MoveOn Watch: The Evil GOP Wants to Put Arsenic in Drinking Water
According to MoveOn, apparently the GOP party platform is to end the right to privacy, pollute
the air, put arsenic in the drinking water, reduce wages to pennies on the dollar and let
employers do human experimentation. The also think we are trying to appoint judges who
will rules that Social Security in unconstitutional.
These are your modern Democrats. Totally disconnected with reality.
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We may only have eight days to stop right-wing Republicans from seizing absolute power
to appoint far-right judges. We’ve created a powerful new ad, “Smashing the Courts,”
that exposes Republicans^? attempts to break the rules of the Senate and stack the
courts. Together, we^?re trying to raise $400,000 TODAY to get it on the air. Take a
look and chip in:
donate to help air the ad
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“Smashing the Courts” Script
Video
We see the word “filibuster” forming on the screen. Then we see it being smashed by a
gavel. Then we see the words: “Right to Privacy. Clean Air. Clean Water. Minimum Wage.
Workplace Safety.” Each phrase is smashed by a judge’s gavel.
Audio
Voiceover: “A 200-year-old Senate rule is all that stands between you and extremist
judges. Radical Republicans are trying to break that rule. Why? So they can push through
judges who will rule against: Your right to privacy. Clean air. Clean water. The minimum
wage. Workplace safety. A few moderate Republicans are standing up to the radicals. What
will your senators do?”
(The final ad script may differ slightly from the text above.)
Dear MoveOn member,
We’ve been burning the midnight oil to create a compelling new ad that visually presents
what’s at stake in our battle to stop the right-wing judicial takeover. For Americans
who don’t understand the impact extremist judges can have, our ad sets the record
straight: it shows judges^? gavels shattering the protections and rights we hold dear,
including worker rights, the right to privacy, the minimum wage, and environmental laws.
For the three Republicans we need to win the vote next week, this ad can help add
pressure and push them over the top.
Running the ad nation-wide will alert the public to this under-the-radar attack on the
independence of our courts. We’re also developing radio ads that will personally target
the Republicans whose votes could make all the difference. But to do those things, we
need to raise $400,000 pretty quickly together-we’ve got to get “Smashing the Courts”
and our radio ads on the air in the next few days.
Airing “Smashing the Courts” once in Washington, DC costs about $150. Can you chip in to
help run the ad once? Or, if that’s out of your price range, can you subsidize a third
of an ad-$50? You can take a look at the script and give online right now at:
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Here’s how the New York Times Magazine put it on Sunday: “Imagine a country in which
Social Security, job-safety laws and environmental protections were unconstitutional.
?Imagine judges longing for that. Imagine one of them as the next Supreme court
nominee.” And I’d add to that: “Imagine we’re powerless to stop them.”
We could be facing that situation as soon as next Thursday-Republicans want to break the
Senate rules to seize absolute power to appoint extremist judges. That’s the bad news.
The good news: when Americans hear about these judges’ far-right ideology, and the way
Republicans are grabbing control to appoint them, they’re with us. We just have to get
the word out-and we have eight days to do it.
This fight is about saving one of the last barriers standing between radical Republicans
and total control of the American political system. That barrier, the filibuster, was
created for this kind of situation: it’s designed to force the members of the Senate to
find judicial candidates who they can all agree on, and to make it difficult to give
lifetime appointments to radical zealots. It’s a crucial part of the system of checks
and balances that makes our country work.
In their plan to change the rules of the Senate and lock out Democrats, Republicans are
banking on the idea that Americans won’t care about the process for picking judges. But
that’s simply not true-Americans know that fair and independent judges are a critical
part of our democracy. It’s up to us to help sound the alarm.
Thanks in part to work of MoveOn members and our allies, three moderate Republicans have
already come out against the judicial takeover plan. If we can get three more, we win.
This ad, and your support, could get us there.
Can you join with thousands of other MoveOn members and help put this ad on the air
today? You can give quickly and securely, by credit card or check, at:
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An America where the courts are stacked against progressives is a pretty scary prospect.
But we only need to win over three more Republicans to win this critical fight, and the
American people are on our side. Together, we can win one for the Constitution.
Thanks for everything,
-Eli, James, Marika, Joan and the MoveOn PAC Team
?? Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
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