President Bush wants the Senate to pass retroactive immunity for telecommunication companies who spied on Americans. He knows this is the American people's last chance to hold the Bush administration accountable for their warrantless wiretapping of innocent Americans.
The key vote is scheduled for late Monday afternoon and the count is down to the wire. We need 41 Senators to stand up to President Bush and right now we have only 36.
Senators Clinton and Obama are the missing votes. If Senator Clinton or Obama stands up and leads from the floor of the U.S. Senate and calls upon the 8 senators that have endorsed their campaigns to stand with them, we'll have the votes we need and the American people will win.
Democracy for America will not stay silent and hope our Presidential candidates will lead. We demand it. That's why we're running this ad in the New York Times on Monday.
(Full Disclosure: I am the Political Director at Democracy for America)
We need your help with some distributed efforts. Take action now and make sure the media pressures Senators Clinton and Obama too.
Contact the major media outlets below to make sure they know what you want our presidential candidates to do and include the ad link.
Send this link: www.DemocracyforAmerica.com/ProveIt
Contact CNN here:
http://www.cnn.com/...
Contact MSNBC here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Contact ABC here:
http://abcnews.go.com
Contact Meet the Press here:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com
Contact CBS here:
http://www.cbsnews.com/...
Email NBC Here:
Nightly@NBC.com
On Monday, we'll back up the ad with phone calls to every Senator in the country demanding they stand up to President Bush and stop retroactive immunity for telecom companies that spied on Americans.
We're standing up and taking action. Senators Clinton and Obama say they are ready to lead. Let's see them prove it.
Thanks,
Charles
Update:
Sen. Clinton will be on CBS' Face the Nation Tomorrow
Sen. Obama will be on ABC's This Week Tomorrow.
Please contact these shows, and let them know what DFA is expecting from Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama. Send them a link to the ad as well.
Face The Nation with Bob Schieffer
Phone:
(202) 457-4481
To send an e-mail:
ftn@cbsnews.com
ABC - This Week
http://abcnews.go.com/...