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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Dear Friend,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sarah Palin and other professional right-wing demagogues are exploiting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the firing of Juan Williams from National Public Radio as an excuse to</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">push Congress to defund NPR, which is something conservatives have wanted</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">for decades.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Already GOP leadership in the House forced a vote to cut off funding for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">NPR. And though they failed this time, we can expect the Republican</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">majority in the next Congress to revisit this issue with a vengeance.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Join me in telling Congress: Don't cave to Sarah Palin. Stand up for NPR</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">and save public funding for public media!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">It's really easy to do so at the link below.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"><A HREF="http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/stand_up_for_npr_lcv/?r_by=-818912-0cpEIQx&rc=mailto2">http://act.credoaction.com/campaign/stand_up_for_npr_lcv/?r_by=-818912-0cpEIQx&rc=mailto2</A></FONT>
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