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On a national level they may be a good place to start making phone calls and emails.
My name is Ken Blackwell, Im the former Ohio Sec. of State, and more importantly, a former Mayor of Cincinnati. Ive dealt with gun violence issues before. I currently serve on the boards of the Club for Growth and the National Rifle Association*. I can tell you from experience that what Obama is doing is nothing other than an unprecedented attack on the liberties guaranteed to us by the Framers of the Constitution.
Claiming that "Congress must act" Obama swore that he would throw "whatever weight this office holds" to strong-arm members of Congress into passing his $500 million plan. You read that correctly. $500 million bucks specifically earmarked for taking away your Constitutional rights.
The Obama Administration has a saying: "Never let a good crisis go to waste." That's exactly what they are doing here--using the deaths of those poor children in Newtown, CT to ram through their radical liberal agenda. It makes my blood boil.
But there is a problem with President Obama's plan: to get his bill through the Senate, he needs the vote of every Senate Democrat. And there are six Democrat Senators up for re-election in 2014 in Red States-- states Obama lost in 2012. We need to turn up the pressure on them, right now.
We need to flood their offices with calls and letters, right now, letting them know that if they support this unconstitutional bill, their political careers are over.
These are the Senators I am talking about:
Alaska: Sen. Mark Begich. It's going to be very hard for him to win a Republican state like Alaska. This is not the time to pick a fight on guns.
Arkansas: Sen. Mark Pryor. Pryor is in real trouble right now, and a southern state like Arkansas that Obama lost will not take kindly to their guns being taken away.
Louisiana: Sen. Mary Landrieu. Ditto for Louisiana. They don't take kindly to people from Washington, D.C. trying to tell them what to do.
North Carolina: Sen. Kay Hagan. Hagan is another Southern Dem who is fighting for her life right now in a state with a strong history of gun ownership and sportsmanship.
South Dakota: Tim Johnson. Johnson hasn't decided if he's running for re-election or not. He's got a fight on his hands.
Montana: Max Baucus. Baucus is a long time Obama ally, but he's one of the most endangered Democrats in the Senate. Montana is a great state for hunting and fishing. It will be very tough for him to support Obama on this if he hopes to get re-elected.
So there you have it. Every single one of these Democrats will be fighting for their political lives in 2014. We are going to flood their offices with calls and letters from people in their states, telling them not to support the Obama Gun Grab. But we need your help to do it.
These Senators are all liberals, but they are political animals first. They will act to save their skin above all else. If we make sure that their phones ring off the hook in the coming weeks that will scare them to death. And if we can stop them from voting for this bill, then Obama's plan is dead on arrival. It's as simple as that.
We're going to target these Red State Democrats with grassroots action and we are going to defeat Obama's plan. But we have to act now. I'm all in. Will you join me?
Sincerely,
Ken Blackwell
Chairman, Tea Party Victory Fund
My name is Ken Blackwell, Im the former Ohio Sec. of State, and more importantly, a former Mayor of Cincinnati. Ive dealt with gun violence issues before. I currently serve on the boards of the Club for Growth and the National Rifle Association*. I can tell you from experience that what Obama is doing is nothing other than an unprecedented attack on the liberties guaranteed to us by the Framers of the Constitution.
Claiming that "Congress must act" Obama swore that he would throw "whatever weight this office holds" to strong-arm members of Congress into passing his $500 million plan. You read that correctly. $500 million bucks specifically earmarked for taking away your Constitutional rights.
The Obama Administration has a saying: "Never let a good crisis go to waste." That's exactly what they are doing here--using the deaths of those poor children in Newtown, CT to ram through their radical liberal agenda. It makes my blood boil.
But there is a problem with President Obama's plan: to get his bill through the Senate, he needs the vote of every Senate Democrat. And there are six Democrat Senators up for re-election in 2014 in Red States-- states Obama lost in 2012. We need to turn up the pressure on them, right now.
We need to flood their offices with calls and letters, right now, letting them know that if they support this unconstitutional bill, their political careers are over.
These are the Senators I am talking about:
Alaska: Sen. Mark Begich. It's going to be very hard for him to win a Republican state like Alaska. This is not the time to pick a fight on guns.
Arkansas: Sen. Mark Pryor. Pryor is in real trouble right now, and a southern state like Arkansas that Obama lost will not take kindly to their guns being taken away.
Louisiana: Sen. Mary Landrieu. Ditto for Louisiana. They don't take kindly to people from Washington, D.C. trying to tell them what to do.
North Carolina: Sen. Kay Hagan. Hagan is another Southern Dem who is fighting for her life right now in a state with a strong history of gun ownership and sportsmanship.
South Dakota: Tim Johnson. Johnson hasn't decided if he's running for re-election or not. He's got a fight on his hands.
Montana: Max Baucus. Baucus is a long time Obama ally, but he's one of the most endangered Democrats in the Senate. Montana is a great state for hunting and fishing. It will be very tough for him to support Obama on this if he hopes to get re-elected.
So there you have it. Every single one of these Democrats will be fighting for their political lives in 2014. We are going to flood their offices with calls and letters from people in their states, telling them not to support the Obama Gun Grab. But we need your help to do it.
These Senators are all liberals, but they are political animals first. They will act to save their skin above all else. If we make sure that their phones ring off the hook in the coming weeks that will scare them to death. And if we can stop them from voting for this bill, then Obama's plan is dead on arrival. It's as simple as that.
We're going to target these Red State Democrats with grassroots action and we are going to defeat Obama's plan. But we have to act now. I'm all in. Will you join me?
Sincerely,
Ken Blackwell
Chairman, Tea Party Victory Fund
