Here is Jonathan's announcement, followed by David Swanson's endorsement. MCM
Dear Friend: Today, I am announcing my campaign for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in New York in 2010. I am asking you to join me in this quest as part of a movement to build a more progressive Democratic Party. <http://images.myngp.com/LinkTracker.aspx?crypt=IVi0ax2%2b6UBSinc%2fCPYaKTNaXr0ehozEqSsXsYf%2brG5Sw2PJGPb%2f13Cn0yxy%2btgpyNzoACATvb1Y32uGxA5e3HKRyQWzH2PjyVOQdCTRIVXPXsTjRwHioA%3d%3d>Join the Campaign Let me just say this: we can win this race-if we raise the money we need to compete. The majority of the voters of New York are with us on the issues, and if we raise enough money, we can get our message out and build a dynamic movement. <http://images.myngp.com/LinkTracker.aspx?crypt=IVi0ax2%2b6UDLpC3olJXC4yrvlLrY0tRLxH4Cf9vHXDnO6vP7PGO0%2blwxJXLClOuUbPIPPJCN%2bud3wgXvUDdi0%2bfAAFQB25xnILmLJfU24RncQxq4A3FROrwzperhuYQdzL2b3rCHR0%2fRavzdZBI93A%3d%3d>So, please consider donating now I believe we have a once-in-a-lifetime chance to change our country for generations to come. But, while we have a great majority in Congress, the VALUES AND PRINCIPLES of that majority are very important. A few years ago, Howard Dean challenged our party, asking why we were not standing up to George W. Bush and the obscenity of the Iraq War. Now, we have a president who truly stands for something. And I am running both to support our president AND push him to move our country in an even more progressive direction. Our vision is much broader than the issue of who I'm running against. I want our party to stand: * for single-payer health care, * for a different foreign policy, * for the right to belong to a union, * for marriage equality These are values and principles I've stood for my entire life, not values and principles recently discovered in order to run for Senator. These values and principles are who I am. This is a chance for Democrats-in New York and across the nation-to fight for a more progressive Democratic Party. We can either have a Senator who put our children and families at great risk by advocating for and taking the money of Big Tobacco, someone who has embraced the National Rifle Association, one of the most extreme organizations in the country, and someone who is awash in corporate cashŠ Or you can join me in building a progressive movement that will give the power back to the people and make a better world. <http://images.myngp.com/LinkTracker.aspx?crypt=IVi0ax2%2b6UDLpC3olJXC4yrvlLrY0tRLxH4Cf9vHXDnO6vP7PGO0%2blwxJXLClOuUbPIPPJCN%2bud3wgXvUDdi0%2bfAAFQB25xnILmLJfU24RncQxq4A3FROrwzperhuYQdzL2b3rCHR0%2fRavzdZBI93A%3d%3d>To do this, I hope you will consider making as generous a contribution as you can. What kind of Democratic Party do you want? Join our movement and thanks for all that you do for our communities and our nation. Jonathan PS: Check out the short video of why I am running on the new website: www.jonathantasini.com Paid for by Tasini for Senate P.O. Box 302 New York, NY 10040 <https://www.myngp.com/NGPWEB/app/tools/broadcast/broadcastforward.aspx?value1=10321228&value2=2599&value3=34609&NB=true>To unsubscribe from this mailing list, click <http://images.myngp.com/unsubscribe.aspx?crypt=Casv%2frrJxGApUtT8fyGwGlVu0QoeTCNO2eX6vCz0DKQ%3d>here Powered by <http://www.ngpsoftware.com>NGP Software, Inc. Jonathan Tasini for Senate from New York By David Swanson Let's elect someone to the U.S. Senate from New York. Just that would be progress. But let's elect someone who is not a servant to any party boss or any corporate agenda. Let's elect a leading voice against corporate power. Let's elect someone who goes on cable news business shows all the time even though the hosts and rightwingers eat up two-thirds of the minutes, and who speaks truth to nonsense so powerfully that even I can almost stand to watch the crap. Let's elect a principled labor leader who stands for (and works hard for!) single-payer health care, the Employee Free Choice Act, a healthy environment, and support for marriage equality. Let's elect someone with an <http://www.jonathantasini.com/about-jonathan>an amazing bio that has perhaps just begun. Let's defeat an unelected and unpopular incumbent who represents the NRA, big tobacco, and Wall Street, but not the working people of New York. Let's win this in a Democratic primary by nominating someone who is what the Democratic Party should be. Let's <https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/22431>flood our challenger's campaign with money and <http://www.jonathantasini.com/crmapi/volunteer>volunteer time and <http://www.jonathantasini.com/press>blogosphere buzz early. <http://www.jonathantasini.com/join>Sign up to stay informed. Let's sweep the primary and inspire massive turnout in the general election, making the new senator from the state of New York and the leading progressive in the United States Senate Jonathan Tasini. Here's <http://www.workinglife.org>his blog. Here's <http://www.jonathantasini.com%20>his campaign site. Watch this: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yNueda6UaM>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yNueda6UaM Then <https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/22431>make a contribution right away. Yes, Tasini cites Howard Dean as a progressive and pretends Dennis Kucinich does not exist, but Tasini is actually the progressive that people believed Dean was. <http://www.jonathantasini.com/issues>Tasini's positions are clear and consistent: he's even good on election reform. There is not one word on Tasini's website about the fact that there are wars going on, but he told me that was an oversight that is being fixed and that he opposes funding the wars including with the current war supplemental. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [email protected] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
