Important: RSVP today for SF Stop Corruption Weekend activity

**Stop Corruption Weekend: Saturday, 28 Jan 2006, 11:00 AM. Please RSVP today.**

Dear MoveOn member,

New evidence shows that lobbyists closely connected to indicted-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Tom DeLay were working for drug companies in the fight over the new Medicare drug law—funding the DeLay-Abramoff money machine.1

That is the sort of corruption we need to expose to the media and the American people and why your work this weekend is so important.

Starting tomorrow thousands of people across the country will gather to connect the dots between their representative and the Republican corruption in Washington—and they've invited the media. A few good articles in the local paper about citizens' anger about Republican corruption could put your Congressperson on the run. The key to success is having a good turnout and that is why your participation is so important.

Here is the Stop Corruption event in your congressional district.

Stop Corruption Weekend
Union Square, San Francisco
Powell and Geary
San Francisco, CA
Saturday, 28 Jan 2006, 11:00 AM

Please RSVP:

http://political.moveon.org/event/corruptionpetitioning/7645?id=6723-6730547-a.53eWZhuFmi4052L0f5Rw&t=4
A really good turnout is needed for the media to start talking about corruption.

Why focus on corruption? This is the issue that is going to end Republican control of Congress this November. More than 91 percent of Americans say they are concerned about corruption in Washington. They blame the Republicans for it and trust Democrats to clean it up. But only 22 percent think their representative is corrupt.2 We've got work to do.

Starting now we have to expose the Republican corruption in Washington directly to the media and the public in our communities, and push Democrats to become the "party of reform."

This strategy will only work if we do three things. First we have to connect corruption to issues people care about like Medicare. Second we have to show people that their member of Congress is tied to the culture of corruption. Finally, we need to press Democrats to support real reform with teeth.

The plan for this weekend to help reach that goal is simple. MoveOn members will gather briefly to discuss the culture of corruption in Washington and then fan out in their communities to spread the word with a leaflet about the Republican corruption behind the Medicare prescription drug law and a petition asking Congress to support real reform with teeth.

Please RSVP by clicking on the link below.

http://political.moveon.org/event/corruptionpetitioning/7645?id=6723-6730547-a.53eWZhuFmi4052L0f5Rw&t=5

In many communities the local media will show up to report on these events and nationally the press will be judging the mood of the country going into the State of the Union address. Good participation by local citizens will show the media that people want a change.

From start to finish it will take less than two hours and your event will be one of hundreds—insuring we'll send an important message to the media and lawmakers.

In an election year like 2006, we can't let President Bush set the agenda. Last year we came out of the gate strong and beat Bush on Social Security. This year we can expose what he won't expose—the corruption in Washington and the urgent need for change.

Thanks for all you do.
—Tom, Carrie, Micayla, Rosalyn and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
Thursday, January 26, 2006

Source

1. Democrats Seek Investigation into Role of Scandal-Tainted Lobbying Group
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1420

2. Polling Report on Corruption in Washington
http://www.pollingreport.com/politics.htm

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