Arianna campaign e-mail announcement JUST SENT

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Tue Sep-30-03 08:40 PM
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Arianna campaign e-mail announcement JUST SENT

Dear Robert,

I am writing to let you know that I have decided to withdraw as
a candidate for governor in California's recall race.

I am doing this so that I can devote all my time and energy in
the remaining week to defeating the recall -- and to defeating
the Arnold Schwarzenegger-Pete Wilson forces that are trying to
use the recall to hijack our state.

You can read my full statement here:

http://www.votearianna.com/statement

From the beginning of my campaign I have said that I opposed the
recall on principle. It was backed by a bunch of Republican sore
losers looking for a backdoor way to overturn an election they
lost. Nevertheless, once the recall was set, I felt that the
opportunity it offered to elect a truly independent and
progressive governor was too important to let pass. And so I
entered the race.

Now that it's clear that's not going to happen, my highest
priority is to issue a wake up call and bring a sense of urgency
to what is at stake.

The people of California simply cannot afford to have Arnold
Schwarzenegger as their governor.

- He has spent millions of dollars crafting and selling a
political persona that is completely contradicted by reality.

- He got into this race promising to take no special interest
money, then turned around and raised millions from special
interests.

- He painted himself as an outsider, then surrounded himself
with Pete Wilson operatives and a Who's Who of GOP insiders.

- He went on Oprah to appeal to women, but didn't include a
single woman on his team of economic advisors.

We must not vote for a fantasy leader and end up with a
nightmare: a Bush Republican who thinks the answer to all of
California's problems can be found in making life even easier
for businesses and giant corporations.

So I am encouraging all of my supporters to join me in taking
the following stand. I call it "Three NO's and a YES!"

1 -- NO on the Recall.
2 -- NO on Schwarzenegger.
3 -- NO on Prop 54.

And YES! on the Clean Elections Ballot Initiative I filed last
week, which I will be working overtime to pass in 2004. Read
more about the Initiative:

http://www.votearianna.com/cleanelections

Remember -- this campaign is not over until we defeat the GOP
takeover attempt, stop Prop 54 and drive big money interests out
of politics. We have a great deal of work left to do before
Election Day next week. We still need your great ideas, your
volunteer hours and your financial support in the days to come:

http://www.votearianna.com/donate

I am confident that we can defeat the Recall, Schwarzenegger,
and Prop 54. And next year I know that we will win the battle
for publicly financed campaigns. Let's keep working together!

We have just begun our fight to fix the broken system.

Arianna Huffington
September 30, 2003

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