Dear Lucas,
I wanted to make you saw Debbie's email about standing together to reverse the damage done by the Citizens United decision. This is the Supreme Court decision that said corporations have the same rights as people and that they could spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections.
Since this decision came down, people like Karl Rove and the Koch brothers have created shadowy and unaccountable "Super PACs" to spend millions on the upcoming election.
The good news is that the response to Debbie's call to action has been terrific!
In just two days, more than 7,000 people have already signed the petition saying it's time to stop the corrosive damage that unlimited, anonymous money is having on our political system.
Can you help keep the momentum going by signing the petition and sharing it with your friends?
Click here to sign the petition.
Thanks for your support!
Wally Nowinski
Stabenow for U.S. Senate
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From: Debbie Stabnow
Date: January, 21, 2012 2:10 PM EST
Subject: Two years of damage
To: Wally Nowinski
Dear Friend,
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's 5-4 Citizens United decision. This ruling opened the floodgates, allowing big corporations and special interests to contaminate our elections with unlimited, anonymous cash.
Over the past two years, we've seen the results of Citizens United. Super PACs, like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the Koch Brother's Americans for Prosperity, have run attack ad after attack ad, further polarizing our political process and fueling the gridlock in Washington.
Citizens United has been a boon to deep-pocketed special interests, but the unlimited, anonymous cash it has unleashed on our political process is undermining the foundations of our democracy.
I am determined to stand up and work to reverse the damage done by the Citizens United ruling. I hope you will join me in this fight.
Please sign the petition and join the fight to end the unlimited, anonymous, special interest money that the Citizens United decision let in to our political process.
Click here to sign the petition.
Thank you for your support!
Debbie Stabenow
United States Senator