Hey Carl,
Bravo on term limits! You put this better than I've ever seen it put before.
Let us all burn this into our minds. Say it over and over again.
Term limits enable a lazy electorate.
Term limits enable a lazy electorate.
Term limits enable a lazy electorate.
Bob Hachey
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Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 10:29 AM
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Subject: [blind-democracy] FW: Sign this: A TPP sellout shouldn't be in
Democratic leadership
I'd received and signed this before your copy arrived. For many years I've
had more than a little trust in Patty Murray. I know that her voting record
is a mixed bag, but she came into office on a groundswell of small donations
and hard work by Working Class voters.
Her last campaign should have signaled voters that Murray was being
supported by bigger money than the dollars raised through local pot luck
dinners.
While I have never supported limited terms, Murray's long stay in the Senate
demonstrates that even the person with the best of intentions can be worn
down and brought into the "Corporatehood".
Term limits is not democracy. In fact it assists citizens in becoming lazy.
When an elected official does not do the job voters sent them to do, rather
than becoming active and either forcing the official to do their job, or
begin training their replacement, the voters say, "Their time will be up
soon", and nothing changes.
A People's democracy will only work when those People put in the hard work
to make certain that it is doing their bidding. We in Washington State have
become too uninvolved in working with Senator Murray. But while we have
become lazy, the corporate lobbyists have never slacked off.
Carl Jarvis
On 7/13/15, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
the caucus."
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From: Murshed Zaheed, CREDO Action [mailto:act@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 9:19 AM
To: Miriam Vieni
Subject: Sign this: A TPP sellout shouldn't be in Democratic
leadership
CREDO action
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Senator
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Petition to Senate Democrats:
"No Democrat who opposes TPP should support Washington Senator Patty
Murray for any position within the Democratic leadership. Her leading,
visible and public role of working to pass Fast Track authority for
the Trans-Pacific Partnership makes her unfit for a leadership position in
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Add your name:
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Dear Miriam,
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Washington Senator Patty Murray is one of 13 Democrats in the U.S.
Senate who sold out practically every progressive constituency - from
environmentalists to labor to Internet freedom advocates - by voting
to pass Fast Track authority for approving the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP) and other dangerous trade deals.
President Obama, the Republican leadership of Congress and their
allies in corporate America owe a huge debt of gratitude to Murray who
played a pivotal and leading role in Fast Track becoming law, and now
Senator Murray is considering challenging Senator Dick Durbin for a
key leadership position in the Senate Democratic caucus.1
This is unacceptable. Supporting Fast Track and playing a crucial role
in the passage of this corporate power grab, should disqualify Murray
from consideration for a leadership position within the Senate
Democratic caucus.
We need to send a message now that there is a price to pay for
Democrats casting votes that serve corporations instead of
constituents - and part of that price is being denied promotion to
Democratic leadership in the Senate.
Tell
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2B5> Senate Democrats: Sen. Patty Murray's vote for Fast Track for TPP
makes her unfit to serve in any leadership position in the Senate
Democratic caucus.
Click here to sign the petition.
Murray is specifically considering a run to be the Democratic whip in
the U.S. Senate, which would put her in position to round up votes
from Senate Democrats on issues ranging from economic justice to
climate change. It is crucial for progressives to have a leader in
this position who has a record of standing up to corporate interests.
Not only did Murray vote for Fast Track, she helped lead the effort to
gather key Democratic votes after cutting a cynical deal with
Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. On the Senate floor, as
the bill struggled to reach 60 votes, Murray negotiated a deal trading
a vote on reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank, a government agency
"that subsidizes foreign purchasers of U.S.-made products," in
exchange for enough support from Democrats putting Fast Track over the
top.2
According to reports, Murray appeared to be doing this at the behest
of Boeing and other major corporations, for whom passage of both the
Export-Import Bank reauthorization bill and Fast Track were major
legislative priorities.3 Boeing, based in Washington, claims it relies
on the bank to sell their planes overseas. Sen. McConnell broke his
promise to hold a vote on reauthorizing the bank, yet Murray voted yes
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Tell
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makes her unfit to serve in any leadership position in the Senate
Democratic caucus.
Click here to sign the petition.
We need Democrats in leadership positions who will uphold and defend
the values of progressive constituencies, not work to pass legislation
at the top of the Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street's wish list.
We need to show Democratic members of the Senate that selling out
their progressive base in favor of corporate interests will have a
cost when they aspire to attain key leadership positions. Click the
link below to sign the
petition:
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/tpp_sellout?t=7
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Thank you for speaking out. Your activism matters.
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Action from Working Assets
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1. Manu Raju and Burgess Everett, "Dick
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Durbin vs. Patty Murray?," Politico, March 30, 2015.
2. Joel Connelly, "Cantwell,
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Murray bargain hard, win promise of Senate vote to save Export-Import
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 21, 2015; Ezra Klein, "The
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Fight Over the Export-Import Bank Explained", Vox, June 24, 2015
3. Alexander Bolton, "How
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Senate Got to 60 Votes on Fast Track," The Hill, May 21, 2015.
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