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| Turban Durbin Raising Cash for Dems |
| 2005-06-23 |
| Democrats are not distancing themselves from Sen. Dick Durbin. The Illinois Democrat, fresh from a tearful apology on the Senate floor, is now circulating a fund-raising letter on behalf of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Dear Friend," the email message begins, "On June 30, the DSCC faces its first big test." Durbin explained that June 30 is when the books close on second-quarter fundraising, and he said it's important for Democrats to be competitive with Republicans in the fund-raising sweepstakes. If not in actual influence on anything. Durbin says journalists and political insiders are waiting to "declare the first winners of the election cycle" based on fund-raising totals, and so far, Republicans are well ahead of Democrats. "I want the story on the front page to be that the Democrats are matching the Republicans dollar for dollar and that we have them on the run. You been eatin' too many Dreamsicles, boy! That story won't be written unless we meet our goal to raise $500,000 online this quarter," Durbin's message says. He says Democrats are "halfway there, but we're all going to have to dig a little deeper if we're going to make it. Please make a contribution today and help us put a stop to George Bush's In the DSCC fund-raising pitch sent out Wednesday afternoon, Durbin said he's been serving as Senate Democratic Whip for six months now, and he's "learned one very important thing in that short time: We need more Democrats in the United States Senate in order to put a permanent stop to the right wing agenda supported by George Bush, Bill Frist, and Tom DeLay." Durbin called Republican priorities "way outside the mainstream," and he said a Democrat-dominated Senate would "shift the nation's focus to issues that truly matter: restoring our nation's honor abroad..." Like last weeks remarks helped "boost" our nations "honor". Money raised by the DSCC goes directly to Democratic Senate candidates. |
| Posted by:Bobby |
| #2 Durbin says journalists and political insiders are waiting to "declare the first winners of the election cycle" based on fund-raising totals, and so far, Republicans are well ahead of Democrats. Jeez, Dick, did ya ever wonder why that is? Any mirrors in your house? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-06-23 13:42 |
| #1 What does the Arabic version say? |
| Posted by: Matt 2005-06-23 11:51 |