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When you read the subject line here, “we want more votes,” you may have thought, “well, what candidate doesn’t?”
Not votes for us, silly. Votes for Green Day, Eric Clapton and B.B. King, Frank Sinatra, etc.
For those of you who are adamant about not reading your e-mails, please let me explain. Howie Klein of the Blue America PAC is going to give one of the following five items to one of our supporters:
1 – A Green Day guitar autographed by all 3 members of the band – a blue Squier Stratocaster.
2 – The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Platinum Award to Eric Clapton and B.B. King for “Riding With the King.”
3 – The RIAA’s Platinum Award to Frank Sinatra for “The Very Good Years.” This plaque hung in the office of Reprise Records, the company that Sinatra started.
4 – The RIAA’s Multi-Platinum Award to the B-52’s for “Cosmic Thing.”
5 – A rare, framed, numbered art print by famed rock artist Rick Griffin for the Cult’s “Wildflower” song, released in 1987. Griffin and all of the band members signed the print.
And we get to choose. More specifically, you get to choose, by going to this webpage, and casting your vote.
As it happens, close to 1000 of our supporters already have voted. But we want more votes. And it’s not too late. Just cast your vote no later than Friday, and we will count it. As they used to say when I was growing up in the Bronx, “Vote Early and Often.”
And then, voting aside, anyone who makes a contribution soon on a special webpage that we have set up, called “I Wanna Rock and Roll” will be eligible to receive the item that we all choose. (As will anyone who sends an e-mail to rockandroll@graysonforcongress.com.)
Please don’t keep Green Day, Eric Clapton, B.B. King and Frank Sinatra in suspense. Please vote, then contribute, and then . . .
Just be happy.
Courage,
Paid for and Authorized by the Committee to Elect Alan Grayson
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The Most Anti-Christian Sign in History?
Dear carmen:
Republican Todd Long’s disgraceful bigoted attack against Alan Grayson as “The most anti-Christian Congressman that we’ve ever had in our history” continues to reverberate around the Web. Here are some more comments that have been posted online:
“I live and vote in Alan’s district. He is just the person to stand up to those Congressmen who would destroy America just to benefit the special interests who donate unlimited sums of campaign cash to Republicans. He is well-educated, has a background in the law, and willing to stand up for the average taxpayer! Last election, he was targeted by the special interest groups eager to silence him, and replaced by a puppet who marched to the Tea Party drum.” – Jim51fla
“Grayson is more a follower of Jesus Christ than any one of his critics on the right. During Grayson’s speech at the Florida Democratic Party, Alan Grayson . . . told the biblical story of Cain, who killed his brother with the jawbone of a donkey (which probably meant he wanted to blame it on the Democrats). [Alan] quoted: ‘And then when God said, “Where’s your brother?” Cain said, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” As if he had no idea. And that, [Alan said,] is actually the fundamental question that separates us from them, right? Am I my brother’s keeper? Our answer is, “Yes, we are.” We are.'” – janmb
“I love Alan Grayson. He’s observant, intelligent, outspoken, has great values and a keen moral sense, and to top it all off, he has a sense of humor. No Christian to whom Christianity is related to a code of ethics, [or related] to empathy for his or her fellow human being, to whom being a Christian is an injunction to err on the side of kindness, need ever fear Alan Grayson.” – Godipo
“Love Alan Grayson. Love his assurance, enthusiasm, courage. I seem to remember an old saying about knowing the quality of a man by the depravity of his enemies. That makes Mr Grayson the greatest man in the nation! Go Grayson! Landslide these clowns!” – hitnmyths
Widely respected blogger Howie Klein had this to say:
“The part of Long’s bizarre anti-Semitic diatribe that fascinated me was his assertion that Grayson “doesn’t believe in any of the biblical values, doesn’t believe in treating people well, doesn’t believe in uniting the country, doesn’t believe in solving problems.” I honestly cannot name another Congressman who was more in synch with Jesus’ most essential teachings than Alan Grayson. I mean, what did the Prince of Peace say about wars? Was anyone in Congress more devoted to peace than Grayson? What did Jesus say about healing the sick, feeding the hungry, clothing the impoverished? Basically, Grayson did little else but work on these very issues! Unless Long is talking about some bizarre religious rites, like snake handling or whatever his crazy supporters are into, anyone examining Alan Grayson’s record would come up with the opposite conclusion– he’s the most Christian– or Judeo-Christian (or just plain ethical) Member of Congress in recent memory.”
And then there was this telephone message:
“I just spoke to Jesus on the phone and he told me that Grayson will be going back to Congress this election, and that Todd Long is going to hell.” – ProudElitist
How can we possibly let some hateful crackpot like Todd Long defeat us? How can we give someone like that any measure of control over our lives? If you haven’t done it already, it’s time to step up, be counted, and show your support at our “Beat the Bigot” contribution page. And do it now.
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