Wednesday, October 22, 2003
And Now, Some Good News
MoveOn.Org sent out a member bulletin this afternoon touting the group's achievement in opposition to the $87 billion appropriation for Bush's war. These bulletins don't seem to be available on the organization's website for me to link to, so I'll take the liberty of quoting from it here:
"Members of True Majority, Working Assets, and MoveOn sent a whopping 326,671 messages to Congress in the last 48 hours before the vote. MoveOn members alone made over 64,092 phone calls to Congress between Wednesday and Friday -- over 100 per member of Congress. The volume was so heavy that we got calls from Congressional offices asking us to 'turn it off.' This was in addition to over 28,000 calls MoveOn members had already made on the issue.
"325,000 people signed our petition to Congress, calling on it to vote no unless President Bush changed course and fired the team responsible for the quagmire in Iraq.
"We ran print ads in the New York Times, as well as papers in West Virginia and Ohio. We also launched a new TV ad on the $87 billion, which was covered widely in the press and aired on NBC Nightly News, CNN, Fox, and MSNBC. You can view the ads on our homepage (http://www.moveon.org).
"After the vote on the $87 billion was delayed -- itself a sign of the stronger-than-expected opposition -- Win Without War partners pulled together citizen visits to all 100 Senate offices in under a week. Over 2,000 people participated in the visits -- some driving for hours to deliver a clear message to their Senator."
The challenge is great. The power of $250 billion in campaign ads aimed at distorting the truth and confusing the electorate is great. But it's clear that more and more Americans are finding the strength and the voice to stand in front of the train and say "No more." Perhaps there will be enough of us in one year to end the reign of Bush.
If you are not a member of MoveOn.Org, hie thee to their website forthwith and register.
MoveOn.Org sent out a member bulletin this afternoon touting the group's achievement in opposition to the $87 billion appropriation for Bush's war. These bulletins don't seem to be available on the organization's website for me to link to, so I'll take the liberty of quoting from it here:
"Members of True Majority, Working Assets, and MoveOn sent a whopping 326,671 messages to Congress in the last 48 hours before the vote. MoveOn members alone made over 64,092 phone calls to Congress between Wednesday and Friday -- over 100 per member of Congress. The volume was so heavy that we got calls from Congressional offices asking us to 'turn it off.' This was in addition to over 28,000 calls MoveOn members had already made on the issue.
"325,000 people signed our petition to Congress, calling on it to vote no unless President Bush changed course and fired the team responsible for the quagmire in Iraq.
"We ran print ads in the New York Times, as well as papers in West Virginia and Ohio. We also launched a new TV ad on the $87 billion, which was covered widely in the press and aired on NBC Nightly News, CNN, Fox, and MSNBC. You can view the ads on our homepage (http://www.moveon.org).
"After the vote on the $87 billion was delayed -- itself a sign of the stronger-than-expected opposition -- Win Without War partners pulled together citizen visits to all 100 Senate offices in under a week. Over 2,000 people participated in the visits -- some driving for hours to deliver a clear message to their Senator."
The challenge is great. The power of $250 billion in campaign ads aimed at distorting the truth and confusing the electorate is great. But it's clear that more and more Americans are finding the strength and the voice to stand in front of the train and say "No more." Perhaps there will be enough of us in one year to end the reign of Bush.
If you are not a member of MoveOn.Org, hie thee to their website forthwith and register.
