The Daily Telegram shows it's stripes once again.

In a recent Editorial they yak about how how the Democrats in the US House locked Republicans out of debates, wouldn't allow amendments and yada, yada, yada. They repeat the exact same talking points against these bills as every other Republican shill. And come on, you have to love this last paragraph:

It’s no surprise that Michigan’s newly elected District 7 Rep. Tim Walberg, R-Tipton, has voted “No” — as have most Republicans — on the first four of these issues. (He voted “Yes” on the student loan bill.) Until Pelosi’s Democrats pay more than lip service to their pledges of reform and bipartisanship, perhaps the best thing anyone can say is “No.”

They praise Walberg for voting no on every other bill and basically blast him for voting yes on the student loan bill (in an earlier paragraph they blast the bill). Reading this article it really seems that they don't really follow the national news that they are supposedly reporting on and commenting on. If this is the way that a lot of local newspapers are run and if people actually read those newspapers, I guess it isn't any wonder why there are so many red states.

http://lenconnect.com/articles/2007/01/19/news/news06.txt

Why we must win the correct elections

In my posting “Beyond the All district strategy” I talked about how important it was for Democrats to win not only as many seats as they can but the correct seats. I argued that it is important to win the races where the Republican would actively work against us in congress. Well, Tim Walberg won Michigan's 7th district and has vowed that he will see his agenda through, even with Democrats in control of both houses of Congress.

He has stated that he will vote against any repel any of Bush's tax cuts. He also states that we will pursue “rolling back abortion rights” and banning gay marriage even if it is only bit by bit. He at least acknowledges that it will be hard to push his agenda with the Democrats controlling both houses, but he says that won't stop him.

This man will work against everything The Democrats try to do. I don't just see him voting against any bill the Dems try to past, but actively working against them. I can't waite to get rid of him.

http://battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061118/NEWS01/611180309/1002

Dear Dr. Dean and Mr. Brewer

Dear Dr. Dean and Mr. Brewer,
I am writing to you in hopes that you can help my district. I live in Tecumseh Michigan, which is part of Michigan's 7th congressional district. Last week our district was dealt a hard blow, ultra right-winger Tim Walberg was elected as our US Representative. Tim Walberg unseated a moderate Republican, Joe Schwarz who lost The Republican primary.

My plea to you is to make an example of our district in the next election circuit, make a red part of a blue state blue. Part of the problem this time is that some people felt that the Democratic candidate, Sharon Renier, wasn't a strong candidate. My plea to you is help us to find a strong candidate, someone the people of this district can take seriously. This year our district became purple, and many of us here would like to see it become blue, please help.

This district is a middle class district of hard working Americans. We have seen a lot of our high paying manufacturing jobs disappear to be replaced with lower paying, less attractive jobs. We want someone to work for us; we don't expect miracles, just someone who will look out for us. Michigan has gone through some hard times these last few years and we want someone to help change that. We want someone who is going to help us afford health care. We want someone who can help the economy grow strong enough so it doesn't just help those at the top.

This year Tim Walberg heavily out spent Renier. A few weeks before the election he was was out spending her 45 to 1, and while she started to close that gap a little in the week before the election, it wasn't enough. I don't think it would take a large sum of money if we had a strong candidate. This has been a district the GOP has taken for granted in the past, but this year they had to put it on their last push list.

I have heard you, Dr. Dean, say that it is a sign of respect to ask for the electorate's vote, well, ask for our vote. Our district isn't as conservative as Walberg is and we want a strong Democratic candidate to vote for next election cycle. Please ask for our vote.

Thank you both for your hard work.

Tim Walberg is feeling the heat.

Timmy Walberg is feeling the heat!! Haha, this is good news! So I guess the GOP is a little worried about Mr. Walberg where before they thought that it was a sure seat. It seems like the whole possible illegal campaign funds and volunteer coordinator beating his foster-son thing made the GOP do a double-take at Michigan's 7th district, and put Timmy boy on their “Final Push List” which targets 33 national seats across the country.

I also found an article saying the reason that Laura Bush's visit to Michigan in support of Mike Bouchard (BOOO, HISSS) was moved from Lansing to Battle creak because they wanted to give support to Walberg as well.

I think this is pretty funny.

http://noise.typepad.com/election_countdown/2006/11/gop_brings_big_.html

By the way, we got a thing in the mail today saying vote for Tim Walberg, HA. I wish they would have sent more stuff here and waste their money on people who will NEVER vote for them. This is pretty funny to, they sent a mailer to my mom today saying vote Republican, the funny thing is my mom is a teacher (they had to know this because on the address thing it send her name and MEA by it which is the Teacher's union). Why would they think a teacher would vote Republican? Republicans are the ones that want to take all sorts of money away frm schools. I thought these Republican people are supposed to be great at digging out the people most likely to vote Republican and go after them. These guys aren't so smart.

Did Tim Walberg receive illegal campaign contributions?

Timmy Walberg may have illegally accepted campaign donations. Oooops. Joe Schwarz, Michigan's 7th district representative (at least for now), filed a Federal Election Commission claim that the Club for Growth donated over the maximum amount allowed by law to Tim Walberg's Campaign, and his campaign accepted it, knowing it was over the allowed amount.

Yep, this guy sounds like a modern Republican.

We shall see what the FEC says.

http://www.renier4rep.com/downloads/fecComplaint.pdf

We must stop Walberg

Does any one notice a pattern in some of my posts? I really don't like Tim Walberg!

Here are just a few of the great quotes Walberg made at the Michigan 7th district debates.

Question: In order to combat the debt, what would you do and what programs might you defund?
“Eliminate the Dept. of Education”
Question: Do Americans have a right to universal health care?
"Absolutely not. It's not a right, it's an opportunity we have."
Question: Do you support a withdrawal from Iraq? If not, what future course do you see?"We too easily forget 9/11" [Audience begins booing], "We too easily forget the bombing of the USS Cole"

This guy still believes that Iraq has been linked to 9/11? This guy doesn't even keep up with the news, even The President has admitted that there is no link. See, this is why it is important for Democrats to win not only the most seats they can, but the correct seats.

Check out this great blog I just found out about and where I got the Quotes from the Debate.
http://walbergwatch.blogspot.com/

Beyond the All district strategy

This entry is building on ideas put forth in my Beyond the All State Strategy: The All District Strategy which you can check out here.

I think it is important for the Democrats to win as many seats as they can in congress, but I also think it is important what seats they win. The Democrats not only need to focus on seats they think they have the best chances of winning, but also the seats that pose the most threat to the Democrats. Meaning they need to focus on winning the seats where the Republican candidate will actively work against them if elected over the Democrat. There are some candidates that are so against certain issues they will work against letting them pass.

Let's take Tim Walberg, the Republican candidate in my district. He is ahead in the polls and is heavily out spending his opponent Sharon Renier. Walberg is an uber right-winger. He is against abortion, anti gay marriage, for private school vouchers (meaning that money would be taken away from public schools and given to people who choose to go to private schools), anti stem-cell research (not just federal funding of stem-cell research, all stem-cell research), anti-gun control, and I'm sure anti a lot of other things that make a lot of sense. This guy isn't just anti any of those things, he is VERY AGAINST those things. He is for school vouchers because his children were home schooled (so therefore he wants to take money away from public schools). Do you really think this guy would work with Democrats?

A moderate Republican getting elected is much better than a candidate that is far right. A district like mine it seems would be very important to win. The representative we have now is John Schwarz, a moderate Republican, but he got replaced on the ballet by Walberg. So if the Democrats lose this seat they will be replacing a moderate with a uber right-winger, a move in wrong direction.

Politics in the country has moved way to far left, and The Democrats need to focus on winning seats that will help at least move the country more to the center if not tip the scales a little the opposite way. Letting super-righties win will not help.

Walberg hasn't won yet, so I am still very hopeful!