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I, Al Franken, Want to Call Your Crazy Conservative Friend

Dear MVP Supporter,

When I asked you to vote (with your wallet) for your favorite of our ten nominated candidates, I told you we’d give $5,000 to the winner (Victoria Wulsin), and that we might be able to give a little bit to some of the other candidates.

Well, you responded – big time. How big? So big that we’ve sent a $2500 check to each of the other nominees: Jason Altmire, Joe Sestak, Eric Massa, Joe Courtney, Diane Farrell, Charlie Brown, Scott Kleeb, Gary Trauner, and Steve Kagen. We’ve also increased our commitment to Lois Murphy, Patrick Murphy, Dan Seals, and Jerry McNerney. And, on top of THAT, we’ve added another seven candidates to our roster of MVPs: Nancy Boyda in Kansas, Jill Derby in Nevada, Larry Grant in Idaho (!), Paul Hodes in New Hampshire, Mary Jo Kilroy in Ohio, Ron Klein in Florida, and Harry Mitchell in Arizona. That’s $50,000 out the door in one day – nice work, everybody!

We told you earlier this week that we’ve gone over a million dollars raised since we started last fall, and I want to thank you for helping us get there. If you’d like to help us add even more candidates to our roster of MVPs, you know what to do.

And, as a special incentive, I’m offering the most valuable thing I have to offer: me, yelling at your obnoxious conservative friend on your behalf. If you contribute at least $500 to Midwest Values PAC, I will personally call a right-wing pal of your choosing between now and Election Day and tell them why the Democratic Party represents a better vision for America’s future, or at least one in which fewer Congressmen go to prison. If they resist, I’ll confront them with my trademark brand of scorn and ridicule.

The way I see it, you all have been doing great work helping MVP to support progressive candidates nationwide. But the only thing more fun than supporting progressives is turning conservatives into progressives. Or making fun of them. And I hope I get a chance to yell at many of your friends between now and Election Day.

Sincerely,

Al Franken
Minneapolis