Latest Kerry email: "20000 home" campaign billboards

[Greeby]

Dear XXXXX,

You can feel the ice breaking. For far too long, Republican leaders have refused to challenge the aimless Bush "stay as long as it takes" approach to Iraq. But now, their unwillingness to act has started to crumble.

Today in the Senate, facing a Democratic resolution on Iraq, the Republicans offered their own call for President Bush to come up with a plan. They didn't go nearly far enough, but clearly our call for a concrete plan is gaining momentum.

It's time for the next step. Help our "20,000 troops home over the holidays" campaign place billboards in the home districts of Republican leaders.

Help place billboards in Republican leaders' home districts

To date, over a quarter of a million people have signed our call to withdraw 20,000 troops from Iraq over the holidays. That withdrawal should be linked to the completion of December elections in Iraq - and it should be the first step in the concrete plan for Iraq that President George W. Bush owes the American people.

We shouldn't let America's brave men and women go another day without having such a plan in place. That's why we're turning up the heat with our Billboards and House Signs campaign over the next month.

Will you add your voice and your financial support to this effort right now?

Help place billboards in Republican leaders' home districts

This is the next key step in a grassroots organizing and mobilizing campaign that won't end until we've forced the Bush administration to act. The best way to do that is to turn up the heat on Republican leaders in Congress.

It's important to get our "20,000 troops home over the holidays" message out everywhere. With your help, we'll run these billboards where they can be seen by key Republican leaders of Congress.

And, to extend this phase of our "20,000 troops home over the holidays" effort to your own hometown, here's what we've done. We've created a downloadable version of the billboard that you can print and post in your own home.

Download and display a house sign

We can feel the momentum building every day behind our call for a concrete plan for Iraq. And our Billboards and House Signs initiative can keep moving things forward. Let's make it happen.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

P.S. We've got to act fast to place and produce these billboards. In addition to donating, I hope you'll pass news of this exciting initiative on to your friends and colleagues by forwarding this message now.

[WePurrsevere]

1. Is there a link please? TIA :-) eom

[400Years]

2. good idea, what would the billboard say exactly?

[FlemingsGhost]

3. Political opportunism or a genuine effort? Sorry, Sen. Kerry ...

After playing politics with the lives of our children regarding the IWR, I don't trust you anymore. Are you a concerned American or laying the groundwork for another Presidential run?

When you start talking about bringing them **ALL** home, **NOW**, I'll give a shit.

[blm]

6. Except Kerry has proved for 35 years he is not a political opportunist.

And anyone who states otherwise should read the National Security Archives and see for themselves that the greater number of Kerry's amazing efforts to investigate and expose government corruption have been unpopular politically, even within his own party, as well as his efforts to help end three wars were met with derision and attacks.

[FlemingsGhost]

7. Is he a politician? He's an opportunist.

A Thirty-five year presence in the Beltway doesn't just happen, you know.

[blm]

11. He hasn't been there for 35 years. But he has been in public service for

that long, from Vietnam to Prosecutor to Lieut. Gov. to Senator.

Kerry took the opportunity to help end Vietnam, investigate and expose IranContra, BCCI, CIA drugrunning, illegal wars in Central America, advocate for gays to serve openly in the military, and many more efforts that absolutely were AGAINST popular opinion even within his own party.

There is opportunism and opportunity.

[FlemingsGhost]

12. Where does the IWR fall?

Just curious.

[LittleClarkie]

14. Best guess from one Kerry person was that IWR was his honest vote at the

time. And the 87 billion vote may have been political.

I've always wondered why people don't mention in Reid's threads that he voted for that too. Or in the threads of everyone else who voted for it, or talked a good game at the time in support.

You'd think Kerry was the deciding vote or something.

[FlemingsGhost]

20. I don't discriminate. They're all complicit.

I supported DK. He was the only candidate who had the courage to tell it like it is, and actually walk the walk ... for better or worse. And he was correct! Too bad he was seen as "unelectable." Ooooops ...

And if I'm not mistaken, Kerry's own '04 runningmate has admitted to making a mistake regarding his support of the war. More political courage, in full dislay.

So, what's Kerry's holdup?

[LittleClarkie]

21. Well if you're not going to pay attention to the guy, why even concern

yourself at all.

He did already. A mea culpa in his Georgetown speech. An "I made a mistake" in 2003 that is documented in the Pitt article "The Trial of John Kerry" over at truthout. Not like it's a race, but he sorta beat out Edwards in that regard, actually. But like I said, it's not a race.

The main thing I heard about DK during the election was when people tried to list off all the candidates, they tended to forget him and Braun, and sometimes Gephardt too. So many candidates, and most people didn't know who Dennis was. Maybe he needed more campaign money. He needed to win his battle with the MSM. If he could not do that, what chance did he have against Bush?

By the way, I thought the question was "opportunist or no" not whether or not you agreed with the vote. Opportunist, no.

[FlemingsGhost]

23. I stand corrected.

Please forgive my ignorance.

[blm]

16. As a resolution whose guidelines Bush violated. Guidelines

that called for the UN weapons inspections to go forth FIRST and THEN Bush was to make the determination necessary for national security.

What facts from the weapons inspectors in Iraq from Jan to March gave Bush a reason to invade?

Their facts proved invasion was NOT necessary - hence the many Dems who said Bush rushed to war needlessly.

Sorry, but I think people blame the IWR because that's how the media plays it to let Bush off the hook. The IWR administered by any other president (even Reagan) would have prevented war.

[FlemingsGhost]

22. In that case, Sen. Kerry is hopelessly naive and unfit to lead.

Hundreds of people here at DU alone knew that Bush was intent on invasion, and the IWR was the "legitimacy" he needed to carry it out. Are you telling me that a D.C. heavyweight like Sen. Kerry didn't put two and two together?

Face it, this is a Democrat war just as much as it is a GOP one.

[blm]

25. Sure - just how the media wants you to see it.

That's why they ignore the guidelines in the IWR. Protects Bush better.

[LittleClarkie]

13. I was going to type a big long explanation but instead I will just say

This is a veterans issue.

No, he is not playing opportunist.

Not on this issue. John Forbes Kerry does not fuck around when it comes to veterans.

[FlemingsGhost]

15. ... Except when they're "Swiftboating" him, no? (n/t)

Flem.

[blm]

17. Feel cute?

.

[LittleClarkie]

18. I don't see what you're getting at there.

He has worked at getting more benefits for veterans all his career, even those who hate him. It doesn't matter to him if half the veterans would never vote for him. He still works to get them benefits. And now as he told Cindy, he doesn't want to see any more of them killed if they can't succeed in Iraq.

So what exactly were you trying to say there. It seems like a non sequitor to me.

[Imagevision]

30. 2006 elections have already begun to shake-up repugs...!/NT

[Ian David]

4. Here's a link to the letter and petition...

http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1061

And:

Sign our “20,000 home over the holidays” petition right now:
http://johnkerry.com/action/20000/

I don't see a link to the freeway blogging sign.. Err, I mean, "house sign."

[LittleClarkie]

9. House sign

http://www.johnkerry.com/action/20000/window-sign.pdf

[texpatriot2004]

19. Thanks for the link to the sign n.t

[blm]

5. This falls in with what Will Pitt said - the fact that GOPs are even

willing to go this far, shows how uncomfortable they are staying in the proBush camp on war.

We should ADD to their pressure in any way possible.

[LittleClarkie]

8. Link to pdf window sign and to contribute

http://www.johnkerry.com/action/20000/window-sign.pdf
Window Sign

https://contribute.johnkerry.com/form.html?sc=7037
Contribution page

[second edition]

10. Wow, I really like this. Very Clever! n/t

[Tom Joad]

24. ALL home by the holidays! Dammit, why doesn't Kerry get it!?

While I am glad that the Republicans and Democrats see that there must be a troop reduction due to overwhelming popular anger and disgust of this war-- we must demand what is right, not what will fit in with US imperialist plans for the region.

The concrete plan for Iraq is not something we should ask of Bush... or Kerry... or any other US citizen. It belongs exclusively to the Iraqi people, who resist US occupation daily. The US can fill no constructive role in Iraq. It must immediately withdrawal its troops and begin paying reparations to the Iraqi people who will rebuild their nation based on THEIR aspirations, not that of US policymakers.

[_dynamicdems]

26. Covert GOP operatives start foaming at the mouth when JK calls for action.

It amuses me to no end to see how desperate THEY are.
:hi: Waving to all the silly elephants in donkey clothing.
You are not fooling anyone!

[jenndar]

27. I love those ads.

I'm thinking about sending some $$. I think that imagery has the potential to inspire a lot of people.

[wisteria]

28. Great posters. I've printed off a lot to give to people! n/t

[MH1]

29. One of these is going in my car window.

Okay, maybe two - one for each back window!