Sparky got a letter from Donna Brazile
that he thought worth sharing:

Hammer the Hammer Fund

In 1994, the Republicans campaigned nationally on the Contract with America, promising high ethical standards and responsiveness to the great citizens of this country. A hard charging, take no prisoners lawmaker named Tom Delay said to the American people November 16, 1995:

"The time has come that the American people know exactly what their Representatives are doing here in Washington. Are they feeding at the public trough, taking lobbyist-paid vacations, getting wined and dined by special interest groups? Or are they working hard to represent their constituents? The people, the American people, have a right to know."

Tom DeLay's friends, calling themselves "the Conservative Movement," are rallying to his side in the only way they seem to know how: a $250 per plate dinner with Republican power brokers and extremist special interests.

In their own "celebration" of DeLay's high achievements in influence peddling, the DCCC is making a special push for the Hammer the Hammer Fund in recognition of his distinguished career - and to help him towards retirement in 2006. Best of all, they'll match every dollar you chip in. That means for every $50 you contribute, $100 goes to defeating Tom DeLay and his friends:
Hammer the Hammer Fund

Since 2003, Tom DeLay and his "movement" have had control over the entire government, and what do they have to celebrate?

• They worked with Enron and giant oil companies to write an energy bill that does nothing to lower gas prices, and which was described by their fellow conservatives as a "mishmash of corporate giveaways and special interest kickbacks."
• They passed a Medicare bill that does virtually nothing for seniors and everything for the big drug companies that helped write that bill.
• And they continue to throw tax breaks to the big special interests hand over fist; even after those policies led to the tragic "jobless recovery" we went through for most of President Bush's first term.

This is what you get from your government when it falls into the clutches of shameless swindlers and large scale cheaters - help the DCCC throw them out on the curb with a matched contribution today:

As for the "saluters," they seem to be offering a new kind of contract - as one of the organizers put it:

"The message is, if you want support from conservatives in the future, you better be in the forefront of those standing beside Tom DeLay."

Looks like old Tom DeLay's gone and taken his party hostage - anybody still wonder why they call him "The Hammer"? Well, if Tom DeLay is the "conservative movement," then that is a sad movement indeed - and certainly nothing to go around celebrating.

Now that the original "Contract" is null and void, it is time to clean up the House of all this garbage, and the only way to do that is to put more Democrats in Congress where they can stop Tom DeLay's pay-to-play racket once and for all.

The people who will do that for us are my friends at the DCCC - so help them celebrate Tom DeLay's career by sending him and his loyal friends packing:

Hammer the Hammer Fund

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One wonders what the Dem's strategy of keeping silent in the face of obvious cheating is. He hopes that it doesn't mean they want to subvert it for their own.

o&o - Sparky