006 9:00:31 AM PDT
Subject: [IPCUSA] -< Reed Loses his Primary - Yes Virginia, There is a God! >-
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From: "David Donnelly, Public Campaign Action Fund"
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Reed Loses his Primary - Yes Virginia, There is a God!
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Reed loses his primary
Dear Friend,
Ralph Reed became the first political casualty of Jack Abramoff's
lobbying scandals yesterday. Voters in the Georgia
Republican primary passed judgment that they did not want
someone who put political money before morals.
Together, we played a leading role in educating voters about Reed's
connections to the Washington scandals, and we ought to be
proud today that our work paid off. In the critical final period
leading to the primary election, we:
- Ran a hard-hitting radio ad calling Reed out for his hypocrisy
for calling gambling "a cancer," then taking millions in
lobbying fees from tribal gambling interests.
- Aired a television ad in the last days of the campaign that
used Reed's own words to expose the work he did to oppose
legislation that would have protected women workers on the
Northern Marianas Islands from exploitation by their employers.
- Delivered approximately 200,000 recorded phone messages to
targeted Republican voters highlighting themes similar to those
of our paid advertising.
Reed was supposed to waltz through this primary on his way to
the Lieutenant Governor post, but our collective efforts ensured
he couldn't escape his pay-to-play past.
The generous support ofour members made this effort possible.
We will build from this success in holding a politician
accountable for pay-to-play politics. In the coming weeks,
we will roll out an ambitious plan to take our voter education
effort to many of the most hotly-contested congressional races
in the country. We'll talk about where candidates stand on the
and what favors they've done for political contributors.
As I'm quoted saying in this morning's "New York Times",
"It's clear that politicians that put money before their morals
should be very worried by these results."
Read the full article here:
They may be worried this morning, but I think you'd agree that far too few
will changetheir ways without significant pressure from people like us.
Today, we thank you for making our work possible
and for fighting alongside us to show that concerned citizens
can holdpoliticians accountable for their actions.
There's much work to do, and we should feel emboldened
by these results to do it.
Thank you,
David Donnelly
Director Public Campaign Action Fund's Campaign Money Watch project
P.S. Our work is not done -- across the nation politicians
continue to do favors for wealthy interests at the expense of
average citizens and we need to hold them accountable.
Supportour ongoing work today:
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