Prince (passenger), a Candidate (posing as driver) and "new" old tires from Dirkes Used Auto Parts and Junk Yard: in the 2nd District
From: gary
stein (thebigmoosenj@hotmail.com) Sent:
gary
stein (thebigmoosenj@hotmail.com)
NOT........ PUBLISHED. (saved and distributed by stein for congress 2010)
This past Monday Dan
Walsh reported that Congressman Frank Lobiondo prefers direct phone contact
with his constituents, (rather then town hall meetings preferred by just
about every other representative) in response to citizen outrage across the
country over the direction of health care reform.
As one of four- very much
ignored independent candidates who challenged Mr. Lobiondo last year- ( I consider
us to be early teabaggers)- I’d prefer to leave well enough alone, except that Mr.
Walsh unnecessarily referenced the congressman’s debate history last fall, and
gave what I know to be an inaccurate description.
And…… maybe it’s because
of my unique vantage point, I also notice that Mr. Walsh is still portraying
the Congressman as some kind of maverick, just like last year when I felt he was touting - rather then just reporting-
the congressman’s hold out position against new drilling off the
Atlantic coast line ((until the tide turned (har, har)); or how he defied his party leadership a
second time- again last year- by voting early and often, against any rescue package for
distressed homeowners- again-early
in the economic downturn. Or….. just last week when Mr. Walsh reported that
the Congressman rarely debates opponents in his congressional
re-election races.
That’s where it gets
personal Mr. Walsh. Mr. Lobiondo reluctantly attended last falls first
debate- a last second appearance after the DOW fell close to 1000 points the day before- and there
where 6 of us at that debate, why leave the impression, like you did on Monday,
that the congressman only debated his Democratic opponent last fall? The 2nd
debate, the one the Atlantic City Press sponsored, only included the
two- there you were accurate, and it's one possible explanation for your
error. To jog your
memory a little further Mr. Walsh; Mr. Lobiondo, in my opinion, lost
the first
debate to a 30 year old Green Party candidate, he got a boost, in that 2nd
un-inclusive debate, from a “packed” house of union shills- whooping it up,
ironically, for Lobiondo-a Republican- not the Democratic Mr. Kurkowski. As for the 3rd
debate- the league of women voters debate that the A.C Press just barely
covered the next night in Cape May Courthouse- some might argue I won that one.
You might have reported
as much as the designated reporter of last years campaign, had you bothered to attend
that night. The coverage of the 3rd debate (insignificant in the AC Press's opinion?), was left to a cub reporter from the
But what about the
congressman’s vaunted 2 to 3 hours a day talking privately to his constituents
about their anger over health care reform- as you reported on Monday?
Three years ago I called the Congressman’s office after a lying- cheating
health insurance company welched on reimbursing us, and our care givers,
for about $7000 dollars of first time
claims on an expensive policy we purchased.
The
Congressman never
called me back to discuss- or learn a little what goes on in the
outside world. Instead his office gave me a phone #, yes a phone # to
the State of
Call me once in while Mr. Walsh, these days I’m madder then ever at politicians- and I’m an unknown candidate once again, this time for the position of Governor* in the state of New Jersey, running out of the 2nd district, or didn’t you know that? I'm afraid you did.
* From the candidate: In the latest Rasmussen poll I was pulling .000000% of the vote, with 4 weeks to go I was off the charts.........
