Fw: New Ad: Expose the Truth About Pombo -- CA, please help wildlife!

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Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund <actionfundNew Ad: Expose the Truth About Pombod2or3Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 12:25 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our New Ad Will Expose Pombo’s Dirty Record

Richard Pombo -- the man who proposed selling off our national parks and gutting protections for endangered species -- is seeking a seat in Congress in a new district. We need your help to expose his record!

 

Please donate to air our hard-hitting ad, expose the truth about Richard Pombo to California voters and save imperiled wildlife and their homes.Dear DD, Richard Pombo wants back in Congress. This time he's running in a new Congressional District -- and America’s #1 Wildlife Villain is wasting no time introducing himself to a new batch of voters. That’s why Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund needs your help to hit the airwaves and let voters in this new district know the truth about Pombo’s terrible record -- a record that includes proposing to sell off our national parks and gut the Endangered Species Act, one of the most important tools for protecting wolves, polar bears and other wildlife.But we need your help to expose Pombo's awful record.Please donate today to help run our new hard-hitting radio ad next week in California and spread the word about Pombo’s outrageous record

and provide a voice for wildlife in politics.Defenders Action Fund sent Pombo packing in 2006 with our highly strategic and effective campaign. But even after this stinging defeat, he’s seeking election in a neighboring Congressional District. If he wins, it could spell disaster for our wildlife. House Republican leaders have promised to restore his seniority if he wins, including his high-level position on the House Natural Resources Committee -- where Pombo could once again take aim at our struggling wildlife and peddle away our public lands to wealthy special interests.Make no mistake: Pombo is the original Sarah Palin. Years before she took to the national stage and argued for reckless drilling and gutting protections for our most vulnerable wildlife, Pombo was pandering to Big Oil and other special interests with little regard for our wildlife

or our wild places. We need to let voters in California’s 19th Congressional District know the truth about Pombo.Please help us run our radio ad in his would-be district. Donate today to get our ad on the air next week!We need your help to get the word out about Pombo’s terrible record. As chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, Richard Pombo led the fight to shred endangered species protections, proposed selling off our national parks,1 wanted to give free rein to mining companies on public lands and was named one of the Most Corrupt Members of Congress.2But that’s not all -- he also handed out billions in tax breaks for the oil and gas industry after accepting thousands in

contributions from Big Oil.3 He even supported commercial whaling.4Please donate today to help air our powerful ad in California’s 19th Congressional District -- and expose Pombo’s dirty record to voters. When we heard Richard Pombo was running again for Congress, Defenders Action Fund sprang into action. We’ve already exposed Pombo’s terrible record in The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times and other outlets in print and online. And our supporters in California’s Central Valley have spread the word to media outlets, friends and neighbors about the resurgence of America’s #1 Wildlife Villain.Richard Pombo is wasting no time trying to woo voters in his new district, already airing ads of his own. But with your

help, we can start running our ads next week -- and expose the truth about Pombo’s dirty record. Can you pitch in to run our ads? We’ve beaten Richard Pombo before and with your help we can make sure he doesn’t get back to Congress.

 

 

 

 

 

Sincerely,Rodger SchlickeisenPresidentDefenders of Wildlife Action FundP.S. With the help of supporters like you, we defeated Richard Pombo in 2006. Your generous support online today will help ensure he’s defeated again. You can also contribute by calling 1-800-425-4632.--------------------------------

Notes:1 http://www.grist.org/article/definitely-not-a-roosevelt-republican/2http://www.crewsmostcorrupt.orgBD2006Report.pdf3http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/industries.php?cycle=Career & type=C & cid=N00007516 & newMem=N & recs=20#indhttp://www.lcv.org/president-and-congress/house/richard-pombo-has-one-of-the-most-anti-environmental-records-in-the-entire-congress.html4 http://motherjones.com/environment/2006/03/enemies-ocean

 

 

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