I'm posting the latest RightMarch.com anti-Specter email here as a diary (in the extended entry box) because it seems as if people may have stopped reading the Kos Specter story.
Anyhow, I think the folks who say it's OK that Specter is being thrown to the wolves because he sides with the Republicans on many issues are wrong. On the one hand, it might be nice to see wingnut Republicans split the Republican party. I think you see clear signs that normal, pro-business Republicans are far, far more hostile toward the wingnuts than they are to Bernie Sanders or Barney Frank.
On the other hand, if the wingnuts really do manage to bully moderate Republicans into submission and make that stick past the 2006 elections, that's a terrible thing.
Finally, I think the RightMarch campaign is interesting because, in effect, it raises money, generates ad revenue for wingnut radio hosts and inspires faxes and telephone calls all at the same time. The liberal equivalent might be for Kos to suggest that we support a liberal cause by paying for ad time on Air America.
This CONSERVATIVE ALERT is a special message from RightMarch.com for x:
ALERT: Our campaign to STOP ARLEN SPECTER is picking up speed!
Since we launched our effort to keep the "Republican In Name Only" senator from Pennsylvania from winning the chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee, our members have sent over 94,000 faxes to the 54 Republican Senators (besides Specter) who will be voting on the new chairman. If you haven't sent YOUR "blast faxes" yet, you can still do so here:
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WE CAN'T STOP NOW! Specter is now calling EVERY Republican Senator, trying to make sure he wins that chair position. He's "calling in his favors" so that HE can decide whether President Bush's judicial nominees can get a vote in the Senate!
So... we're now picking up the pace, and getting the message out to HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS more people across the nation!
We are now running RADIO ADS across America, letting patriotic conservatives know about this EMERGENCY situation, and telling them to contact Senate Republicans and tell them to oppose Specter as Judiciary Committee Chairman.
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You read that right -- nearly TWO MILLION listeners are hearing our radio ads!
People listening across America are hearing our 30 and 60- second ads, on conservative talk shows like the Mike Gallagher Show, the Michael Medved Show, Janet Parshall's America, Bill Bennett's Morning In America, and others.
As a result, TENS OF THOUSANDS MORE conservatives around the country are writing, calling, and faxing their GOP Senators, demanding they oppose the liberal Specter in his bid to be the "gatekeeper" for President Bush's conservative judicial nominees.
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Don't forget to keep calling and writing the GOP members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and tell them to vote NO on Specter's bid to become chairman! You can find the committee members' contact information here:
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In addition, if one or both of your Senators are Republican, you can also send a FREE message to them, telling them to oppose Specter as Judiciary Committee Chairman. Just go to http://www.rightmarch.com/xxx to send your message now.
And as we said, we've also set up our site so that you can send "Blast Faxes" to ALL 54 Republican Senators (besides Specter) AT ONCE, urging that they OPPOSE Senator Specter for Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee:
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The cost is ONLY $19 -- less than what it would cost you in long distance charges and the time to look up all 54 fax numbers!
Already, GOP Senators are hearing from conservatives across America about this. But we need to make sure that when they return to their offices next week, they find that they have been FLOODED with HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of messages opposing Sen. Specter as Judiciary Chairman.
We've done it before. Our members have OVERWHELMED the Computers, fax and phone lines on Capitol Hill in the past... and WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Make a donation for radio ads, make those phone calls, send those emails, blast those faxes, urging that Senate Republicans OPPOSE the liberal Senator Specter for Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee!
NOTE: Remember, the Senate GOP's rules say that the elected chairman "need not be the member with the longest consecutive service on the committee." The entire GOP conference gets to approve or reject the committee's choice.
The Republican Conference will vote by secret ballot in January on a Committee Chairman. Arlen Specter MUST NOT become Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Conservatives MUST see to it that this does not occur. Please click through to help us spread the word NOW:
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Be sure to send this Alert to EVERYONE you know, all across America, who wants to help make sure that we don't win the election, only to LOSE any chance of getting President Bush's conservative nominees onto the Supreme Court. Thank you