<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Was asked to forward this. From a good guy....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=david@davidswanson.org href="mailto:david@davidswanson.org">David Swanson</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=sethia@speakeasy.net href="mailto:sethia@speakeasy.net">Seth Ackerman</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 29, 2004 2:12 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> ReDefeat Bush in NY Tuesday</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Seth, please come if you can and share this around. David</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>THE COMMITTEE TO REDEFEAT THE PRESIDENT<BR>For Immediate Release March 29, 2004<BR><BR>ReDefeat Bush Campaign Coming to N.Y.<BR><BR>WHAT: ReDefeatBush.com, a federal PAC, is expanding its campaign to register<BR>one million new Democrats in swing states with its first weekly event in New<BR>York.  Volunteers will gather in Manhattan to phone and write unregistered<BR>residents of Pennsylvania.<BR><BR>WHEN: From 6 to 9 p.m. EST, Tuesday, March 30, 2004.<BR><BR>WHERE: Sandobe Sushi at 167 First Avenue between 10th Street and 11th<BR>Street, New York, N.Y.<BR><BR>ReDefeatBush.com has already held four weekly Phone Banks to Swing States in<BR>Washington, D.C., and the fifth will take place on March 30th.  The first<BR>event in Arlington, Va., has been scheduled for April 14th, and additional<BR>locations are being organized in the Washington, D.C. area and in the San<BR>Francisco bay area.<BR><BR>The Committee to ReDefeat the President is an independent expenditure<BR>committee not affiliated with any candidate. Headquartered on the Internet<BR>at <A href="http://www.redefeatbush.com">www.redefeatbush.com</A> , its purpose is to effectively channel volunteer<BR>activities into political action that will defeat President Bush.  It raises<BR>money through online contributions, events, and the sale of merchandise,<BR>including buttons, bumper stickers, T-shirts, lawn signs and condoms.<BR><BR>In cooperation with other organizations, it sponsors Phone Banks to Swing<BR>States nationwide.  At these gatherings, activists with cell phones make<BR>phone calls to households that are likely to register as Democrats but are<BR>not currently registered to vote, and those without cell phones write<BR>letters to the voters who cannot be successfully contacted by telephone.<BR>Concentrating on a handful of key battleground states, ReDefeatBush will<BR>organize 20,000 volunteers to register on average 50 new Democratic voters<BR>each, totaling a million new voters by election day 2004.<BR><BR>New York Coordinator: Elana Levin 347-512-2805, <A href="mailto:elana@redefeatbush.com">elana@redefeatbush.com</A><BR>Communications Director: David Swanson 301-772-0210,<BR><A href="mailto:swanson@redefeatbush.com">swanson@redefeatbush.com</A><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>