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Thursday, October 14, 2010

Another email for the Demonrats

Just got this:
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Democrats
Chuck --

Republicans have said a lot of crazy things this year.

They've threatened to repeal health insurance reform and privatize Social Security. They've threatened to eliminate the Department of Education and dismantle the EPA. They've called for boycotting the Census and shutting down the government.

Now GOP candidates across the country are embracing yet another extreme idea. They're talking about rolling back -- or eliminating -- the minimum wage.

It's the newest proposal from GOP Senate nominees in states across the country: Linda McMahon in Connecticut, Joe Miller in Alaska, Rand Paul in Kentucky, John Raese in West Virginia, and Dino Rossi in Washington.

And it's just the latest item on a worn-out agenda that has been repudiated time and time again. But if we let the Republicans win this fall, these candidates are going to see their victories as mandates for extremism.

We can nip this in the bud, right now. We've got the team in place to communicate to voters exactly what Republicans are proposing. But we need you to help amplify the message.

Chip in $3 or more to help make the case for Democrats in the final weeks.

This is a war of ideas that we can win. The voters we're trying to reach reject all of these ideas when they hear about them.

But Republicans know that we're still climbing out of this recession, and they're ready to prey on people's frustrations.

So the minimum wage becomes a barrier for job creation that "hasn't solved any problems in 50 years" in the words of West Virginia Republican John Raese.

Unemployment insurance becomes "unconstitutional" in the words of Alaska Republican Joe Miller.

Social Security becomes a "broken" program that "can't be fixed" in the words of Nevada Republican Sharron Angle.

We've got a team in place to highlight these extreme ideas -- press staff making the case to reporters and organizers working with millions of volunteers to tell the story on the ground. But if you don't step up, we won't be able to keep it spreading.

Pitch in to help amplify the message:

http://my.democrats.org/TheMinimumWage

Thanks,

Jen

Jen O'Malley Dillon
Executive Director
Democratic National Committee



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They make it sound like it's a bad thing to get rid of all the un-Constitutional and wasteful aspects of the federal government!

Then again, I guess it would be bad - for a party so addicted to waste and corruption!

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