Brownback: Saving Lives Takes a Coalition of the Left and the Right

Jul 23rd, 2007 1:30 PM UTC
By Alan Boswell, ONE Online Organizer

A ONE member showed up at a Sam Brownback youth ice cream social event in Iowa last week (see Sen. Brownback’s recent endorsement of ONE). Sen. Brownback gave a shout out to the ONE member and thanked her for being active with ONE. He then proceeded to explain the emergency in Africa and how saving lives requires a coalition of the left and the right.

“I see someone back there with the ONE Campaign, on Africa. Fabulous! [applause] Thank you, I’ve met with Bono a couple of times, and we’ve talked about what we can do with this moment now to help those in Africa who are in very bad conditions. I’ve been to Africa four of the last five years…where people are dying because the basic simple necessities are not there. They don’t have water; they don’t have any health care; they don’t have food, and so people die. And you don’t want that taking place. And it doesn’t need to be that way. And we can build a coalition, the left and the right, and people coming together to save lives, because every life is precious.”

This coalition to save lives exists: ONE. And thanks to you, we are growing stronger everyday. With the support of both Daschle and Frist, Edwards and Brownback, we are sending the message that some issues are just more important than politics.

Check out the YouTube video of the event below (ONE’s shout-out is at the 2:20 mark).

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