"It is the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11; the same people who told us Saddam Hussein had something to do with weapons of mass destruction; the same people who told us we would be able to use the oil for reconstruction money; the same people who told us we would be greeted as liberators, not occupiers; the same people, the same President who told us the Taliban is gone; the same President who told us that Poland is our ally 2 days before they pull out; the same President who tells us Iraq is going just great; the same President who tells us the economy is going just great; the same people who told us the tax cuts were going to create millions of jobs; the same people who told us that the Medicare program only cost $400 billion when it really cost $540 billion."
— Rep. Tim Ryan, October 5, 2004
Dear Friend,
When I spoke those words on the floor of Congress last week, I never dreamt the reaction they would cause. But the truth is that people are fed up with being denied the truth. For too long — far too long — we have been fed one pack of lies after another by the President and the Republican leaders in Congress; by the Karl Roves and the John Ashcrofts; by the apologists and the excuse makers.
And here's one more truth: We have the opportunity to change all of that on November 2nd, but it's up to us to make it happen!
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Those of us who have expressed outrage, who have complained, and who have proclaimed, "Someone needs to do something," must realize that it's up to each and every one of us now — no one's going to do it for us.
As part of DCCC leadership, one thing I am doing is urging people to join our "Million for a Majority" campaign. As you may know, in just the last two weeks we shocked Republicans by vastly expanding the number of races we were targeting in states in every region of the country.
If we can raise $1 million more between now and October 24, we can put additional races in play, strengthening our position and our ability to remove Tom DeLay and his allies from control and restore a Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. We've already raised $612,000, so we need less than $400,000 more to go. Whether you can afford to give $12, $18, $25, or $100 or more, please understand how your contributions add up to give us the critical resources needed for this fight.
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This election is about more than just honest disagreements about policies, it is about a pattern of behavior that rewards lying to the American people about every issue we hold dear.
On November 3, I don't want to hear that President Bush has been reelected and that Tom DeLay is still in charge of the House. We cannot reward this President and his right-wing allies in Congress with another victory. Please do what you can right now to help us remove George W. Bush and Tom DeLay from doing more damage to our country and to our collective future:
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Warmest Regards,
Rep. Tim Ryan
U.S. House of Representatives (OH-17)
