Friday, September 25, 2009

Petition calling on Obama to support progressive Rep. Keith Ellison

Here is a link to the google document version of the petition calling on Obama and his healthcare campaign OFA (the DNC really) to support Representative Keith Ellison on healthcare reform and issues of war and peace.

Please print out a few copies and collect signatures and send them in to the address of the Ellison campaign.

The Ellison campaign has held a few healthcare events, and OFA brought a petition to Ellison's annual Labor Day BBQ asking Keith to support the president's plan.

Keith Ellison has historically been a champion for the Conyers bill, HR 676, which is also supported by the Minnesota State Democratic-Farmer-Labor platform.

We need Keith to see that he has nationwide support for his faithful representation of the progressive, pro-peace political aspirations of Minnesota's Fifth Congressional District (Minneapolis and suburbs).

We need Keith to stand up to the ressure been imposed on him from those in the White House who have cut bad deals with PhRMA, etc.

We need a champion for the Weiner Amendment, and we need a champion for peace. Once, we had that in Keith Ellison.

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