Fw: A hundred versus a million.. Hillary Clinton fans up to dirty tricks?

Are the Hillary Clinton fans up to dirty tricks? You decide, read on!
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-----Original Message-----
From: "David Plouffe, BarackObama.com" <info@barackobama.com>

Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:41:08
To:Vipin Singh <vipin@mytypes.com>
Subject: A hundred versus a million


Vipin --
<http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/f7888a15a5987121/gtXkdX/VEsH/> News broke yesterday that a few wealthy Clinton supporters are gearing up for a massive spending campaign to boost her chances in the big upcoming contests in Texas and Ohio on March 4th.
The so-called "American Leadership Project" will take unlimited contributions from individuals and is organized the same way as the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth.
ABC News reports that this group is seeking 100 Clinton supporters to each give $100,000 to fund its $10 million effort to promote Senator Clinton and "contrast" her positions with Barack Obama's.
That's the opposite of how politics should work, and the opposite of how Barack Obama has run this campaign.
The same day this group's activity was revealed, we announced that nearly 1 million individual people have donated to this campaign.
Stand up against politics-as-usual. Be one of the million supporters who are calling out for change.
If you give as part of our matching program, your gift will be doubled by a previous donor. You can even choose to exchange a note with them about why you are part of this movement.
Make your matching donation now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/match <http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/f7888a15a5987121/gtXkdX/VEsE/>
Groups like this are forbidden from working primarily for the purpose of electing or defeating a candidate.
Yet here we have a committee that springs up on the eve of an election, promotes a specific candidate, and has no history or apparent purpose of lobbying specific issues outside the benefit to the candidate of these communications.
This raises a number of legal and ethical issues, but more than anything it reveals an attitude towards politics as a game that is played to win at all costs.
Americans are ready for change. We are tired of Swift Boat-style groups and smear campaigns.
Be one of a million voices calling for a new kind of politics and a new kind of leadership.
Make a matching donation now:

https://donate.barackobama.com/match <http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/f7888a15a5987121/gtXkdX/VEsF/>
I'll keep you updated as the situation with this group evolves.
Thank you for your support,
David
David Plouffe
Campaign Manager
Obama for America
<http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/f7888a15a5987121/gtXkdX/VEsC/>
P.S. -- I also wanted to pass along Barack's personal message about reaching our goal of one million donors before the critical primaries and caucuses on March 4th.
--- Forwarded Message ---
From: Barack Obama
Subject: Major news
Vipin --
We learned something extraordinary since I wrote to you last night.
We've crunched all the numbers and discovered that we are within striking distance of something historic: one million people donating to this campaign.
Think about that ... nearly one million people taking ownership of this movement, five dollars or twenty-five dollars at a time.
We're already more than 900,000 strong, including over half-a-million donating so far this year. This unprecedented foundation of support has built a campaign that has shaken the status quo and proven that ordinary people can compete in a political process too often dominated by special interests.
Unlike Senator Clinton or Senator McCain, we haven't taken a dime from Washington lobbyists or special interest PACs. Our campaign is responsible to no one but the people.
One million donors would be a remarkable feat -- something that's never been done before in a presidential primary and something no one ever thought would be possible for us. And you still have the opportunity to be a part of it.
If you make a donation right now, one of those 900,000 donors has promised to give again in order to match your first gift. You can double the impact of your first donation -- and you can even choose to exchange a note about why you are part of this movement.
Be one of the million who will own a piece of this campaign before the potentially decisive March 4th contests:

https://donate.barackobama.com/match <http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/f7888a15a5987121/gtXkdX/VEsD/>
We started this improbable journey a little over a year ago in Springfield, Illinois.
And because you've joined together to make your voices heard, this journey isn't looking as improbable anymore.
Since our victory on February 5th, we've won ten straight contests.
But on March 4th, we face a huge challenge in Texas and Ohio, who will vote along with Rhode Island and Vermont. We are behind in the big states and need as many people involved as possible if we're going to win.
If we can reach our goal of one million donors by March 4th, we can send a powerful message that the Washington establishment and big-money interests cannot ignore.
As one million people with one voice, we can tell them that their days of dominating Washington are coming to an end -- the old politics are crumbling and a new voice is breaking through. Our voice.
Will you make a matching donation now to make it happen?

https://donate.barackobama.com/match <http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/f7888a15a5987121/gtXkdX/VEsA/>
I learned the power of ordinary people coming together as a community organizer on the South Side of Chicago.
I worked side-by-side with people who had been laid off from steel plants that were moved overseas. These were people who needed new jobs to rebuild their lives, and their political leaders were ignoring them.
But even though the odds were stacked against them, they discovered that by coming together with one voice, they could no longer be ignored.
When we launched this campaign, we knew we were up against similar odds. We knew we'd be running against a massive political machine with deep ties to the Washington establishment.
We knew it wouldn't be easy.
But if we can do this, we're not just going to win an election. We're going to change our country.
Thank you so much,
Barack
<http://my.barackobama.com/page/m/f7888a15a5987121/gtXkdX/VEsB/>

 


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