Announcing "Progressives Against Hillary"

Five years ago, New York sent a senator to Washington who promised to champion the values of progressives: Equal rights. Quality health care for all Americans. A government by the people, not just the powerful. An end to the corporate exploitation of our country. Senator Clinton has forgotten the many progressives who pounded the pavement to get her elected; her forgetfulness threatens to cost us essential rights for which so many of us have been fighting. Her preoccupation with moving to the right, in hopes of winning the 2008 Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary, have seen her sacrifice the principles of the people who helped her beat Rick Lazio in the face of tens of millions of dollars in Republican special interest money that was poured into the race against her. For five years, Senator Clinton has lead the Democratic Party in retreating in the face of repeated attacks from the radical right. Just to name a few examples:

• Senator Clinton allowed ultra-conservative John Roberts, a guaranteed vote against a woman's right to choose, to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, failing to make a stand.
• The US military continues to discriminate against gays and lesbians. Senator Clinton has yet to introduce legislation to combat this horrific injustice against people who want to serve their nation.
• Senator Clinton allowed the Assault Weapons Ban, which had been making our streets safer for a decade, to expire with only token opposition, largely due to the unpopularity of this critical measure with primary voters in Iowa and NH.
  
• America remains bogged down in Iraq in a war that Senator Clinton authorized and refuses to stop supporting.

The list goes on, longer than our patience can be allowed to be stretched in discussing the principles we hold so dearly. Email us to join this crucial discussion on how to help stop Senator Hillary Clinton's slide to the right, and to put our progressive values back on her list of priorities.