October 03, 2006
Dems Start To Use Foley In Ads
Democratic House canddiates aren't wasting a moment. Check out this new ad from MN 06 Dem Patty Wetterling
It shocks the conscience. Congressional leaders have admitted covering up the predatory behavior of a congressman who used the internet to molest children. For over a year, they knowingly ignored the welfare of children to protect their own power. For 17 years, Patty Wetterling has fought for tougher penalties against those who harm children. That's why she's demanding a criminal investigation and the immediate expulsion of any congressman involved in this crime or coverup."
Also: the DCCC''s executive director sent out a "thank you" letter to e-mail activists It reads suspiciously like a fundraising appeal to us, but in fairness, it doesn't actually ask for any money.
Last Friday, Republican Congressman Mark Foley of Florida abruptly resigned his congressional seat amid questions surrounding his inappropriate emails with a former teenage House page. While House Republican leaders had known about this situation for months, they had done nothing.Parents across the country are more concerned than ever about protecting their children from such online predators, but the Republican leadership did the unthinkable and demonstrated that they cared more about protecting one of their own incumbents than young people who had been entrusted to their care. These actions have gone beyond just an abuse of power into a betrayal of trust that strikes at a parent's worst fear.
Just as Speaker Hastert and Republican House Leaders have chosen partisan politics over protecting children, President Bush has chosen slogans over strategies in Iraq. The Rubber Stamp Republican Congress has continued to ignore the daily struggles and needs of the American people. From skyrocketing health care costs to the runaway home heating costs from a special-interest energy policy. From the horrific response to Hurricane Katrina to the denying millions of people the hope of stem cell research, the Republican Congress has turned its back on the very people who elected them.
This is why we must win and take America in a new direction.
We are in the best position in over a decade to do that, to put a Democratic majority in Congress -- and we have you and tens of thousands of generous people like you to thank for that.
Your recent support allows the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) to help dozens of proud Democratic candidates nationwide get us within striking distance of a Democratic majority. The DCCC has been able to put hard-hitting ads on the airwaves and thousands of people on the streets with our message of change. A change this country desperately needs.
This election is far from over. The House Republicans know that they are in trouble and they will not lie down without an ugly fight. But a fight is what they will get. Democrats will not lie down and let them put the abuse of power before the safety of Americans.
Thank you for everything you have given of yourself - your time, your money, your energy - to help put Democrats in this position. Please stay in the fight for the last 34 days.
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