From MoveOn re: stopping Arnold

[mojogeorgo]

This is from MoveOn, for anyone who would like to act on it.


Dear MoveOn member,
24 hours ago, we launched an emergency ad campaign to tell California voters the recent revelations about Arnold Schwarzenegger's life and character. As of 2pm, more than 12,000 people have contributed and enabled us to reach our goal of $500,000. The ad will begin playing throughout California on Sunday. It's appearing on at least 10 national news programs today. Incredible.

Yesterday, there were revelations about Arnold Schwarzenegger's physical harassment of women -- charges which he has refused to deny. Today he is struggling to explain statements he has made throughout his life regarding Adolf Hitler and another Nazi war criminal.

As the Schwarzenegger campaign reels, it's clear that the outcome of this election is up in the air. Today, we're asking you -- no matter what state you live in -- to do something this weekend to ensure that Schwarzenegger is defeated. We're asking you to participate in MoveOn phone banking to California to make sure that voters know the truth. Every Californian deserves to know the truth about this man who will be elected unless they vote No Recall on Tuesday. To sign up to help, click here:

http://moveon.org/pac/lapb/

Our online phone banking system is easy to use, and if you have free weekend minutes on your cell phone, you'll be able to make the calls for free. If thousands of MoveOn members call tens of thousands of California voters this weekend, that we could make the difference in this race.

Click here to sign up to phone bank and we'll email you back with simple instructions and phone numbers of voters to call:

http://moveon.org/pac/lapb/

With only a few days to go, it's critical we get this stunning new information into as many hands as possible. If you've read what's come out about Arnold Schwarzenegger's record and character, you'll want to get on the phone and talk to California voters about this. Please take a look at these news articles from yesterday and today:

LA Times: Women Say Schwarzenegger Groped, Humiliated Them

NY Times: Schwarzenegger Admired Hitler, Book Proposal Says

Washington Post: Effect of Allegations Is Unpredictable; Race's Focus Shifts

The recall campaign has been so short, and Schwarzenegger has received so little scrutiny from media that California is in danger of electing this man without knowing this very important and scary information about his record and character. California is the most populous state and it is the fifth biggest economy in the world. We can't let California be hijacked in this bizarre election by a man like Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Together, we have the power to defeat the recall by making these calls this weekend. Please sign up right now to make calls today, Saturday or Sunday:

http://moveon.org/pac/lapb/

Sincerely,

-- Carrie, Eli, James, Joan, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack
The MoveOn Team
October 3, 20003

[benchwarmer]

1. I gave

You know, I'm a moderate and at the very first I thought "Arnold, ok, lets see"....then he opened his mouth and spewed cliche after cliche, movie quote after movie quote. He wouldn't debate (unless on script) and refused to give details and even said "the people don't want details".

He's the worst kind of arm chair politician, and he's just going to be a tool for the conservatives (whether he knows it or not).

Now with the revelations (not suprising) that he's not the nicest guy in the world, especially in relation to women, I'm voting no and I payed Moveon.org to try and convince others to also vote no.

Besides do you really want a guy in office who openly admits that he says things "he doesn't mean" for publicity's sake (i.e. group sex references, women bashing, etc.)..HELLO! what makes you think he's not doing that now!??!

[Pallas180]

2. Woops. Lady lawyer Lisa Bloom on CNN saying Ahnold didnt just grope

what he did was criminal assault and one of these women should
come forward and press charges.

Since the last was reportedly three years ago, isn't it a bit
late?

[mojogeorgo]

3. More bad news about Arnold

I just posted this in a different discussion--under right wing watch.

By Greg Palast, about Arnold's Enron ties:

http://www.gregpalast.com/detail.cfm?artid=283&row=0