PLEASE JOIN ME IN SIGNING THIS PETITION FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO OVERTURN "CITIZENS UNITED." Romi/Blue
Something President Obama wrote during a public Q&A yesterday is major news: “...I think we need to seriously consider mobilizing a constitutional amendment process to overturn Citizens United...” You read that right. The President of the United States has joined Public Citizen and activists like you in recognizing the necessity of a constitutional amendment to prevent a hostile corporate takeover of our democracy. Let’s make the most of this moment so that we don’t see our democracy sold off to giant corporations and business tycoons. Please take a few minutes RIGHT NOW to urge your friends, family, neighbors and colleagues to join you in signing the petition at DemocracyIsForPeople.org for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. Forward them this email with a link to DemocracyIsForPeople.org. And share that link on Facebook, Twitter and wherever else you’re active. You’ve already taken the very significant first step by signing the petition. This is a critical moment. Take another step by introducing as many people as you can to this historic campaign. President Obama’s support of an amendment is getting a lot of coverage, including stories that also highlight Public Citizen’s role as a leader in the nationwide amendment movement. In Mother Jones, Public Citizen’s Jonah Minkoff-Zern, one of our Democracy Is For People organizers, says, “We see every day ... the passion that people across the political spectrum have for a constitutional amendment to prevent the voices of the many from being drowned out by the money-fueled megaphone of the few.” In Huffington Post, Lisa Gilbert, acting director of Public Citizen’s Congress Watch division, says, “It’s meaningful that the president is taking note as he is forced to play the game under Citizens United.” The president also called for “passing the DISCLOSE Act” and “legislation prohibiting the bundling of campaign contributions from lobbyists.” Nobody has been working harder than Public Citizen on these important policies. David Bossie, head of Citizens United, the right-wing propaganda group for which the infamous ruling is named, offered this three-word response to the news of President Obama’s support for a constitutional amendment: “Bring it on.” Let’s show him that we can bring it on. Tell everybody about DemocracyIsForPeople.org TODAY. Thank you. Sincerely, Robert Weissman President, Public Citizen P.S. Another way you can help advance the amendment work we’re doing together is by making a contribution to help Public Citizen keep fighting runaway corporate power. © 2012 Public Citizen • 1600 20th Street, NW / Washington, D.C. 20009 • www.citizen.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Digest: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post: <mailto:[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive1: <http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive2: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
