Dear Fellow Conservative:

I'm writing to follow up with you regarding the U.S. Senate race in Ohio.

Last week, I told you about Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) whose voting record has made him the "most liberal" Senator according to National Journal.

Many of you responded by making contributions to the Senate Conservatives Fund so we can help defeat Sherrod Brown next year.
Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)

Your efforts have rattled him.

Sherrod Brown sent an email to his supporters yesterday complaining about your contributions to defeat him. His email says:

"There's no denying that DeMint's extreme agenda won't play well in Ohio, but that's not stopping him from sending $500,000 into the state to try and defeat me. But if we reach our goal, we'll neutralize DeMint's out of state cash before he even gets it here."

Like most liberals in the Senate, Sherrod Brown believes that it's "extreme" to demand a balanced budget, to oppose a government takeover of our nation's health care system, and to demand that workers have the freedom to not join a union and pay union dues if they don't want to.

Remember that it was Sherrod Brown who recently compared those who oppose unchecked union power to Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin.

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Sherrod Brown is the one who is truly "extreme" and that's why he must be defeated next year.

But his effort to distract people from his liberal record is not nearly as outrageous as his attack against the freedom-loving Americans like you who are exercising their First Amendment rights to participate in the political process by making political contributions.

Since Sherrod Brown is complaining about the "out of state" cash that will be used to defeat him next year, I have two simple questions for him:

If you oppose out of state cash in your race, will you refuse to accept all out of state contributions and return any that you've already accepted? (Note: You accepted nearly $3 million from out of state donors to win your election in 2006.)

If you don't think Americans outside your state should have a say in your election, will you recuse yourself from all future votes in the Senate that impact Americans outside of your state?

Every union boss and liberal special interest group in the country will be working day and night to help Sherrod Brown win re-election, but according to him you can't do the same. According to OpenSecrets.org, Sherrod Brown has collected nearly $1.6 million from labor interests alone.

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Furthermore, Sherrod Brown routinely votes for policies that negatively impact you and every other American. For example, he voted:

FOR the $700 billion Wall Street bailout;
FOR the $787 billion stimulus bill;
FOR President Obama's government takeover of healthcare;
FOR the Cash for Clunkers program;
FOR the auto bailout;
FOR union intimidation using "card check" elections;
AGAINST permanent repeal of the death tax;
AGAINST the earmark moratorium; and
AGAINST the ban on funding for Planned Parenthood.

There is no bigger supporter in the Senate of deficit spending, government bailouts, and increased debt than Sherrod Brown, and his votes are of great concern to freedom-loving Americans in Ohio and all across the nation.

Sherrod Brown's upcoming vote to raise the debt limit, just like nearly all of his votes in the Senate, threatens all Americans regardless of where they live. If he doesn't think these Americans should be able to make political contributions to help elect someone in Ohio who will fight to balance the budget, then he should announce now that he will recuse himself from the debt limit vote and all other votes that impact people outside Ohio.

But you and I both know that he won't. That's why it's entirely hypocritical for Sherrod Brown to complain about your involvement in this race.

The Senate Conservatives Fund has thousands of members who live in Ohio and they need your help in this election. Sherrod Brown does not represent their values and they have a real chance of defeating him next year. But they can't do it alone.

Your efforts last week rattled him so now it's time to turn up the heat.

If you haven't already made a contribution to the Senate Conservatives Fund to help us defeat Sherrod Brown, please do so today. It doesn't have to be a large contribution. If thousands of you give $25 or $50 to this effort, it will make a tremendous impact.

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Thank you for being part of the fight for our nation's future. If we continue to work together to elect principled leaders in the most important Senate races in the country, we can take our country back.

Respectfully,
Jim DeMint
Jim DeMint
United States Senator
Chairman, Senate Conservatives Fund

P.S. Please forward this email to your family and friends so they can help us too. Defeating an entrenched incumbent with the full backing of organized labor will not be easy or cheap. We need all hands on deck.

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