Call It A Comeback
Join Tari Renner in Joliet
Date: 9/30/2004 5:30 – 7:30
Location: Down from the Tracks at 50 E. Jefferson
Details: Join Tari Renner at Down from the Tracks. 50 E. Jefferson in Joliet
Contact: Renner for Congress Campaign 309-829-8683
The top ten reason to attend the Cegelis for Congress boat cruise fundraiser next Tuesday, September 28th are:
10. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Americans for the Separation of Church and State.
9. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Americans for the Arts.
8. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from the American Association of Univerisity Women and a 5% score from NOW.
7. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from the Human Rights Campaign.
6. Henry Hyde has an 11% voting score from the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda.
5. Henry Hyde has a 5% voting score from AFSCME.
4. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from the American Bar Association.
3. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Sierra Club and a 5% voting score from League of Conservation Voters.
2. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Planned Parenthood.
And the numer 1 reason is …
1. Christine Cegelis.
For more information on Christine’s stands on the issues, go to:
http://www.cegelisforcongress.com/
From the Daily Herald:
Crane’s campaign manager, Dennis O’Sullivan, calls it “petty” and a sign Bean’s campaign is “grasping at straws because they know they are going to lose.”
He objects to Bean’s constant characterization of Crane as a ineffective congressman, noting his record for snagging federal dollars to fund local projects.
Yeah, like the Superfund site that has been waiting 22 years
In 1982 the Environmental Protection Agency identified the Wauconda Sand and Gravel landfill as a toxic waste dump that should be cleaned as soon as funds become available. But 22 years later, there has been no clean-up and the poison has spread. Residents blame the lack of action on long-time Congressman Phil Crane for not applying pressure on the E.P.A.
Donate time or labor–and to make it easy, the Bean banner to the left takes you right to her site.
Part of the issue with Congressional campaigns is that they are small enough to not be able to afford broadcast TV–though cable is starting to play a role–but there is a huge number of voters to contact. Give what you can, but also remember volunteering for canvassing and working the polls is just as essential in a Congressional race.
And the Seat Warmer is ingenius!
But he didn’t think ozone pollution was a big deal nor did he think twice about exempting companies from Clean Water Act regs.
So, when he’s in trouble the money flows:
House Appropriations Committee staff are under instructions to add money to spending bills for Mr. Crane’s district. A stream of administration officials — from the departments of Transportation, Education and Commerce — have flown out in the past month to help boost the congressman’s credentials.
But why isn’t he worrying about this previously? And why is everyone else so worried about her all of a sudden?
Even better, the Crane office just started sending out e-mail messages to constituents—which the office had never used before the campaign.
Many readers know I’m critical of the current assault weapons ban because it isn’t very effective at identifying assault weapons from other rifles, but in principle I don’t think such a ban is a bad idea and the bill is set to expire tonight. Phil Crane has a different view:
Berkowitz: The concept of the federal government requiring background checks. You oppose that?
Crane: Oh yeah, I don’t think background checks are required….
Berkowitz: So, if felons want to get a gun, that’s OK? Ex-felons, I mean.
Crane: Well, if a felon goes to the local store and buys it… so long as he is a law abiding citizen.
Berkowitz: Assault weapons. You don’t support the ban on assault weapons.
Crane: No.
Berkowitz: Why would… private individuals need to have an assault weapon?
Crane: Whatever melts their butter in terms of going out to the rifle range and target practice and so forth.
Two of those positions put him to the right of the National Rifle Association and in bed with the bizarre Gun Owners of America headed by Larry Pratt
GOA gave Phil an A. Only Shimkus is close with a B. The others in the Illinois GOP delegation received:
Hyde C-
Biggert C-
Weller C-
Kirk F
Johnson B
LaHood B-
Hastert C-
Maybe someone should ask him about automatic weapons.
It takes a lot of guts to call someone a carpetbagger when you drew them out of the District.
The Crane folks are complaining because Bean lives 1400 feet out of the District. Of course, this wasn’t the most obnoxious remap since Mike Kelleher said of being redistricted out of the 15th:
“If I go to the end of my driveway, I can through a baseball into the 15th district.”
You’d have to have a pretty good arm to do that from Bean’s house, but the point is the same. And this is the Democrats fault for going along with the remap to protect all of the incumbents, but ultimately complaining about Bean’s residence is a bit silly(and for the record–I love that Alan Keyes is running from Maryland or not).
The point of the House of Representatives was to be close to the people—if anyone wants to compare Melissa to Crane, I think we’ll find a populace closer to her ideologically and geographically most of the time.
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