Attn Clarkies and everyone -- Help Take Back the House!

[Jai4WKC08]

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is the official national Democratic campaign committee charged with recruiting, assisting, funding, and electing Democrats to the U. S. House of Representatives. They are supported by the contributions of individuals and groups, are not an affiliate of the Democratic National Committee and do not receive regular funding from the DNC.

Please join the DCCC "Campaign for a New Majority" and contribute what you can for thise worthy cause.

Do it as a WES CLARK DEMOCRAT and do it TODAY.

Please click on the following link and join:

http://makers.democraticaction.org/page/mm/CivicServant

2004 could be the year the Democrats take back the House. We're closer than we have been in years, and the success in the special elections of Stephanie Herseth in South Dakota and Ben Chandler of Kentucky show that even in hard-red states, even when the GOP money flows from out of state, there can be Democratic victories. Wes Clark Democrats were instrumental in electing both Herseth and Chandler, and we can--we MUST--do all we can to push this trend into November.

Please give all you can.

http://makers.democraticaction.org/page/mm/CivicServant

[angryinoville]

1. Is Wes running for congress?

[Jai4WKC08]

2. No, of course not

But he is campaigning hard for other Democrats for Congress. Just in the last two weeks or so, he's done fund-raisers for Charlie Rangel in NY, Nancy Farmer in MO, Martin Frost in TX and others, as well as send out an e-mail to his list advocating for ACT (America Coming Together). One of the purposes of WesPAC is to help Democrats win seats in the House and Senate.

Edited to add: Oops, I forgot to mention that Wes Clark will be campaigning for Jane Mitakides in Dayton OH on July 20th!

This particular DU thread is just a effort to support the DCCC "Campaign for a Majority" by providing a link to a plegde page that happens to been organized by a fellow Wes Clark Democrat. Not me, fwiw, but a friend of mine.

But heck, anyone can go to the DCCC home page and contribute under independent auspices. Or start you own pledge page and ask people to join/contribute. The point is to TAKE BACK THE HOUSE. It's be Repug WAY too long.

If we Clarkies can support Wes Clark in the process, all the better. But none of this goes to him or his PAC. If you click on the link, you'll see that.

[Wabbajack]

4. Why Rangel?

He doesn't need the money hist seat is 200% safe.

[Jai4WKC08]

5. "200% safe" now, but...

I'm not sure that was the case when the event was scheduled. Oh, not to say Charlie was in serious trouble, but at one time there were some folks with big money and influence within his district who were mounting an effort to unseat him.

Besides, the way I see it, Charlie Rangel symbolizes everything House Democrats (and all Democrats) ought to be. Stands up to the administration, is not afraid to speak out, involved in the whole range of issues, to include national defense and foreign policy, has the credibility of a long history of public service, both in the House and before, Korean War veteran who saw fierce combat, understands and articulates the impact of war on the poor and minorities.

Clark and Rangel are natural allies, and indeed they have been. Rangel was one of the first to endorse Clark and has been possibly his strongest advocate within the Party since.

A video of the fundraiser is available at Charlie's website and is well worth the time to watch. There's a link at the bottom of:
http://www.charlierangel.org/base.html

[FrenchieCat]

3. Joined and gave

Wes Clark is the voice in the wilderness....who speaks the truth with the authority of an expert!

Like Michael Moore said in his latest Playboy interview - Go to my blog for the entire interview....
http://frenchiecat.forclark.com/story/2004/7/17/204821/184

Playboy: Originally you supported Wesley Clark to be the Democratic candidate. Why did he do so poorly?

Moore: He just isn't a politician. He didn't know how to lie. He couldn't pull it off.