Today is July 15th, which is the deadline for filing financial reports with the FEC.
And as always, Lou Barletta is much more open and honest with the voters than his opponent Paul Kanjorski.
when asked by a local newspaper reporter how much money Kanjorski's campaign has raised this quarter, spokesman Ed Mitchell stated "You'll have to wait until it's posted on the FEC site, just like every other media outlet."
It would seem Mr. Mitchell has the same regard for the intelligence of the voters as Paul Kanjorski does.
Sorry Ed, but after the reports are made public, we will learn that a LOT of Kanjorski's campaign contributions came from the PAC's of investment houses and sub-prime mortage lenders.
Lou Barletta, on the other hand, had no problem with disclosing the fact that his COngressional campaign raised slightly over $515,000, most of which came from working-class folks contributing 10 or 20 dollars.
And that, Mr. Kanjorski, doesn't bode well for you come November.
Because it shows that, while you may have the big political action committes and the Wall Street boys on your side, Lou Barletta has someone much more important on his side.
The voters.
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Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Barletta Wants Debates, Kanjorski Gives Excuses
On June 25th, Lou Barletta challenged his opponent Paul Kanjorski to a series of 11 debates.
He wants 6 of the debates to be aired on Northeastern Pa. talk radio station WILK.
And he wants to do them during the summer.
Barletta said the other 5 debates could take place during the fall, some of them to be televised.
Ed Mitchell, the spokesman for Kanjorski’s campaign, has already started with the “The Congressman has to focus on his schedule in Congress" excuses as a way of ducking Barletta.
He also claims that “ Lou Barletta can’t raise any money” and “This is just a ploy for free publicity”.
I can see that Mr. Mitchell isn’t one to be dissuaded by reality. These debates wouldn’t raise any money, and why should Kanjorski care when he has 2 million bucks to spend.
The money Barletta has on hand is chump change compared to that.
The reality is that the Kanjorski camp has repeatedly accused Barletta of being a “one trick pony”, with only one issue under his belt, illegal immigration.
The fact that Barletta wants public debates on issues such as social security, health care, the economy, the war in Iraq………. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAIT A MINUTE!!!
That’s why they don’t want to debate Barletta.
Big Paul might have to answer a question about “stretching the facts”.
Or how someone with a net worth over 6 million dollars could be considered middle class.
Now I get it.
Maybe this Mitchell dude is smarter than I thought.
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Friday, June 20, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
What Lou Didn't Do
There are some misguided folks out there saying:
“Well, Lou Barletta didn’t do this, and Lou Barletta didn’t do that”.
And it’s true.
There are a lot of things Lou Barletta hasn’t done.
Lou Barletta never “stretched the truth about ending the war in Iraq in order to win an election.
Lou Barletta has never denied saying something that he said.
Lou Barletta has never been profiled by Fox news for shady political dealings.
Lou Barletta didn’t waste millions of taxpayer dollars for feasibility studies for hair brained schemes like inflatable dams and monorails.
Lou Barletta hasn’t paid his own brother 30,000 dollars out of a political action fund to rent office space in a building his brother just happens to own.
Lou Barletta never had a hand in getting a three million dollar earmark for a company in Colorado that just happens to employ one of his nephews.
And Lou Barletta certainly never gave his family members 9.3 million dollars in federal funds so they could waste it in trying to do a job that none of them had the least amount of qualifications for.
“Well, Lou Barletta didn’t do this, and Lou Barletta didn’t do that”.
And it’s true.
There are a lot of things Lou Barletta hasn’t done.
Lou Barletta never “stretched the truth about ending the war in Iraq in order to win an election.
Lou Barletta has never denied saying something that he said.
Lou Barletta has never been profiled by Fox news for shady political dealings.
Lou Barletta didn’t waste millions of taxpayer dollars for feasibility studies for hair brained schemes like inflatable dams and monorails.
Lou Barletta hasn’t paid his own brother 30,000 dollars out of a political action fund to rent office space in a building his brother just happens to own.
Lou Barletta never had a hand in getting a three million dollar earmark for a company in Colorado that just happens to employ one of his nephews.
And Lou Barletta certainly never gave his family members 9.3 million dollars in federal funds so they could waste it in trying to do a job that none of them had the least amount of qualifications for.
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Lou Barletta hits a home run in Kankorski's ballpark
On Sunday April 6th, 11th Congressional District candidate Lou Barletta attended a fund-raising breakfast in Newport Township to raise funds for Newport Township EMS.For those of you not familiar, Newport is just a stone's throw away from Paul Kanjorski's hometown of Nanticoke.
The fire and ambulance personnel had no advance notice that Mayor Lou would be making an appearance.
It pleased me beyond words to see the amount of people in the heart of Kanjorski country expressing their support for Lou.
Mr. Barletta was already there when my family and I arrived, and a constant stream of well wishers was approaching him.
One of the EMS people told me "It's been like this since he walked through the door. People want to shake his hand, get pictures taken, or just tell him he has their vote."
I spoke to him for a moment, and then my family and I sat down to eat.
After half and hour or so, the folks approaching him finally eased off enough so that he could sit down to breakfast.
And as soon as rose from the table, it started all over again.
I could draw various conclusions from this, but one thing I'm sure of:
If this is the sort of reception Mayor Barletta can get in Paul Kanjorski's backyard, we'll be calling him Congressman Barletta soon.
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The fire and ambulance personnel had no advance notice that Mayor Lou would be making an appearance.
It pleased me beyond words to see the amount of people in the heart of Kanjorski country expressing their support for Lou.
Mr. Barletta was already there when my family and I arrived, and a constant stream of well wishers was approaching him.
One of the EMS people told me "It's been like this since he walked through the door. People want to shake his hand, get pictures taken, or just tell him he has their vote."
I spoke to him for a moment, and then my family and I sat down to eat.
After half and hour or so, the folks approaching him finally eased off enough so that he could sit down to breakfast.
And as soon as rose from the table, it started all over again.
I could draw various conclusions from this, but one thing I'm sure of:
If this is the sort of reception Mayor Barletta can get in Paul Kanjorski's backyard, we'll be calling him Congressman Barletta soon.
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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Tell The DCCC To Clean It's Own House
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, in a transparent ploy to focus attention away from Paul “The King of Nepotism” Kanjorski, has been making patently fraudulent claims regarding Lou Barletta’s campaign reports.
Perhaps they should scrutinize their own candidates first.
The Federal Elections Commission recently fined Citizens for Action, a political action committee associated with Congressman Kanjorski.
Citizens for Action falls into the category of what are routinely known as a leadership PAC.
Leadership PAC’S commonly receive the majority of their donations from special-interest groups.
Citizens for Action has received more than a quarter of a million dollars of these donations since 2006.
And a lot of that money has gone to either Democrat candidates or to the DCCC itself.
HOWEVER
Two of Mr. Kanjorski’s nephews who are,(surprise surprise) on the Cittizens for Action payroll have received over $75,000 in “consulting” fees and “expense” reimbursements.
Another Kanjorski affiliate, Pennsylvanian's for Kanjorski, paid K&K Real Estate $36,000 to rent a campaign office.
It appears that K&K made out like bandits, 36k for a campaign office is a tad steep.
Unless you consider the fact that Mr. Kanjorski and his brother Peter own K&K Real Estate.
So, members of the DCCC, before you start to sling mud, perhaps you should hose off your own candidate first.
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Perhaps they should scrutinize their own candidates first.
The Federal Elections Commission recently fined Citizens for Action, a political action committee associated with Congressman Kanjorski.
Citizens for Action falls into the category of what are routinely known as a leadership PAC.
Leadership PAC’S commonly receive the majority of their donations from special-interest groups.
Citizens for Action has received more than a quarter of a million dollars of these donations since 2006.
And a lot of that money has gone to either Democrat candidates or to the DCCC itself.
HOWEVER
Two of Mr. Kanjorski’s nephews who are,(surprise surprise) on the Cittizens for Action payroll have received over $75,000 in “consulting” fees and “expense” reimbursements.
Another Kanjorski affiliate, Pennsylvanian's for Kanjorski, paid K&K Real Estate $36,000 to rent a campaign office.
It appears that K&K made out like bandits, 36k for a campaign office is a tad steep.
Unless you consider the fact that Mr. Kanjorski and his brother Peter own K&K Real Estate.
So, members of the DCCC, before you start to sling mud, perhaps you should hose off your own candidate first.
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Monday, March 17, 2008
Too Little Too Late Congressman
The following letter to the editor appeared in the Wilkes-Barre Pa.
Citizens Voice and the Hazleton Pa. Standard Speaker newspapers
after 11th Congressional District Congressman Paul Kanjorski
(the man Mayor Lou will be running against tried defending his
record on illegal immigration issues.
Editor:
Congressman Paul Kanjorski’s recent claims that he has been in the fight against illegal immigration much longer than Hazleton mayor Lou Barletta prompted me to examine his voting record on this as well as some other issues.
And some of what I discovered is quite interesting.
The following are just a few examples of his votes on the following House Resolutions:
Bill Number: HR 5970-Continues to allow tax deductions for qualified tuition and related expenses by amending the date to 2007 (Sec. 201)Have kids in college? Like being able to deduct tuition costs from your federal income tax?Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 4890Sought to give the President the power of the line item veto.Paul voted NO (Can you say Pork Barrel Spending?)
Bill Number: HR 4579 A bill to cut taxes for married couples, farmers, students, and others, and to set aside a portion of the budget surplus for Social Security.
I’ll be honest. Anything that takes less of my paycheck in taxes is ok with me. Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 2436 A bill to adopt a substitute amendment that establishes a federal criminal offense for an individual whose assault on a pregnant woman interrupts or terminates the pregnancy.
Seems reasonable to me. Assault a pregnant woman, do some serious jail time.Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 3722 A bill that would require hospitals to provide information on undocumented immigrants seeking emergency medical care.
Seems simple. Illegal alien goes to the hospital for free medical care, and unless the hospital provides the Department of Homeland Security with citizenship and employment records, the hospital doesn’t receive reimbursement from the federal government. Would also have sought to make the employer of the illegal alien responsible for paying the bill.Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 4844 A bill that requires voters to provide a government-issued photo identification cards in order to vote.You know, like a drivers license. It’s hard to be an illegal alien voter without one.Paul voted NO
Now to be fair I must point out that Mr. Kanjorski did vote in favor of tightening border security, increasing the number of Border Control agents, and a few other items related to illegal immigration.
However, it is one thing to raise your hand and vote “me too” on a bill that you know will make you look good to the folks back home, and quite another to take a serious stand on an issue.
Perhaps why that is talk of Lou Barletta running against him has him trying to do damage control. Maybe he has visited the http://www.louforcongress/.com website.
But I can’t help but think that Mr. Kanjorski has been a member of Congress for 23 years, and NOW he is going to hop on board this issue?
Congressman, to use an old cliché, I’d ask you to put your money where your mouth is, but the last time you did that, you gave 10 million of our tax dollars to your nephews.
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Citizens Voice and the Hazleton Pa. Standard Speaker newspapers
after 11th Congressional District Congressman Paul Kanjorski
(the man Mayor Lou will be running against tried defending his
record on illegal immigration issues.
Editor:
Congressman Paul Kanjorski’s recent claims that he has been in the fight against illegal immigration much longer than Hazleton mayor Lou Barletta prompted me to examine his voting record on this as well as some other issues.
And some of what I discovered is quite interesting.
The following are just a few examples of his votes on the following House Resolutions:
Bill Number: HR 5970-Continues to allow tax deductions for qualified tuition and related expenses by amending the date to 2007 (Sec. 201)Have kids in college? Like being able to deduct tuition costs from your federal income tax?Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 4890Sought to give the President the power of the line item veto.Paul voted NO (Can you say Pork Barrel Spending?)
Bill Number: HR 4579 A bill to cut taxes for married couples, farmers, students, and others, and to set aside a portion of the budget surplus for Social Security.
I’ll be honest. Anything that takes less of my paycheck in taxes is ok with me. Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 2436 A bill to adopt a substitute amendment that establishes a federal criminal offense for an individual whose assault on a pregnant woman interrupts or terminates the pregnancy.
Seems reasonable to me. Assault a pregnant woman, do some serious jail time.Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 3722 A bill that would require hospitals to provide information on undocumented immigrants seeking emergency medical care.
Seems simple. Illegal alien goes to the hospital for free medical care, and unless the hospital provides the Department of Homeland Security with citizenship and employment records, the hospital doesn’t receive reimbursement from the federal government. Would also have sought to make the employer of the illegal alien responsible for paying the bill.Paul voted NO
Bill Number: HR 4844 A bill that requires voters to provide a government-issued photo identification cards in order to vote.You know, like a drivers license. It’s hard to be an illegal alien voter without one.Paul voted NO
Now to be fair I must point out that Mr. Kanjorski did vote in favor of tightening border security, increasing the number of Border Control agents, and a few other items related to illegal immigration.
However, it is one thing to raise your hand and vote “me too” on a bill that you know will make you look good to the folks back home, and quite another to take a serious stand on an issue.
Perhaps why that is talk of Lou Barletta running against him has him trying to do damage control. Maybe he has visited the http://www.louforcongress/.com website.
But I can’t help but think that Mr. Kanjorski has been a member of Congress for 23 years, and NOW he is going to hop on board this issue?
Congressman, to use an old cliché, I’d ask you to put your money where your mouth is, but the last time you did that, you gave 10 million of our tax dollars to your nephews.
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