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Former Sen. John Edwards wants your dollars and your voice.

Edwards sent out an email to supporters today asking them to raise $100,000 in 24 hours. The money will be used to air an "emergency television ad" his staff created in the aftermath of Pres. George W. Bush's veto.

The Edwards Campaign wants to send a message to Congress not to "cave in to Bush and extend the war" and to "send back [to Bush] a binding plan to end it." The ad has been designed so supporters can add themselves. Interested supporters need to record a video of themselves saying "We the people." This will be used, according to the email, to enhance the overall message of the ad: "We the people" are asking Congress to stand up to Bush.

From the email:

Is it normal for a presidential campaign to drop everything and focus on pushing Congress to end a war? Maybe not.

Is it normal for you to contribute money online towards running emergency ads in Washington, D.C.? Maybe not.

But we don't have time for normal. We've got a few days—maybe less—to do absolutely everything we can to ensure this Congress responds to Bush's veto by sending another binding plan to end the war.

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment. I need you to pitch in $5, $50, $500 or whatever you can manage to rush this ad on the D.C. airwaves in the next 24 hours.