All Politics Are Local

This letter was forwarded to me by a friend.   In order to protect identities, some information was removed.

Dear ________ Township Democrat,

The coming election on November 2^nd is the most important in the past ten years and may be the most important in your lifetime. There are forces at work to see to it that Democratic turnout remains low so that the Republicans can engineer their dream in Pennsylvania and the nation. And what is their dream and what does it mean to you and your family? Republican candidates across the country have articulated this dream in many ways but it comes down to this:

Shredding and dismantling the social safety nets of Social Security, Medicare, and benefits to Veterans

More attacks on our Constitutional rights                           Continued outsourcing of US jobs

More attacks on women’s rights and the poor                   Endless witch hunts in the House

Recklessly mishandling the economy                                    Failure to regulate Wall Street

Saying NO to all legislation, unless it is to extend tax cuts for the rich

 Their notion of shrinking government, as if it were somehow the enemy of the people is expressed as ‘privatizing’ or ‘personalizing’ Social Security to eventually get rid of it and turning back the clock to the ‘good old days’ of the 1800’s where bank panics like the one of 2008 were regular occurrences.

So what is their strategy? It starts in Washington and it ends in places like____Township with voters like you.  The mailers you have been receiving attacking Dave Kessler are part of a national campaign to take control of our state government so that they can impose their congressional redistricting plan on Pennsylvania.  They are targeting this seat to get a Republican majority in Harrisburg.

Don’t be fooled. Republicans are not on your side, and they hope you stay home on Nov.2. Democrats support “Economic Patriotism” which means, Products Made in America , Jobs for Americans, and protections for  the environment and security for the vulnerable.  

Get out and vote for Democrats to keep the right wing fringe of the Republican Party and the Tea Party from taking over our government.

Vote For:

Dan Onorato – Governor State of Pennsylvania  http://www.voteonorato.com

Joe Sestak – US Senate  http://joesestak.com/Home/Home.html

Tim Holden  – US Congress  http://timholden.com/

Dave Kessler – PA State Representative http://www.kesslerforpa.com 

What President Clinton Said

Here is a statement made by President Bill Clinton:

“We have a practical, progressive, common-sense moderate who has actually done things and actually has a plan, running against a man with radical ideas and no record to back it up, no evidence that anything works that they’re advocating, who has embraced an agenda that will add a trillion dollars to the debt, not reduce the deficit and not create jobs, but let us go back to what got us in trouble in the first place,” Clinton said.

(h/t TomP at DailyKos)

This statement was made in reference to Jack Conway (D) vs. Rand Paul (TeaParty R). What’s interesting is that the same can be said about Joe Sestak (D) vs. Pat Toomey (Club for Growth R).

Joe Sestak is a practical, progressive, common-sense moderate that has a plan for jobs whereas Pat Toomey is a radical with an agenda that will add trillions of dollars to the debt, will not reduce the deficit and will not create jobs. Toomey’s policies will take us back to the what got us in trouble in the first place.

Once again, seniors will NOT be getting an increase in their Social Security payments. However, Toomey’s Corporate friends will make record bonuses this year. Toomey wants to hand over our Social Security money to his friends on Wall Street so that they can make even bigger bonuses while gambling away our Social Security money. If Toomey wins, seniors will be eating MORE cat food.

Republicans have already stated that if they disclose their economic plan to the voters, they will LOSE this election. Have you noticed the large number of Republicans avoiding tough questions from the media? Instead of telling voters the truth, they cut and run.

Obama Rally – Philadelphia – UPDATED with Video

Our President was in Philadelphia today. To view the videos and to learn the where Sestak stands on issues as compared to Toomey, visit this link.

UPDATE:

Social Security Pledge

Sign the Social Security Pledge.

I wonder if Gerlach and Toomey will sign this pledge or will they stick with their “personalize (privatized) accounts” pledge?

What Is The Difference?

Arlen Specter and Pat Toomey, what is the difference between the two? See the real Arlen Specter.

Now that the polls show that Joe Sestak is gaining on Specter, Arlen has a change of heart and supports a public option for health care.

There’s been a lot of flip-floppin’ with Arlen Specter over the years. I’m not sure where he really stands on issues. Is Arlen Specter only changing his position on issues so that he can get re-elected or does he really believe what he is now saying?

As someone that has been sexually harassed on the job, I’m still finding it difficult to get past Arlen Specter’s treatment of Anita Hill. It is not easy to come forward and report sexual harassment. Clarence Thomas is Supreme Court Justice because of Specter’s bashing of Anita Hill.

How can we trust Arlen Specter?

Democrats – Let’s Start a Campaign

The Internet chatter lately has been about Congressman Joe Sestak replacing Senator Arlen Specter as Pennsylvania’s candidate for US Senate on the Democratic ticket in 2010.  Right now, this seems like a good idea.

Listen to what Congressman Sestak has to say here… and the link to his website can be found here…

Pennsylvania voted for “Change” last November and so far, Specter has not voted for change.