> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:00:43 -0600 (CST)
> From: Marijuana Policy Project <rob@...>
> Subject: MPP's $10,000 challenge to presidential
> candidates
>
> Dear:
>
> Last week, MPP offered the campaigns of presidential
> candidates Rudy Guiliani, John McCain, and Mitt
> Romney $10,000 apiece to back up their statements
> regarding medical marijuana.
>
> The challenge was accompanied by a massive billboard
> featuring the three Republicans with Pinocchio
> noses. Details are available at
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=-9u7aYekt6K4tFqC_qRbqA..
> .
>
> We've made great progress in New Hampshire this year
> in pressuring the presidential candidates to take
> strong, public, positive positions on medical
> marijuana: Our efforts have led to 10 of the 17
> major Democratic and Republican candidates pledging
> to end the DEA's raids on patients and providers in
> the 12 states where medical marijuana is legal.
> (Read more at
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=cP3H3hxWUopBxT1b7j5STg..
> .) Would you please consider making a donation at
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=sjdzOk_v6JT8k8_gjQ9Ucw..
> to support our efforts to bring medical marijuana
> into the national spotlight?
>
> During the past nine months of this campaign, the
> three clowns on the billboard persistently made
> patently false statements in response to questions
> from patients who have benefited from medical
> marijuana -- insulting seriously ill people and
> flouting a huge body of scientific evidence.
>
> Muscular dystrophy patient Clayton Holton was
> rebuffed by this trio at three separate events in
> New Hampshire this fall. Video footage of Gov.
> Romney's snub was widely seen on CNN and YouTube.
> (You can view it at
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=FPTT4lGVqpLy6VWdrn3oOA..
> .)
>
> Indeed, the candidates had the gall to claim to Mr.
> Holton and other patients that marijuana is too
> dangerous for medical use or not needed because
> adequate substitutes exist -- claims that are
> refuted by the patients themselves, not to mention
> published scientific data.
>
> If you like to see politicians called out on their
> lies, I hope you'll make a year-end gift to MPP
> today at
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=wP1qSJ9He2syaXwIxckU_g..
> .
>
> Since appeals to science, compassion, and common
> sense haven't worked, we're speaking to these
> candidates in a language we know they understand --
> campaign contributions. If they can back up their
> claims, we'll donate to their campaigns. But if they
> can't, they need to stop lying.
>
> But we don't expect to have to pay. A panel of
> medical experts is ready to evaluate any responses
> we receive from the three campaigns, and we're
> confident the candidates won't be able to support
> their baseless claims.
>
> Indeed, we're still waiting for the campaigns to
> respond at all. Will you please make a donation to
> MPP today at
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=35NESHBweegonD3YTOufJQ..
> so that we can continue to pester these three
> candidates through the end of the New Hampshire
> primary season?
>
> Thank you for supporting MPP's work.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Rob Kampia
> Executive Director
> Marijuana Policy Project
> Washington, D.C.
>
> P.S. As I've mentioned in previous alerts, a major
> philanthropist has committed to match the first $3.0
> million that MPP can raise from the rest of the
> planet in 2007. This means that your donation today
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=VPvtBzj4JtkHTuWtUiZHZw..
> will be doubled.
>
>
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>
> The Marijuana Policy Project hopes that each of the
> 100,000 subscribers on our national e-mail list will
> make at least one financial donation to MPP's work
> in 2007. Please visit
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=Pt5hiYsL_eKqw8BuoSZZ8w..
> to donate now.
>
> MPP will be able to tackle all of the projects in
> its 2007 strategic plan --
>
http://control.mpp.org/site/R?i=xM9bIvKEs4uV6grvJIkCIA..
> -- if you and other allies are generous enough to
> fund our work.
>
> Raised in 2007: $2,276,676
> Goal in 2007: $3,000,000
>
>
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>
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> donations you make to MPP may be used for political
> purposes, such as supporting or opposing candidates
> for federal office.



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