Not only are the Republicans using their lies, distortions and misrepresentations to smear and impugn Senator Barack Obama, but it is a common tactic by Republican candidates on all levels. The Lee Atwater-Karl Rove school of gutter politics has been fully embraced by the Republicans. The party is rotten to its putrid core. I am still a registered Republican, out of respect for Dwight David Eisenhower. But my party of Lincoln and Eisenhower is long gone. All that remains is the name, and that name is being sullied everyday by Bush, McCain, Palin and the Untruth gang that runs things now.
On a recent five hour auto trip I heard attack ad after attack ad on the radio – all Republican, all with the same misleading spin of the half-facts, all using character assassination lines on their Democratic opponents. Simplistic, vile, outright false, Yes! But apparently it works with half the population, which is a great sadness and proof that our education system has gone to hell. Clear thinking seems to be extinct among the red state crowd! Hence, the only Republicans who will get my vote are local candidates that I know are not part of this sellout to dishonesty that is a cancer on our democracy.
I have good company in this disdain for this politics of evil. General Wesley Clark, one of the most honorable men to ever wear the uniform, supreme commander in a war WE WON, finds the campaign tactics dishonorable. And he warns that if we do not elect Democrats to help Obama, we will have the same non-action in Congress the Republicans caused over the past two years. There have been 94 filibusters and numerous other delay tactics by the party of Bush-McCain.
A responsible plan of withdrawal from Iraq? Filibuster. Reform the health care system? Filibuster. Investment in energy renewables, bringing us a new energy economy? Filibuster. 94 such filibusters and roadblocks in Washington, caused by the Republicans in the Senate. Add to that a Republican president who is veto proof because of their numbers, and that is why the Democrats elected in 2006 have been unable to do what they were elected to do! We need more Democratic senators if we want real change by the Potomac River.
General Clark, campaigning across the country for Democrats, warns that is what we can expect to happen to Barack Obama's agenda if we don't elect enough Democrats to the Senate on November 4. Republicans have filibustered a record-breaking 94 times in the last two years! Imagine what they will do when faced with Barack Obama's agenda for change.
General Clark is asking for help in two Senate races that few believed we could win just months ago: Jim Martin in Georgia and Kay Hagan in North Carolina. Contribute to Jim and Kay today.
Click www.actblue to donate to the campaign in the final push.
Jim Martin served our nation honorably as a member of the Armed Forces in Vietnam, in the Georgia House of Representatives, and at the Georgia Department of Human Resources. He has led his state on health care issues, helped provide quality and affordable health care for thousands of children, and put foster children in loving homes.
His opponent, Saxby Chambliss, ran one of the most despicable TV ads I've ever seen in 2002. The ad compared war hero Senator Max Cleland to Osama bin Laden. And now, Chambliss has launched two new attack ads against Jim, even brazenly using the same background music from the attack ad on Max.
The race is neck-and-neck, and General Clark needs you to make sure Jim has the resources to fight back against Chambliss' distortions and lies by making a contribution today.
As a five-term State Senator, Kay Hagan helped strengthen North Carolina's economy, increased the salaries of teachers, and broadened early childhood education. I'm also standing with Kay because she will stand up for our nation's military and veterans. It is not just because she comes from a strong military family -- she has a deep respect for the men and women who serve our country and fight for the freedom we often take for granted.
Kay has a real chance to oust Elizabeth Dole. Dole has been a rubberstamp for George Bush and has voted with him 92% of the time, even more than Bush lapdog John McCain (ninety percent). We cannot let George Bush's failed policies continue under Dole and McCain.
Kay holds a slim lead. So now the right wing attack machine is throwing millions of dollars into this race over the final two weeks, hoping negative, false advertisements will make the difference. Elizabeth Dole has loaned herself $3 million dollars this week to buy her seat back. It must be nice to have that kind of change lying around.
Kay needs our help to fight back. Please help carry Kay to victory by making a contribution today!
Click www.actblueto donate to the campaign for the final push.
We have 10 days to make a difference in these races. Jim and Kay need your help now. Check out General Wesley Clark’s views and schedule at Securing America.com Help General Clark, Senator Obama and Senator Biden change our country for the better.
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