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Dear Fellow Freedom Fighter:
I'm writing to you from our Americans for Prosperity Foundation's
RightOnline conference conference in Pittsburgh, where almost 600 free-market
activists are training to win the battle for our freedoms online.
New York Times bestselling author Michelle Malkin just spoke to
the crowd.Since yesterday, these intrepid activists have been learning in panel
discussions like "blogging 101" and "social networking communications".
One of the breakout sessions at RightOnline
Yesterday, hundreds upon hundreds of activists gathered for our
AFP rally to send Sen. Arlen Specter a simple message -- vote NO on the health
care takeover and NO on the job-killing cap-and-trade.We heard from an amazing
11-year-old Pennsylvania middle schooler named Quentin Cody who eloquently made
the case for freedom and from Teri Adams who
heads the Independence Hall Tea
Party (Philadelphia).
The crowd roaring at the Send Specter a Message Rally
And here's some encouraging news from the USA Today/Gallup poll
published Thursday.In a survey of 1,000 adults, 34% of Americans say
demonstrators at town hall style meetings (that's you and me) have made them
MORE SYMPATHETIC to the protesters' views, and only 21% said the protests made
them less sympathetic.
Even more importantly, Independents by a 2 to 1
margin (35% to 16%) say they are MORE SYMPATHETIC to the protesters' (our)
views.These Independents are the Holy Grail of politics, and they're agreeing
with us that the health care takeover is a disaster for our families and our
nation.
In the face of the Obama Administration, Pelosi, Reid and their
liberal friends vilifying us as "un-American," "evil-mongers," "astroturf,"
"mobs" and worse -- the American people are taking our side against these
political elites.
If you ever wondered, "Can I make a difference by
getting involved?" here is your answer.Hundreds of thousands of Americans just
like you and me are getting involved.They're attending rallies, calling and
emailing their elected officials, talking to friends and family.And, it's
working.It's making a difference.
You're making a difference.
But,
we face enormous challenges.Right across town, the left-wing NetRoots Nation is
meeting to plot how they are going to turn things around for their side.They
heard from Bill Clinton Thursday who made an aggressive pitch for government-run
health care.Sen. Arlen Specter spoke to the liberal crowd and bragged that he
would help them pass Card
Check and other "Democrat priorities" by opposing
filibusters.
We've still got a long way to go.To win, we must keep up the
pressure. Keep winning over new supporters. Keep turning out at rallies and
events.
Americans for Prosperity's Patients First 'Hands
Off My Health Care' bus continues -- one's in Montana right
now and the other heads to Indiana first thing Monday.Our anti-cap-and-trade "Cost
of Hot Air" tour gets back on the road this Tuesday hitting
Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia and Virginia. Please come to one of these great
events.
And, make plans now to come to Washington, D.C. for a national
"Town Hall" meeting on October 2nd, as well as Americans for Prosperity
Foundation's 3rd Defending the American Dream Summit right at the final decisive
moments in the health care and cap-and-trade battles and I want you
there!
Sincerely,
Tim Phillips
For more information on our national "Town Hall" meeting on
October 2nd
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and Americans for Prosperity Foundation 3rd annual Defending the American Summit
on October 2nd and 3rd, please click
here. It has never been a more important time to get involved.
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