What is the PROGRESSIVE PATRIOTS FUND?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

Should we send Russ Feingold money to sponsor candidates who qualify for these funds?

RUSS writes:
Dear Patrick,

I'm proud to congratulate Bill Winter as being the netroots' choice for our second Pick a Progressive Patriot event. Bill received thousands of votes from members of the Progressive Patriots Fund community, and we'll be sending him a contribution of $5,000 today to help his efforts.

Bill Winter, a Navy and Marine Corps veteran who views public service as a patriotic calling, is running against Tom Tancredo in the Colorado 6th District. To learn more about Bill, please visit his website at http://www.winterforcongress.com/ and consider joining me in making a contribution to his campaign.

In addition to supporting Bill Winter, I'm happy to announce that the Progressive Patriots Fund will be sending smaller contributions to all of the other candidates who were featured in this latest event. All are worthy of our support, and I hope they will all join me in Congress in 2006.

The upcoming November elections are critical in our efforts to bring accountability to this President. I am determined to help elect more Democrats across the country and I want to thank all of you who have contributed to this effort and have taken the time to share with me your recommendations for which candidates are deserving of our collective support.

I look forward to our next "Pick a Progressive Patriot" event, to be held later this year. Please keep sending in those suggestions; everyone we've supported so far has been recommended through our candidate suggestion form, and this will continue to be the way the Progressive Patriots Fund chooses who to feature in our Pick a Progressive Patriot events.

Thank you for your support in the past weeks, and look forward to more events like "Pick a Progressive Patriot" in the future!

Sincerely,



Russ Feingold
United States Senator
Honorary Chair, Progressive Patriots Fund

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1. There is an explanation at the website.

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2. you can believe I know EXACTLY what that fund does... I posted this way

to gain some readership. I'm considering sending Russ some more money to end this USA Patriot Act by putting an end to it's supporters in DC. I hoe other Russ supporters will join in his efforts to elect true pariots to high offices.

[rodeodance]

3. ok

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. If you'll kick up a post about America's ONLY true patriot in DC...

I'll kick it back to you... I'm sick of these Russ Supporters in Name Only who write blogs but just can't part with a few bucks to actually finance real change in government.

[stray cat]

5. Feingolds grass roots effort to rebuild the dems as the progressive party

I send him money - its one of the only ones I'll donate to.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. same here dmordue

and by the way :yourock: