Help take sewer money out of politics

Around the nation, the sewer money is buying Democracy.

There are a few different ways you can raise the money that you need to win an election. I should know — that’s my job. And one of the easier ways to do that — if you don’t give a damn about good government — is to open up a nice little Super PAC, and ask the corporations, billionaires, and Wall Street bankers to fund it by writing a check large enough to buy a private island. Then, once you’re elected, you let those same corporations, billionaires, and Wall Street bankers (and, in Patrick Murphy’s case, his dear old dad) tell you how to vote. That’s the easy way: just take the sewer money.  Tell Murphy to stop taking the sewer money! Demand that Murphy sign a People’s Pledge to remove special-interest money from his campaign >> Here at Grayson HQ, we like to do things a little differently. And we have to. Working for a candidate with integrity, courage, and guts means we can’t rely on the Super PACs to float our boat — and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Instead, we do it with small contributions like $3, $10, and $20, from supporters like you. That’s how you elect someone like Alan Grayson, who is unbought and unbossed. That’s how you elect someone who votes for the good of the people. Patrick Murphy has benefited greatly from Super PAC money to get elected. In fact, it’s hard to find any Member of the House who has benefited more than he has. So he refuses even to discuss an Elizabeth Warren-style People’s Pledge to keep special-interest dark money out of this election. I know it’s easier to win an election with Super PAC money, but then, like Murphy, you’ve basically handed your voting card over to the special interests. Is it any wonder that Murphy has voted repeatedly to gut regulation of Wall Street? Is it any wonder that Murphy has voted over and over again to force the President to give in on the polluting Keystone XL pipeline? Is it any wonder that Murphy has the fourth-worst voting record among 188 House Democrats – if he even is a Democrat? That’s the price you pay for taking all that sewer money. Taking back our democracy from the Super PACs won’t be easy – especially if Democrats nominate candidates like Murphy, who are errand boys for Super PACs funded by billionaires and corporations. He should be running a grassroots campaign like ours, that is powered by The People. Sign our petition to tell Patrick Murphy to sign the People’s Pledge >> Thanks for everything you do, David Keith Deputy Campaign Manager Alan Grayson for U.S. Senate

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