Subject: Pythagorean
From: "Al Franken" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:28:07 -0400 (EDT)

R.Hunter,

I love math. Always have. Sometimes, when I visit schools in Minnesota, I prove the Pythagorean Theorem, right there on the chalkboard.  

But here's some math I don't love. Democrats have to defend 23 Senate seats this year. Republicans only have to defend 10. And if they take four of ours, they take control of the Senate.

Now throw this into the equation. Karl Rove and his pals are ready to spend $500 million attacking President Obama and the Democrats before November. And the DSCC – the only organization solely devoted to fighting back and keeping the Senate blue – is $90,000 short of its fundraising goal, with just 15 hours left before the deadline.

You don't need to be a math genius like me to see that President Obama and the Democrats need help.  Your help. By which I mean your money. Please click here to give $5 or $10 and help the DSCC reach its $90,000 goal before midnight tonight!
https://dscc.org/give2?donate_page_KEY=14357&amount=x

Democrats are facing a real algebra problem.

X = President Romney. Y = a Republican Senate. X + Y = Z. Solve for Z.

Z could mean the end of Medicare as we know it. Z could mean outrageous restrictions on women's access to health care. Z could mean more giveaways for corporations that ship our jobs overseas and nothing left over to help the middle class.

But there's one variable that equation doesn't account for: You. (Not U. You, the person reading this email.) Your contribution to the DSCC will help us fight back against the far right, defend President Obama and the Democrats, and stop a Republican agenda so radical, you could say it's irrational. (Get it?)

This is one math problem we can solve together. Ninety-five percent of the DSCC's contributions come from individuals just like you. So please click here to make a $5 or $10 contribution and help raise the last $90,000 we need to stop the GOP in 2012.

If all Democrats needed to re-elect President Obama and keep our Senate majority was a single Senator who could prove the Pythagorean Theorem in less than five minutes, I could save the day all by myself. I've actually had daydreams about that.

But, alas, it'll take more than elementary geometry to help the DSCC reach its $90,000 goal before Saturday night's deadline. We need your help. By which, again, I mean your money.

Please click here to make a contribution and help the Democrats fight back!
https://dscc.org/give2?donate_page_KEY=14357&amount=x

Thanks,

Al

P.S.: Bonus question. If the DSCC needs to raise $90,000 in the next 15 hours to reach its fundraising goal, and the average contribution is $25, then how many great Democrats do we need to step up to the plate before the deadline? The answer? One less if you click here and give your $5 now.

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