A new message from your friends at People For the American Way. Randall -- You often read about the millions and millions of dollars being pumped into attack ads by the Koch brothers and their network of right-wing megafunders. What’s gone a little more under the radar is their massive effort to overtake Democrats and progressives in field organizing. The Washington Post reports that the Koch brothers’ Americans For Prosperity, “which is expected to spend more than $125 million in the 2014 elections, plans to plow more than half its resources into expanding its ground organization, with more than 500 paid field staffers positioned in pivotal races across the country.”1 We need to get all this crazy big money out of our elections, once and for all … but that job becomes even harder if Republicans -- who say it’s corporate special interests’ First Amendment right to buy our elections -- make gains on November 4. And especially if they take control of the Senate. Can you help PFAW’s 2014 election efforts now by renewing your membership with a fully matched donation of $7 or more? The matching fund won’t last long, so please help today to see your gift matched and your impact doubled. As much work as it is refuting the rampant right-wing lies on TV and in the media, now voters will be hearing them in their communities as well -- so WE need to redouble our efforts get out our messages that tell the truth. In addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars being spent by the Kochs, Karl Rove’s Crossroads organizations are spending at least $20 million in six Senate battleground states.2 And the Republican Governor’s Association is flat-out selling special access to its big corporate donors, as revealed by mistakenly disclosed GOP documents last month.3 Once again, this election is going to come down to Big Money vs. the People. We need to turn out every progressive voter we can, and keep a spotlight on Republicans’ simultaneous wars on working families, women and the right to vote to energize the Democratic base and remind them of the importance of voting. Will you renew your support with a MATCHED contribution of $7 or more now? Thank you for staying in this fight! -- Ben Betz, Online Engagement Director Renew: 1 Americans for Prosperity plows millions into building conservative ground force washingtonpost/politics/americans-for-prosperity-plows-millions-into-building-conservative-ground-force/2014/10/06/692469b6-4b35-11e4-b72e-d60a9229cc10_story.html 2 Rove-backed Crossroads groups reserve $15 million more for fall spending barrage, bringing total to $20 million washingtonpost/blogs/post-politics/wp/2014/06/30/rove-backed-crossroads-groups-add-15-million-to-fall-spending-barrage-bringing-total-to-20-million/ 3 G.O.P. Error Reveals Donors and the Price of Access nytimes/2014/09/25/us/republicans-corporate-donors-governors.html?_r=1 Trouble viewing the email? VIEW AS WEB PAGE>> pfaw.org | privacy policy | subscribe | unsubscribe | contact us Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Do not reply directly to this e-mail. Please use [email protected]. 1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005-5002, 202-467-4999Powered by Convio
Posted on: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:18:25 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015