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IrateCitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:15 AM
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Attention to all friends of US Rep Bernie Sanders (I-VT)
Edited on Thu Oct-09-03 10:19 AM by IrateCitizen
This is a letter being circulated by the RW Republican who is running against Bernie next fall. His name is Greg Parke. It is apparent that he is already weighing in on the smear machine, with the election over 1 year away.

If you are a VT resident or know others who are, please alert them to this guy. He's attempting to unseat perhaps the greatest voice of common sense in Congress today, through a campaign of smear and innuendo. If you don't believe me, just count how many times he uses the word "socialist" or "loony left-wing" in this letter.

Also, apologies to sangh0 for reposting this, but the initial post was referring to Hillary and therefore might not get hits from the Sanders crowd here on DU.



Dear Friend,

If you think Hillary is bad, just wait ‘til you take a look at the loony left-wing record of the only self-proclaimed "SOCIALIST" in the Congress. He’s from Vermont and his name is Bernie Sanders.

Bernie’s radical views are so extreme that he runs for Congress as an "Independent" rather than a Democrat because, as he puts it, "the Democrat Party is too conservative."

Just one example of this Socialist Congressman’s ideology should suffice. I was shocked when I recently learned that Bernie was one of ONLY 14 Congressmen (out of 435) who actually VOTED AGAINST the National Amber Alert Bill (H.R.1104 - Child Abduction Protection Act).

As a father of two children, I was nauseated when I found out why. According to his congressional office, Bernie objected to the bill's "two-strikes and you're out" provision. Apparently, Bernie believes that pedophiles should get a THIRD CHANCE to molest our children.

That’s beyond sick!

Enough is enough. I’ve decided to run for Congress against this pedophile-coddling politician, but I can't defeat Bernie without your immediate help. Please click here to help now!

I spent 22 years defending our country as a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force, including four years in the Middle-East as a diplomat and policy advisor. I’m told that someone with my expertise in Middle-East affairs and the war on terrorism would make an ideal Congressman right about now.

Compare my record of public service to that of my opponent. While I was serving our country in harm's way, Bernie was unwittingly providing aid and comfort to the enemies of the Unites States by helping the Clinton administration decimate our defense and intelligence capabilities. That unilateral disarmament made the 9/11 terrorist attacks possible.

For nine years in a row, Bernie introduced floor amendments to gut the Intelligence Budget an additional 10% on top of Clinton's draconian cuts. Bernie even ‘fessed up that never actually bothers to read the Intelligence Budget. He won’t even vote to protect our Flag! Has he no shame?

Vermont deserves better and our military and intelligence capabilities can’t afford two more years of Bernie in Congress. Please click here to help now!

You might subscribe to the myth that Vermont is a liberal state run by hippies and overgrown flower children. After all, it elected Howard Dean and Jim Jeffords, didn’t it?

What you may not already know is that there has recently been an unprecedented backlash against radical liberalism by the majority of Vermonters.

The Vermont Supreme Court’s decision mandating gay marriage and the implementation of that social engineering by then-Governor Howard Dean and the then-Democrat controlled legislature triggered a seismic shift in Vermont’s political landscape.

Just last year for example, Vermont’s voters elected a Republican Governor, a Republican Lieutenant Governor, and a Republican majority to the State House of Representatives.

Bernie has not been reelected to Congress because he’s popular and respected or because the voters share his ideology and are proud of his voting record. Rather, Bernie’s been reelected simply because he has never had to face a credible well-funded Republican opponent before, let alone a Veteran.

And in 1 of every 5 Vermont voters is a Veteran! Simply put, Bernie has always gotten a free ride!

That’s about to change – YOU and I can put Bernie on the receiving end of an aggressive, hard-fought, contested campaign for the first time in more than a decade. Please click here to contribute now.

If we have the resources to educate the voters about the real Bernie and his radical, LOONEY left-wing voting record, he’ll find himself running for the state line instead of reelection to Congress.

I CAN WIN this race to unseat Bernie, but I need your IMMEDIATE financial help to make it happen. We need $100,000 dollars by October 25th for critical campaign materials.

Can you contribute $1,000, $500, $250, $100, or even $50 to my campaign today? Please click here to contribute now.

Thank you in advance for your generous support and may God bless you as he has blessed America.

Sincerely,
Greg Parke, Lt. Colonel, USAF Retired

P.S. Bernie will receive money from the liberal elite, and the Socialist-Workers Party types from all over the country. Bernie may be a nut, but he’s nobody’s fool. He knows he must raise and spend millions of dollars in order to deceive enough voters to believe that his SOCIALIST AGENDA is reasonable.

I need support from you and countless others like you who share my commitment to unseat this RADICAL Socialist. The voters of Vermont can’t stand with me if they don’t know where I stand.
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alexwcovington Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:19 AM
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1. Ouch
For a moment I was worried you were spewing that crap. Yikes!!!
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:22 AM
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2. Gag
Socialist socialist socialist - can he repeat one more time?

Bernie should ask Greg how he enjoyed his SOCIALIZED medicine while in the US Air Force.





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IrateCitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:29 AM
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8. I also love how he puts the classic contradiction on govt spending
On one hand, he talks up tax cuts as "letting you make the choices of what to do with your money, rather than allowing someone else to spend it for you." On the other hand, he totally pimps out for the Pentagon, talking of raising military spending even MORE.

Well, excuse me a moment here -- but since the Pentagon is funded by tax dollars, and all of us pay taxes, doesn't that mean that he IS advocating spending MY money rather than allowing me to decide what to do with it? :eyes:
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revcarol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:25 AM
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3. I regularly send him $5.00 every time he asks.
This guy is so democratic he's unbelievable!! He stopped most of IBM's employees' pensions from being transferred to the contribution plan instead of the defined benefit plan...He organized and publicized seniors' medicine-buying trips to Canada, he pulls the heavy weight for labor...

Hey, this is what democracy looks like. Send him $5.00.
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IrateCitizen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:26 AM
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5. I'll gladly send Bernie Sanders at least $25, if not $50!
Although I live in NY and not VT, Bernie Sanders represents me a helluva lot more than my Congresscritter, Sue Kelly (R) ever has!
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artr2 Donating Member (863 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:26 AM
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4. Typical repukkk bs
I don't have any positions except JESUS - please help me remove SATAN from office. I really hate repukkks
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ElsewheresDaughter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:27 AM
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6. send it to all my VT relatives and friends..thanks for the heads up
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clar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-09-03 10:28 AM
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7. Revolting but
I'm not worried. We'll re-elect Bernie. As Parkes points out 1 in 5 Vt voters is a vet. Nobody's better on veteran issues than Bernie. The repukes have tried before, but Vermont is still solidly behind Bernie.
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