[Nj_federation_alert] Chaifetz Stirs His Troop(s)

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If we do not vote we will have to listen to comments like those found below from Chaifetz for 4 more years.
Ant

From: "Stu Chaifetz" <veganman at hnva.net>
To: Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 10:52 PM
Subject: [AP-PAC] Thoughts Before the Election and the Last Call 
ForVolunteers DO NOT FORWARD
 Dear friends,
   In just two nights from now the polls will close and the votes cast
 on election day will begin to be counted. There will be victors and
 the defeated, and mired somewhere amongst them may very well be the
 fate of our wildlife.  As we face this uncertain future, the past and
 all the events that lead us here move to the fore of my thoughts.
   In 2003, after scandal erupted with Republican Senate incumbent John
 Bennett, the long held Republican bastion of the 12th district turned
 and Democrats Ellen Karcher, Mike Panter and Bob Morgan won the three
 seats. In 2005, when only the Assembly seats were up (the Senate is
 every four years and Assembly every two) Bob Morgan was defeated and
 Mike Panter survived and held onto his seat by a mere 70 vote margin.
 The woman who won Bob Morgan's seat is Jennifer Beck. Beck is now
 challenging Ellen Karcher for the Senate position.
   I remember the first time I spoke to Mike Panter; it was the day
 before the election in 2003. Someone had forwarded me an email of his
 where he said he was a vegetarian, and I decided to reach out to him
 and offer what support we could.  This was before we had created the
 Animal Protection PAC, so our help basically came down to me and a
 few others reaching out to everyone we knew and asking them to vote.
    Over the course of the next two years, while a few of us resolved to
 make the dream of a political organization dedicated to animal
 protection a reality, Mike proved to be a true friend to animals and
 a good and decent legislator.  When he faced that trying time in
 2005, we were there, as the Animal Protection PAC, to offer the help
 we could as a fully formed and operational political machine. We put
 our focus on a volunteer effort that became so strong that out of
 their total volunteer force, we comprised an overwhelming 75%
 majority.  When you consider what we had done, and that victory was
 won by such close measure, we had, without question, proved that
 animals and the activists who fight for them not only mattered, but
 that we could be the decisive force in an election.
    Today, in 2007, we are being tested as never before. As we rose for
 an honorable cause, there are those who are our dark mirror image,
 the negative to our positive, who seek political power not to create
 a better or more kind world, but to instead hold onto power, and then
 use that power to kill.  I speak of the PAC formed by the hunters.
   I have to admit that I underestimated them; I never thought they
 would be as dishonest and act as disgracefully as they have. I was
 also surprised to just how malicious their op-eds were, and how
 viciously they attacked my friends. Just as there was no truth in
 their words, there was no shame either.
    While they plotted and enacted their strategy, we moved to our own
 course, countering them every time, appearing to be on the defensive
 when necessary, then striking at the most opportune moment. That we
 were able, with a much smaller corps of people, plan and execute a
 rally exactly opposite to what the hunters were doing, beat them to
 punch and get better press on a widely read Sunday newspaper while
 they lagged on Monday, was one of the key moments.
    This election has been a true slugfest.  But it's not over yet - and
 you can still play a pivotal role in the outcome.
 The Panter/Karcher "Get Out The Vote" effort on election day is
 critically important, and volunteers are desperately needed to help
 in what could be the difference between triumph and loss.  Every body
 will count and even if you can only spare a few hours, it will be
 tremendously appreciated.
   If you have any time on Monday or Tuesday, please contact the
 campaign office at 732 577 6800 and tell them you want to help. Tell
 them that  because Mike and Ellen have stood in defense of animals,
 you will be there to stand in defense of them. You can ask for Geoff
 Borshof and mention I sent you.
    This is the political battle of our age. Let us fight it to it's
 conclusion with pride, dignity and the strength that is born from an
 virtuous cause.
 Stu Chaifetz
 Director, Animal Protection PAC
 www.ProtectNJAnimals.com




Anthony P. Mauro, Sr.
Chairman, New Jersey Outdoor Alliance http://www.njoutdooralliance.org