Barletta Releases Contribution Info, Kanjo Says NO

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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Ask Your Congressman

With a little less than 4 months to go before the voters of Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District choose between Paul Kanjorski or Lou Barletta, it’s time for a “call to arms” for the voters to get behind Lou Barletta. That post will be coming soon.

But before we get to that, I’d like to offer another suggestion, and that is for everyone who comes into contact with Kanjorski to demand the truth regarding the claims of himself and his campaign team.

I won’t rehash the whole CornerStone Technologies debacle, simply ask him what scientific qualifications his family members had that made them qualified to do the research the company was supposed to be engaged in.

Veterans should ask him how he could lie about ending the war in Iraq so he could ensure a Democrat takeover of Congress.

Question him as to why all of a sudden we can’t seem to turn on the TV or open a newspaper without him “endorsing” this or “proposing” that, when we all know these are simply publicity stunts.

Inquire as to why after continually claiming that Lou Barletta was a “one trick pony”, his campaign manager, Ed Mitchell, seems to be making excuses as to why the Congressman cannot commit to the debates that Barletta has challenged him to.

On the same subject, I for one would like Mr, Mitchell to explain his claim that Barletta’s debate challenge is nothing more than a cheap way to win publicity and to try and raise campaign funds.
I make no claims to being an expert on these matters, but I doubt that Lou Barletta will raise enough money from debates to overcome the fact that Barletta has 150k in his campaign chest as opposed to the almost 2 million dollars in funds that Kanjorksi has available.

I’d want an explanation of how someone could consider themselves a person of “middle-class” values when their salary is 163 thousand a year, and their personal net worth is over 6 million dollars.

I could go on with this for quite some time, but for now I only want the answer to one more thing:

For the 24 years that he has been in Congress, one of Kanjorski’s biggest claims is how he works hard to bring good, high paying jobs to Northeastern Pennsylvania.
I’d like to know, one, where the hell are they, two, why his own website cites as examples firms such as Techneglas which went out of business years ago, and last of all, after 24 YEARS of “fighting for us”, why is the average yearly income in each of the 5 counties you represent 3 to 7 thousand dollars a year below the average wages for the rest of Pennsylvania.


You can reach the Congressman by the following methods:

Washington, DC Office:
2188 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-3811
(202) 225-6511(202) 225-0764 (fax)


Luzerne County Office:
The Stegmaier Building7 North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard Suite 400M Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702-5283
(570) 825-2200 (570) 825-8685 (fax)

Lackawanna County Office:546 Spruce Street Scranton, PA 18503
(570) 496-1011 (570) 496-6439

Monroe County Office: (by appointment only)102 Pocono Boulevard Mount Pocono, PA 18344-1412
(570) 895-4176
Toll-Free Help Line:(800) 222-2346

These are the only listings available, if your area isn't on the list please write to him at the DC address.

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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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Same Middle Class Values?? ARE YOU KIDDING ME

In Paul Kanjorksi's first campaign commercial, he talks about how he stiil holds to the "same middle class values".

Really?

Click on the link below to learn the TRUTH! Check his net worth.
Click on assets to see what he owns.
If that's middle class what the heck are you and I?


Kanjorski is middle class my a..

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Barletta Says Change Is On The Way!

Barletta On Health Care

Barletta On The Credit Crisis

Barletta On Social Security

Kanjorski Proves Nothing Is Too Low

The video below is a clip of Pennsylvania 11th district Congressman
Paul Kanjorski speaking at a town hall meeting.






If for some reason the video doesn't load, here is what Mr.
Kanjorski had to say regarding the 2006 elections, in which the Democrats won control of Congress:


"We didn't say it, but we implied it, that if we won the Congressional elections, we could stop the war.
Now anybody who was a good student of government knew that wasn't true.
But you know, the temptation to want to win back the Congress, we sort of stretched the facts".


To anyone who has questioned why I have spent so much of my time
and money promoting the candidacy of Lou Barletta, that statement
should explain it all.


"We sort of stretched the facts.
I would like to see Mr.
Kanjorski walk into an American Legion or VFW post and tell all the vets sitting at the bar that he and his fellow Democrats lied to the men and women of our armed forces, and their familes, simply to win an election.

I'm usually not too disturbed when a politician lies to me, hell to most of them it comes as naturally as breathing.
But when Mr.Kanjorski flat-out admits that he and his fellow Democrats used our armed forces as pawns in order to gain political power, it's time someone called these lying SOB's to task.

Let it begin here.

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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.

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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