DATE: September 24, 2008
TO: Interested Parties
FROM: Al Franken for Senate
RE: How much have Norm Coleman and George Bush’s giveaways to the special interests cost us?

BACKGROUND
How much have Norm Coleman and George Bush’s giveaways to the special interests cost us?
$17 billion dollars in tax breaks to the oil companies
$40 billion to companies that ship our jobs overseas
$300 billion to the drug companies
Coleman and Bush have increased the national debt to over nine TRILLION dollars
And Coleman wants to spend a trillion more to privatize social security.
Norm Coleman has stuck with George Bush…and stuck it to Minnesota.

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We kicked off the new Latinos for Franken outreach campaign at the Wellstone Center this Sunday. Latino community, business and political leaders joined Al for the event -­ including Ramsey County Commissioner Rafael Ortega, Art Martinez and Elsa Leven. They talked about the power the Latino community has to get out the vote and volunteer to reach out through doorknocks and phone calls.

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We took the hybrid on a trip up to St. Cloud on Saturday, where Al rallied volunteers before a doorknock, stopped by a couple coffee shops to greet voters, attended the Great River Regional Public Library Grand Opening ­- and that was all before noon!
Other events: a pre-football game rally at St. Johns, Women for Franken, and our 100th house party!
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On Friday, Franni and former Congressman Martin Sabo held a roundtable at a St. Paul coffee shop with five Minnesota seniors to talk about the importance of Social Security. Protecting Social Security is near and dear to Al and Franni because Franni’s family survived on Social Security survivor benefits after the death of her father. It’s something Al has talked about on the trail and also in our TV ad, “Important.”

More on Al’s proposals to stand up for Minnesota seniors from the Rochester Post-Bulletin, after Al’s visit to Rochester for Seniors for Franken:
http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=16&a=361419

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Al, Franni and Thomasin had a busy weekend traveling in all different directions!

Al spent Saturday in the Twin Cities, stopping by Mass Appeal Barbershop in Minneapolis to greet folks and shake hands, and then heading to St. Paul to visit the Hmong International Market and the Selby Avenue Jazz Fest for more meeting and greeting.

On Sunday morning, you might have seen Al on TV, talking to Esme Murphy on WCCO about the his college tuition tax credit proposal and the state of the Senate race. Afterwards we stopped by the Mexican Independence Day Parade in Minneapolis, before it was back in the hybrid for a trip up to Duluth for the MN AFL-CIO Convention.

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