E-mail from Teddy

[globalvillage]

Dear XXXXXXXXX,

More than 45,000 people have endorsed Senate Resolution 350, rejecting the Bush Administration's preposterous claim that when Congress authorized the use of military force against the terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq, it implicitly also authorized the president to spy on American citizens without a court order. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our leaders have a responsibility to defend our country and that includes the responsibility to defend the constitutional rights that make us Americans, not violate them.

On Monday, I was on a conference call with some of the most active members of the TedKennedy.com community, individuals who had endorsed the resolution and then reached out to urge others to join us. It was a special opportunity to talk about the many difficult issues we face in the Senate, and I look forward to more of these opportunities in the near future.

You can listen to the audio of the call through the website:

www.tedkennedy.com/callaudio

The coming months hold many more opportunities for calls like this, and I hope you'll be part of those.

It's amazing to think back to our first campaign website in 1994 and track the growth of our online presence. More that 170,000 people have joined us since then. Together, we are a powerful voice and will continue to oppose the abuse of power by the Bush Administration and the Republican leadership in Congress. Let's continue to expand our community, be involved in the 2006 elections, and elect a Congress that will restore the people's confidence in America's leaders.

Thank you for all your effective work.

Sincerely,

Senator Edward M. Kennedy

P.S.: You can spread the word about Senate Resolution 350 -- or endorse it yourself -- here:

http://www.tedkennedy.com/page/invite/Resolution350TAF


Sorry if this has already been posted, I'm still catching up.
:-)


Edit to add link to sign resolution

http://www.tedkennedy.com/page/s/resolution350

[TayTay]

1. Wasn't this lovely?

If you click through the links it takes you a page with Cyrstal Patterson's name on it. What a lovely idea, a staffer, with a name and permanent web address and e-mail that you can correspond with. That you know is there. And has, like a name. And talks to web people directly from the Senate office to you. Wow! I'm awfully, deeply and truly impressed. Honestly.

I'm just saying, that's all. (Methinks TayTay has a bug up her ear on something. Hmmmm whatever could it be?)