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[Gerry Gras]

FYI,

Gerry


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Subject: Important Action Alert from Cindy for Congress
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:43:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Cindy for Congress <contact at CindyforCongress.org>
Reply-To: email at cindyforcongress.org
To: gerrygras at earthlink.net


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Ca 8th District Congressional Candidate Trivia Challenge

Here is a political trivia challenge for you:

Question One: Which Candidate has only one visible window sign up in the
district and rents a "campaign office" from her millionaire-real estate
developer husband; sends most of the money she raises to other
candidates to consolidate her power; and refuses to debate her opponents
or even hold a town hall meeting in the district?

Question Two: Which Candidate had to collect 10,198 signatures to
historically gain ballot status; has 4000 window signs all over the
district; 12 staffers; hundreds of print, radio, and television ads;
75,000 mailers; has made 250,000 phone calls (robo and personal),
thousands of flyers handed out; 40,000 door hangers hung; dozens of
committed volunteers and the endorsement of the SF Bay Guardian, SF Bay
View, League of Pissed off Voters, League of Young Voters, the SF Green
Party, the SF and California Peace and Freedom Party among many others;
and has spent well over a half a million dollars campaigning in the
district?

If you guessed Nancy Pelosi and Cindy Sheehan, in that order, you get a
perfect score.

Cindy Sheehan is the only Congressional Candidate here in San Francisco
who is actively campaigning for the seat. If one's source of news is
only establishment outlets, you would think that Nancy Pelosi is
unopposed and there is no race here in the 8th District. Pelosi's record
is deplorable, but she is given a free pass here in the corporate
establishment media and she is able to find the time to hawk her book
and fundraise, but not to hold a town hall meeting here in the District
since 2006. Cindy Sheehan for Congress thinks that this, and her lack of
campaign, shows an incredible disrespect for the voters and for the
democratic process.

Now KQED, a so-called public broadcasting station, has given Nancy
Pelosi another chance to spout her talking points and tout her
incomprehensible capitulation to the Bush Administration and Wall Street
in an interview that she will be doing solo on Wednesday morning. In the
interest of "equal time" the station is "generously" allowing we other
three candidates a chance to debate each other (myself and the
Libertarian and Republican) after she is on by herself. Cindy for
Congress does not think that three for one is "equal time" and Cindy for
Congress believes that the only Congressional campaign here in the
District should get real one for one equal time, or KQED should sponsor
a real debate so Nancy Pelosi will have to talk about the issues.

KQED informed Cindy for Congress that they are not "focusing" on the
Congressional race this year.￿ Of course they aren't: Nancy Pelosi
actually has a fierce opponent. In fact, a site search of the KQED
website pulls up only one reference to the Cindy for Congress campaign
for the entire 14 months we have been in existence.

ACTION ALERT: Call (live call in number: 866 733 6786) The Forum with
Michael Krasny (between 9am and 11am PST every day) and demand equal
time for Cindy Sheehan and tell him that the Congressional race in Ca8
is important to you and that to be viewed as a credible journalist, he
should sponsor a debate between Nancy Pelosi and Cindy Sheehan.

Or call the comment number: 415 553 3300 and leave a message or email
forum at KQED.org

Join the Cindy for Congress campaign in front of the KQED studios 2601
Mariposa St, 94110 (Bryant & Mariposa) at 8:30am October 29th when Nancy
Pelosi is scheduled to appear, live and solo.