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RECENTLY I TOLD YOU ABOUT WONDERFUL NEWS COMING OUT OF NEW
MEXICO FOR GETTING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
YOU KNOW THAT WOLF PAC
FIGHTS TO GET MONEY OUT, WE THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT IS
TO CALL FOR A CONVENTION BECAUSE WASHINGTON IS TOO CORRUPT,
ASKING TWO THIRDS OF THIS CONGRESS TO DO AN AMENDMENT
ADDING MONEY OUT OF POLITICS IS CRAZY, BUT WE CAN GET TWO THIRDS
OF THE STATES THE CALL FOR A CONVENTION, OUR FOUNDING FATHERS
WERE REVOLUTIONARIES AND THEY BUILT REVOLUTION INTO THE
DOCUMENT.
SO YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PICK UP A MUSKET.
THEY WERE SO
SMART, THEY SAW THAT I HAD OF TIME AND SAID HERE IS A SECOND
WAY TO DO IT, WASHINGTON WILL GET CORRUPT, YOU CAN GO AROUND
THEM.
WE HAVE FIVE STATES, AND WHEN I SAY WE IT'S YOU GUYS, WE
HAVE OVER 30,000 VOLUNTEERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THAT'S
BECAUSE OF YOU GUYS.
IN NEW MEXICO YOU DID A WONDERFUL JOB
AND WE PASSED THE SENATE, ALL WE HAD TO DO WAS PASS THE HOUSE AND
NEW MEXICO WOULD BE THE SIXTH STATE.
GUESS WHAT HAPPENED?
A
GROUP ON THE SO-CALLED LEFT USED THEIR LOBBYISTS TO MAKE SURE WE
DIDN'T GET THE VOTE.
THEY KNOW THEY WOULD LOSE THE VOTE, WE WIN
THE VOTE ON MOST EVERY TIME, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY GRASSROOTS
ORGANIZERS OR VOLUNTEERS, BUT THEY HAVE MONEY AND LOBBYISTS.
IT'S A GROUP CALLED COMMON CAUSE, THAT IS IRONIC BECAUSE WE
HAVE NO COMMON CAUSE WITH THEM AT ALL.
THEORETICALLY WE HAVE
COMMON CAUSE BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR PAGE ABOUT ISSUES, LOOK AT
THAT, THE FIRST ISSUE IS MONEY IN POLITICS.
I GUESS THAT IS
THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT?
AND
WHY ARE YOU FIGHTING AGAINST OTHER PROGRESSIVE GROUPS WHO ARE
TRYING DESPERATELY TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS?
WE ARE FIGHTING
TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, WE HAVE ALMOST VOLUNTEERS, THEY DID
AMAZING, MIRACULOUS THINGS.
IN RHODE ISLAND WE GOT A UNANIMOUS
VOTE, INCLUDING EVERY DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN, THE SENATORS OF
RHODE ISLAND APPLAUDED OUR VOLUNTEERS.
NONE OF THESE GUYS
HAVE WORKED IN POLITICS BEFORE, THEY ARE TEACHERS, MECHANICS,
ETC.
BUT ALL THEIR DREAMS WERE CRUSHED IN NEW MEXICO BECAUSE
COMMON CAUSE, A SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE GROUP THAT
THEORETICALLY WANTS TO FIGHT AGAINST MONEY AND POLITICS, USED
THEIR LOBBYISTS TO KILL THE VOTE.
THEY DIDN'T EVEN ALLOW A
VOTE.
IF IT'S SUCH A BIG PRIORITY, NOT ONLY ARE THEY
BEING COUNTERPRODUCTIVE, I ASKED WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET IT
DONE?
AS YOU SAW THERE, THEY SAY WE COULD DO THE DISCLOSE ACT.
THAT IS YOUR BIG PLAN THAT YOU ARE PUTTING OUT IN PUBLIC?
THE
DISCLOSE ACT SAYS WE WILL LET THE BRIBERY CONTINUE, YOU CAN
GIVE MONEY TO THESE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS, SO-CALLED INDEPENDENT
EXPENDITURES, CAN WE JUST FIND OUT WHO IS BRIBING YOU?
IT IS
THE BARE MINIMUM.
IT'S NOT A BAD FIRST STEP IF YOU WANT TO GO IN
THAT DIRECTION, IT'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH, BUT WAIT, COMMON CAUSE,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO FIGHT FOR THE DISCLOSE ACT?
I HAVEN'T SEEN
YOU DO ANYTHING.
SECOND OF ALL THE DISCLOSE ACT HAS NO CHANCE
AT ALL, WHEN THE DEMOCRATS WERE IN CHARGE WE GOT TO 59 VOTES BUT
REPUBLICANS FILIBUSTERED IT, THEY TOOK A SECOND VOTE A LITTLE
LATER AND IT WENT DOWN TO 53 VOTES, IF THEY TOOK A VOTE TODAY
IT WOULD BE UNDER A MAJORITY.
FORGET THE FILIBUSTER, WE CAN'T
EVEN GET 50 VOTES FOR IT NOW.
SO YOUR BIG PLAN IS TO DO A TINY
BIT OF CHANGE WITH NO HOPE AT ALL, BECAUSE PUBLIC WOULD BLOCK
IT?
YOUR PLAN IS TO STAY IN CORRUPT WASHINGTON AND NICKEL
AND DIME THIS EFFORT?
ONE DAY I MET WITH THEM BECAUSE WE'VE
ASKED THEM DOZENS OF TIMES, WILL YOU PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKE STOP
USING YOUR LOBBYISTS TO CRUSH THESE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE
FIGHTING FOR CHANGE?
THEY ARE LIKE, WE DON'T WANT CHANGE.
SO I
SAID WHAT IS YOUR PLAN?
HOW WILL YOU GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS IF
YOU CLAIM THAT IS YOUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE?
WE HAVE A PLAN YOU
ARE FIGHTING AGAINST.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD ME?
THEY SAID,
THE SUPREME COURT.
TO BE FAIR THIS WAS EVEN BEFORE MERRICK
GARLAND, I'M MAKING THIS DEBATE PUBLIC NOW, WE'VE HAD IT FOR A
LONG TIME, I'M TIRED OF THEM DESTROYING OUR EFFORTS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND HOPING NO ONE WILL NOTICE.
SO YOUR
GRAND PLAN WAS FOR A CONSERVATIVE TO DIE ON THE
SUPREME COURT, LET'S LEAVE ASIDE THE FACT THAT THAT'S FAIRLY
MORBID, OR REALLY MORBID -- YOUR PLAN WAS A TOTAL DISASTER, FIRST
OF ALL BARACK OBAMA APPOINTED MERRICK GARLAND, WHO VOTED WITH
CITIZENS UNITED, SECOND OF ALL THEY DIDN'T GET HIM THROUGH, NOW
WE HAVE GORSUCH WHO IS FARTHER RIGHT THAN SCALIA, NOW YOU NEED
TO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES WHO ARE CONSERVATIVE TO DIE.
THAT IS
YOUR PLAN?
AND DO NOTHING IN THE MEANWHILE?
THEY DON'T WANT TO
GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, IT IS WINDOWDRESSING SO THEY CAN
COLLECT MONEY FROM YOU.
THEY HAVE NO AMBITION TO DO THAT, IN
FACT THE ONLY THING THEY SPEND THEIR TIME ON THIS ISSUE IS
TO GO IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AND KILL ANY REAL EFFORT AT
CHANGE.
BY THE WAY THEY SAID TO ME, CENK, WHAT WOULD YOU KNOW?
YOU OF YOUR INTERNET SHOW?
THEIR FORMER LEADERS IN COMMON CAUSE
HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR 40 YEARS.
REALLY, HOW HAS THAT BEEN
WORKING OUT FOR YOU?
AT MINIMUM CAN WE GET AGREEMENT THAT IF
COMMON CAUSE HAS BEEN FIGHTING TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS FOR
40 YEARS THAT THEY ARE A GROSS FAILURE?
IN THE LAST 40 YEARS,
WE HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT MORE MONEY AND POLITICS.
WE HAVE GONE
IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION.
WHY WOULD WE TRUST YOU TO LEAVE THAT
FIGHT?
YOU AREN'T EVEN ON OUR SIDE.
AND YOUR BEST CLAIM TO
FAME IS, WE HAVE BEEN FAILING FOR 40 YEARS STRAIGHT.
PROBABLY
A LOT OF YOUR WONDERING WHO THE HELL IS COMMON CAUSE?
YOU ARE
RIGHT, YOU NEVER HEARD OF THEM, 99% OF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD OF
THEM.
BUT AMONG THE WASHINGTON ELITES THEY ARE LIKE, I DO
DECLARE, COMMON CAUSE ARE GOOD FOLKS, GOOD MILLIONAIRE DONORS,
WE ARE ALL CHUMS WITH THEM.
THEY WILL FIND THIS OUTRAGEOUS BUT I
ASKED THEM TO STOP DOZENS OF TIMES.
BUT THEY SAY NO, WE GET
TO HIT YOU AND YOUR VOLUNTEERS WHENEVER WE WANT, WE DON'T NEED
VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE LOBBYISTS IN EVERY STATE, WE WILL FIGHT YOU
HARDER THAN THE KOCH BROTHERS.
WE BEAT THE KOCH BROTHERS IN NEW
JERSEY.
BUT THESE GUYS COME AND WHISPER SWEET NOTHINGS TO THE
LEADERS, DON'T HAVE A VOTE.
AT THE TIME THEY SNICKERED AT A
STOP BANK I GUARANTEE YOU BY TOMORROW THEY WILL BE CRYING
ABOUT IT.
MY GOD, YOUNG TURKS, WOLF-PAC.COM, THEY ARE SO MEAN,
THEY POINTED OUT WE ARE FIGHTING AGAINST GETTING MONEY OUT OF
POLITICS.
YOU ARE DAMN RIGHT I'M POINTING IT OUT, IT'S WAY PAST
TIME.
THEY DID AN INITIAL REPORT ON THIS ISSUE AND THEY DESCRIBED
WOLF-PAC.COM AS "FAR LEFT."
LET'S PAUSE THERE FOR A SECOND
-- WHAT DOES THAT MAKE COMMON CAUSE?
THE MILD LEFT?
AND THEY
STILL HAVE THIS IN THERE -- CENK UYGUR IS A LEFT-WING POLITICAL
COMMENTATOR.
WHAT ARE YOU, COMMON CAUSE?
I THOUGHT YOU WERE
SUPPOSED TO BE PROGRESSIVE.
THEY CHANGED THE FAR LEFT DESCRIPTION
ONCE I POINTED IT OUT BECAUSE THEY GOT EMBARRASSED, NOW THEY
ARE GOING AROUND TRYING TO SMEAR US SAYING, THEY MIGHT BE WORKING
WITH THE RIGHT-WING.
HA!
YOU ARE GOING TO TRY THAT GAME?
AFTER
SAYING WE ARE FAR LEFT, WE ARE TOO PROGRESSIVE, NOW YOU WILL
PRETEND THE OPPOSITE?
PLEASE SPARE US.
I KNOW IN THE OLD DAYS
YOU HAD TV ON YOUR SIDE, YOU WOULD GET YOUR LACKEYS ON TV TO
LIFE FOR YOU.
IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY ANYMORE, THE INTERNET
EXISTS, EVEN IF THIS SHOW DIDN'T EXIST PEOPLE CAN GOOGLE IT.
TAKE
A LOOK AT ANY OF OUR VIDEOS, WOULD ANYONE CALL US RIGHT-WING?
TODAY THE RIGHT-WING HAS ATTACKED US AS BEING WAY TOO
PROGRESSIVE AND OUTRAGEOUS, IT'S HAPPENING TODAY, TRUMP'S
LOYALISTS ARE ATTACKING US TODAY, SO SPARE ME THE NONSENSE
TALKING POINTS.
IF I HADN'T ASKED A DOZEN TIMES I WOULD SAY
LOOK, THIS IS UNFAIR, BUT IT ISN'T, THEY'VE BEEN UNFAIR TO
YOU.
BY THE WAY, PROBABLY YOU SHOULD LET THEM KNOW ABOUT IT,
I'LL COME BACK TO THIS IN A SECOND BUT WE WILL DO A
PETITION, PROGRESSIVES FOR REAL CHANGE.
IF YOU AGREE WITH THIS,
SIGN ON, I WILL NEVER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COMMON CAUSE
THAT FIGHT AGAINST A CONVENTION TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
AGAIN, I WILL NEVER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE COMMON CAUSE
THAT FIGHT AGAINST A CONVENTION TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
BECAUSE WE ARE ACTUALLY IN FAVOR OF CHANGE.
BY THE WAY, YOU CAN
ALSO LET THEM KNOW BY CALLING THEM --
PLEASE, WHATEVER YOU DO, BE POLITE, I KNOW I'M UPSET HERE
AND YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE UPSET THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING
AGAINST US, BUT BE POLITE, JUST LET THEM KNOW YOU ARE NOT
INTERESTED IN SO-CALLED PROGRESSIVE GROUPS WHO ARE
ACTUALLY AGAINST THE MOVEMENT AND AGAINST EVERYTHING WE STAND
FOR.
I ALSO HAVE ANOTHER CHALLENGE FOR THEM.
THEY KILLED
IT IN THE DARK OF NIGHT IN NEW MEXICO, THEY WENT TO VERMONT,
THAT'S THE HISTORIC STATE THAT ACTUALLY CALLED FOR THE FIRST
FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS BILL, THE FIRST STATE WE PUT ON THE
BOARD, I WAS SO PROUD OF THE PEOPLE OF VERMONT, SO PROUD OF
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF VERMONT, THEY ARE DEBATING IT NOW.
COMMON
CAUSE HAS GONE BACK, AND BY THE WAY THEY USE NATIONAL DEMOCRATS,
ESTABLISHMENT DEMOCRATS WHISPER IN THE EARS OF THE LEGISLATURES,
NO CHANGE.
WHATEVER YOU DO, DON'T DO CHANGE.
ARE YOU
KIDDING?
NATIONAL DEMOCRATS, YOU LOST THE WHITE HOUSE TO A
MONSTER, YOU LOST THE SUPREME COURT, THE HOUSE, THE SENATE,
AND YOU LOST 69 OUT OF 99 STATE LEGISLATURES, AND YOU WANT NO
CHANGE?
THAT'S INSANE.
WE DON'T ACT OUT OF FEAR.
AT WOLF-PAC.COM
WE LEAVE WITH COURAGE, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
SO A LITTLE
CHALLENGE FOR YOU GUYS, TAKE YOUR VOLUNTEERS, AND MY GUESS IS
AT BEST YOU COULD MUSTER, WHAT, 10 OR 20?
ANY CITY, ANYWHERE IN
THE COUNTRY, OUR VOLUNTEERS VERSUS YOURS.
IT WON'T BE A
RUMBLE, CALM DOWN.
WE WILL DO A RALLY TOGETHER, YOU WANT TO SHOW
UP?
MY GUESS IS YOU WON'T TAKE THAT CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS, YOU ARE A PAPER TIGER.
ALL YOU HAVE IS
LOBBYISTS.
I WONDER WHY YOU WANT TO KEEP MONEY IN POLITICS, IF
ALL YOU HAVE IS MONEY.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?
ARE THE EVIL
HENCHMEN?
ARE THEY WORKING WITH THE KOCH BROTHERS?
NO.
I WON'T
SMEAR THEM IN THAT WAY.
I KNOW WHY THEY ARE DOING IT, THEY ARE
ACTUALLY AFRAID OF CHANGE, AND THEIR DONORS, WHO ARE VERY
WEALTHY, ARE AFRAID OF CHANGE.
THEY WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF
CHANGE.
THEY LOVE THE OBAMA/CLINTON CAMP, A LITTLE BIT
EXTRA GAY RIGHTS, A LITTLE BIT EXTRA CIVIL RIGHTS, IF IT GETS
ROLLED BACK THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
REAL CHANGE IS
UNSETTLING, IT ROCKS THE BOAT AND IT IS THEIR BOAT, THEY DON'T
WANT IT ROCKED.
THEY'VE BEEN SITTING IN WASHINGTON FOR 40
YEARS, VERY COMFORTABLE, DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT WALKING
BACKWARDS.
THAT IS WHY THEY DON'T WANT IT, IT'S NOT THAT
THEY ARE BAD GUYS, IF YOU MET THEM YOU WOULD LIKE THEM, BUT IF
YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT AGAINST CHANGE, WE WON'T HAVE IT.
GET
OUT OF THE WAY.
SO WHEN YOU CALL THOSE LEGISLATURES AND TALK THEM
OUT OF IT AND PRETEND THE PROGRESSIVE POSITION IS STATUS
QUO, WE WON'T HAVE IT, I DON'T CARE HOW NICE YOU ARE.
GET OUT
THE WAY BECAUSE YOU ARE BLOCKING CHANGE AND WE AREN'T GOING TO
ALLOW IT. AND IRONICALLY THEY SAY, I'M DOING IT BECAUSE OF THE
RIGHT-WING.
WHAT IF THE RIGHT-WING HAS A CONVENTION?
OKAY, WHAT IF THE RIGHT-WING VOTES?
THEY ALSO GET TO DO THAT
IN A DEMOCRACY.
MAYBE WE SHOULD CANCEL DEMOCRACY!
THIS IS WHAT
ELITES THINK.
THEY THINK LET'S NOT USE THE CONSTITUTION OR
DEMOCRACY, A CONVENTION IS A POWERFUL TOOL OF DEMOCRACY, THEY
LOOK AT THAT AND GO IT'S TERRIBLE, IT'S A POWERFUL TOOL
THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE GET REAL CHANGE, NOW I'M AFRAID.
YOU
THINK PROGRESSIVES ARE WINNING IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU THINK WE
HAVE POLICY ON OUR SIDE?
I JUST LISTED YOU THE RECORD OF FAILURE
OF THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT, AND THESE GUYS WANT THE STATUS
QUO?
THEY MIGHT MEAN WELL BUT THEY ARE NOT DOING WELL.
SO WHEN
THEY SAY THE RIGHT-WING MIGHT USE IT -- YOU KNOW WHAT ELSE THE
RIGHT-WING MIGHT USE?
CONGRESS.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO
DO, END CONGRESS?
BY THE WAY, THEY ARE ALREADY USING CONGRESS.
REPUBLICANS ARE KILLING, THEY CONTROL EVERY LEGISLATIVE BODY,
WHAT MORE COULD THEY WANT?
I KNOW WHAT THEY THINK, THEY WILL
GET EVERY RIGHT-WING POSITION.
YOU NEED 38 STATES TO RATIFY
EVERYTHING, AND AMENDMENT MUST BE RATIFIED BY 38 STATES.
THEY
KNOW THIS AND THEY ARE BEING DISINGENUOUS.
LET ME GIVE YOU A
SENSE OF HOW DISINGENUOUS.
THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT 700 CALLS FOR
CONVENTION.
WAIT A MINUTE, I TOLD YOU YOU ONLY NEED 34 STATES
-- THOSE CALLS COME FROM 49 DIFFERENT STATES.
WAIT A MINUTE,
WHY DON'T WE HAVE A CONVENTION?
IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED 34 CALLS
ON THE SAME ISSUE.
IN THIS CASE, ELECTION REFORM.
BUT WE DON'T
HAVE 34 ON THE SAME ISSUE.
THE RIGHT-WING ONCE A BALANCED
BUDGET AMENDMENT.
IN THAT CASE YOU FIGHT THEM ON A BALANCED
BUDGET AMENDMENT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL AND ASK ME TO FIGHT AGAINST
THE REPUBLICANS?
I'M GOOD AT THAT.
I WOULD MAUL THEIR
BALANCED-BUDGET ARGUMENT.
THEY GO, OH NO, THEY MIGHT WIN.
ALL
YOU DO IS ACT OUT OF FEAR AND COWARDICE, I'M TIRED OF YOUR
FAILURES.
YOU WANT ME TO KILL A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT?
I'M
ON IT, THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE, THAT'S A TERRIBLE ARGUMENT.
THERE IS ONLY ONE THING 38 STATES AGREE ON.
OVER 90% OF THE
COUNTRY, INCLUDING OVER 80% OF REPUBLICANS, HATE THE CORRUPTING
INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN POLITICS.
YET YOU ARE GOING TO VOLUNTARILY
GIVE UP OUR ONE TOOL THAT COULD GET US THAT AMENDMENT?
FINALLY,
LET ME SUMMARIZE FOR YOU GUYS THEIR STRATEGY.
THEIR STRATEGY
IS, OKAY, WE CAN'T GET THE RIGHT-WING TO STOP ASKING FOR A
CONVENTION, THEY CAN'T DO THAT, SO INSTEAD WE WILL ATTACK THE
LEFT-WING AND STOP THEIR CALL FOR A CONVENTION.
SO OUT OF THE
700 CALLS FOR CONVENTION, THEY WENT TO VERMONT AND TRIED TO
RESCIND THE ONE THAT GETS MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
THAT IS A
CURIOUS CHOICE.
YOU HAD OVER 690 OTHER OPTIONS, BUT YOU DECIDED
TO TARGET THE ONE GROUP TRYING TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS.
AND THEY TRIED TO RESCIND SOME OF THE BALANCED-BUDGET ONES,
GREAT, I WILL HELP YOU ON THAT EFFORT.
BUT YOU CAME AFTER A
LEFT-WING PROPOSAL TO GET MONEY OUT OF POLITICS, THAT IS WHAT
YOU PRIORITIZED.
IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT BACK, VERMONT AT
WOLF-PAC.COM.
OR MARYLAND, IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT IN ANY WAY,
WOLF-PAC.COM.
THEIR STRATEGY IS, WE WILL UNILATERALLY DISARM.
WE
WILL GET THE LEFT-WING TO SAY WE AREN'T GOING TO USE THAT TOOL OF
DEMOCRACY CALLED A CONVENTION, WE AREN'T GOING TO FIGHT FOR
CHANGE, WE WILL LET REPUBLICANS HAVE THE ENTIRE FIELD.
THEY WILL
GET TO DO CONVENTIONS AND WE WON'T. WHAT A HORRIFIC AND
STUPID STRATEGY.
I LOVE YOU, BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I GUESS
YOU MEAN WELL, BUT THAT IS NOT A SMART STRATEGY AND I WILL NOT
ABIDE BY IT, AND OUR AUDIENCE WILL NOT ABIDE BY IT.
LET ME
SHOW YOU THE PETITION ONE MORE TIME -- WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS
FOR YOU TO SAY I WILL NEVER SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS LIKE
COMMON CAUSE THAT FIGHT AGAINST A CONVENTION TO GET MONEY OUT OF
POLITICS.
IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE AND YOU LIVE IN DC, WELL, I
GUESS YOU DON'T WANT CHANGE, BUT FOR THE REST OF US, WE WANT
CHANGE, WE WANT COURAGE NOT FEAR.
HALF OF THE AMENDMENTS IN OUR CONSTITUTION HAVE BEEN
PASSED BECAUSE OF THE THREAT OF A CONVENTION, WE WON'T GIVE
UP THAT TOOL.
ONE MORE TIME, THEIR PHONE NUMBER --
BE POLITE, DON'T SAY ANYTHING THAT IS IN ANY WAY PHYSICAL OR
OVERLY AGGRESSIVE, BUT TELL THEM THAT YOU AREN'T GOING TO STAND
FOR IT AND THEY ARE NOT PROGRESSIVES.
WHAT IS OUR ASK?
IT'S SIMPLE, IT'S NOT THAT THEY CEASE TO EXIST, ALTHOUGH I DO
KNOW WHAT THEY ARE IN BUSINESS FOR, ALL THEY DO IS LOSE -- IT'S
THAT THEY SIMPLY STOP FIGHTING OTHER PROGRESSIVE GROUPS.
WE
DIDN'T START THIS FIGHT, THEY STARTED IT.
THEY USED THEIR
LOBBYISTS IN MARYLAND, NEW MEXICO, VERMONT, HAWAII, ALMOST
ALL THE STATES WE WERE IN, OUR BIGGEST OPPOSITION IS NOT FROM
THE RIGHT, IT IS FROM THE SO-CALLED LEFT IN COMMON CAUSE.
SO ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FOR GOD'S SAKE, STAND DOWN.
DON'T USE YOUR
LOBBYISTS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO STOP THE VOTES.
IN FACT
USE YOUR LOBBYISTS ALL YOU WANT, JUST DON'T PREVENT A VOTE.
BECAUSE WE WIN VOTES, WE HAVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ON OUR SIDE
AND YOU DON'T. THE NEXT TIME YOU TRY TO STOP A VOTE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE NIGHT, I WILL LET EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY KNOW IT
AND I'M LETTING THEM KNOW IT NOW.
DON'T JOIN THESE GROUPS IF
THEY ARE ALL PRETENDING TO BE ON THE LEFT, BUT ALL THEY EVER DO
IS STOP CHANGE.
AND THAT IS COMMON CAUSE 101.

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