MoveOn raises $400,000 for the Texas 11 in one day

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Just got this,
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Dear MoveOn member,

In one day MoveOn members have contributed more than $400,000 for our "Defend Democracy" campaign.

We've been overwhelmed by the response. The 11 Texas legislators who are right now risking everything for us and for democracy are deeply grateful to receive this support.
Let's raise a $1,000,000 to make this our biggest campaign ever. Let's take this campaign to national media outlets, and go deep with Texas media. Let's take it to California.

Let's connect the dots. George Bush and Karl Rove have been counting on getting away with these underhanded tactics -- on bullying their opposition into submission, on playing every dirty trick in the book. With your help, we can make it cost them dearly. If you can, please make a contribution today:
http://moveon.org/texasads

We've added a progress graph to our contribution page so that you can see how close we are towards our goal. Click above to see our progress.

Our democracy has survived 227 years for one simple reason: when confronted by extremism, Americans have always united in defense of freedom. The redistricting fight in Texas is a piece of a larger attack on democracy nationwide -- Impeachment; the 2000 election; intimidation on Capital Hill; the California recall; and now congressional redistricting at the whim of the Majority in Congress.

Texas is a first step. Next week, we will ask for your help to defeat the California recall -- specifically, to recruit friends and family in California who are angry about the recall and want to do something about it. We can stop this attack on Democracy if we once again stand united. We'll stop it in Texas, California, Washington DC and wherever it occurs.

Sincerely,
--Carrie, Eli, Joan, Noah, Peter, Wes, and Zack The MoveOn Team
    August 21st, 2003