Subject: Another basketball metaphor?
From: "Al Franken" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:10:20 +0000

Dear Hunter,

I thought about making this email all about you hitting a "buzzer beater" for us. It would be about how our campaign is sort of like a basketball game, and how your $5 contribution could be the buzzer beater that puts us past our $25,OOO goal just as the FEC deadline arrives.

But that's a poor analogy. The fights we're seeing in Washington aren't the result of two teams playing hard and then shaking hands after the game. Your contributions won't be "buzzer beaters" because groups like the Koch brothers' network aren't worried about a buzzer at all -- for them, fundraising is constant, and cutting massive checks to special interest groups is the norm.

So I won't ask you to shoot a "buzzer beater" or to help us put points on the board as the shot clock is expiring or anything like that. I'm asking you directly if you'll help us reach this fundraising goal by giving $5 before midnight.

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/afe150331pm?express_lane=true&amp;amount=&amp;refcode=afe150331pm_m_&amp;refcode2=2672953

I love March Madness as much as the next guy with a busted bracket. Win or lose, it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience for the students playing in the tournament and their classmates and families.

But the game that's being played in Washington has much greater consequences for the losers. If your basketball team loses, you feel bad for a little while, then you move on. If Democrats lose the next election, the middle class takes a real hit. Climate change continues without any action from Congress. Families have a tougher time paying for college.

No more basketball metaphors -- just a straight appeal for your grassroots support as we drive toward our first FEC deadline of the year. If you can help us get $5 closer to our goal, I'd appreciate it.

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/afe150331pm?express_lane=true&amp;amount=&amp;refcode=afe150331pm_m_&amp;refcode2=2672953

Thanks for being there for us,

Al

P.S. No basketball metaphors in my patented extra "P.S. ask" either -- can you give $5 or more to help us reach $25,OOO before midnight?

https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/afe150331pm?express_lane=true&amp;amount=&amp;refcode=afe150331pm_m_&amp;refcode2=2672953

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