Has the chamber raised the white flag on the notion that commerce is their business and taxing and spending is the state’s? Or is it that the leadership of the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce sees their organization as just another development bureaucracy deserving of tax payer support? Either way the idea that the “voice for business” now wants your tax dollars speaks to an unsettling reliance on public funding rather than private initiative for economic development. Hasn’t the chamber just undercut their own raison d’être with this request? Aren’t they supposed to be the voice and engine of the private business sector? Can they deny the obvious, that by their own action they appear to be merely another redundant and useless government development entity?
Scott Armstrong
He’s Their Problem Now
Was it so long ago that Arlen Specter was our problem? Now with his “act like a lady” comments he is proving to be as big an embarrassment for the Democrats as he was for us. One can only imagine the Democratic leadership is pulling their hair out over that chauvinistic tirade. Yet still today former local state rep and now Democrat state party leader T.J. Rooney is asking Arlen’s primary opponent (a real lifelong Democrat) to drop out of the senate race in order that Specter “may concentrate on the general election.” That would seem to demonstrate a real lack of sensitivity to the cause of equal rights on their part. But of course how foolish of me to forget that it is only Republicans who are guilty of such sin.
I do have the feeling however that Pennsylvania’s women will not take kindly to the senator’s brutish behavior and will hold him to account on election day. That will be a good day for the Keystone State and the nation.
Scott Armstrong
What the Democrats are saying now, below is the message they have sent to their activists.
Clearly the fight is now engaged. We must prepare for a long struggle.
Scott Armstrong
“Democrats in Washington are scrambling to figure out the way forward on healthcare since the loss of Ted Kennedy’s seat to a Republican on Tuesday.
We need to act fast and back up our message of the last few days by calling on leaders in Congress to publicly state support for passing bolder healthcare reforms — including the populist choice of a public option — using reconciliation which requires only 51 votes in the Senate.
Call the Democrat that represent you (if you have one in your district) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi right now.
CLICK HERE FOR THE PHONE NUMBER AND SAMPLE SCRIPT TO MAKE YOUR CALL
Democrats are dangerously close to learning the wrong lessons and repeating the same mistakes they’ve been making all year. Senators like Joe Lieberman are calling on Congress to do less, drop healthcare, and act like Republican-Lite.
It’s time to stop pandering to Joe and listen to the American people instead.
The 2010 Swing Voter — the Stay-At-Home Base and Obama-Voting Independents — want more change, not less. That’s what our Research 2000 poll of Massachusetts voters taken immediately after polls closed on Tuesday proved.
The poll showed swing voters are against the Senate healthcare bill because it “doesn’t go far enough”. And over 80% of them want the choice of a public option. Clearly, the first place Democrats can show 2010 swing voters they’re listening is by passing healthcare with a public option.
Just since Wednesday, over 200,000 DFA, Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and CREDO Action members have signed our petition endorsing this strategy and more are adding their names every minute. We’ll deliver these signatures to Democrats in Washington next week, but they need to hear from us today.
CALL YOUR HOUSE REPRESENTATIVE AND SPEAKER PELOSI RIGHT NOW
Don’t let Democrats give up and go back to the party of self-defeat. If America wanted to elect Republican-lite candidates, President Obama would never have won last November on a message of change.
The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, NBC, Politico, Huffington Post, Talking Points Memo, and others have all reported on our campaign and your work to make it happen. You can be sure Democrats in Washington are hearing you. The question is, are they listening?
It’s up to us to make sure they do or our losses on Tuesday will only be the beginning.
PLEASE MAKE YOUR CALL NOW
Thank you for everything you do.
-Charles
Charles Chamberlain, Political Director
Democracy for America
2 1/2 years ago, seeing that the “leadership” of the Republican Party was driving the Party of Lincoln straight off the cliff, I resigned from the Lehigh County Republican Committee and switched my registration to “NP-no party”. Since then, I’ve seen the Republican “leadership” forfeit two US Senate Seats in Pennsylvania, lose control of the US legislature, the White House, and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, drive droves of registered voters off their rolls, and give either tacit approval or active support of deficits and debt that have effectively made slaves of every citizen of the United States. There has been debate between those in the Republican Party who understand the spirit of “we hold these truths to be self evident” and “we the people”, and those who see involvement in government and politics as a means to self enrichment, self gratification, and self advantage. By now it should be crystal clear which side of this debate was “right”, and which side is clearly “wrong”.
Seeing how the people have risen both in Massachusetts and across the nation in revolt against the self serving politicians of our government, I took a couple of hours off this afternoon, made the trip to the Lehigh County Government Center, and re-registered as a Republican. I’m ready to join with fellow citizens to fight for a return to the limited constitutional government our founders envisioned, for the enhancement and preservation of the Liberty they established, and for the “unalienable rights” they so “rightly” recognized! The tree of Liberty must from time to time be pruned by “revolution”. 2010 is one of those times! It’s time to join in the fight!
The American people have belatedly realized that the Obama Presidential Campaign was a total fraud and they are acting on this new knowledge. Although his senate record, writings and commentary and personal associations clearly revealed a person far to the left politically of the American mainstream he ran and was portrayed (with the almost total collaboration of the media) as a moderate.
Obama would be wise to again pretend to be a moderate, otherwise more of what we saw last night is down the road for the Democratic Party. I predict that because he has become intoxicated by the slavish press devotion and endless praise he will fail to make the necessary political adjustments. I don’t doubt for a minute that this very intelligent man now believes in the infallibility of his own judgments. It is possible to be both brilliant and stupid. Thank Heaven.
Scott Brown’s senate victory in liberal Massachusetts is a welcome sign of relief to those who share the Founder’s vision of limited government. In light of the past failings of the Republican Party to adhere to its principles and the determination of the Democrats to pursue their most extreme objectives our resolve has been tested. Though it all we conservatives have become stronger, united in our determination to preserve the liberty that made this nation the land of freedom and opportunity. We can take comfort in the Massachusetts results but we cannot become complacent and believe that the victory is total. This contest was merely the first skirmish in what will be a struggle without end. So that we may pass on the promise of liberty that we inherited from the previous generations it is our duty to carry on the fight against the tyranny of big government until the end of our days.
Scott Armstrong