Ten New Reasons Why Obamacare Can Still be Killed

Phyllis Schlafly has shed light on some important provisions that are in the Obamacare package. To read her column which appears on Townhall.com go here. We must spread this information far and wide. Please send the link to your friends.

UPDATE- Human Events has an interesting article on the constitutionality of Obama's actions. To read go here

Vote out All in Congress

 Victor Fricke has an excellent letter in the Aiken Standard today. I have posted the first two paragraphs below:

Vote out all in Congress

12/29/2009 4:00 PM
By Victor Fricke
The Democrats in Washington are exulting in their historic moment when they gave us all coal in our stockings as a Christmas present. It was historic, all right, like Pearl Harbor day, Hurricane Katrina, and the day Bernie Madoff came up with his Ponzi scheme were historic. In that they were telling the truth; in all the rest they were lying to us and perhaps to themselves.

The liars claimed the health care bill would save us money - only true if you live in Nebraska. The prevaricators said it would improve care; tell me how this can be true when millions more will show up for treatment in a system that already has a shortage of doctors and nurses.

Healthcare Message from John McCain

We Have Just Begun to Fight Please show your support for those who oppose the Democrats' health care bill. My Friend, Early this morning at 1am, the Senate voted 60 to 40 in favor of moving the Democrats' health care bill forward. The final vote to pass the bill is scheduled for Christmas Eve, and I pledge to you that I will not only continue to cast my vote against this bill, but will actively fight it every step along the way. Democrats have used Bernie Madoff-style accounting to assess the cost of health care reform. And when this bill becomes law, the reality of higher taxes and Medicare cuts for seniors will settle in on the American public. President Obama made a promise when he campaigned for president to sit down and negotiate health care reform with Republicans and Democrats. He also promised C-SPAN cameras would be in the room. But, that was all campaign rhetoric. This disastrous health care bill was negotiated behind closed doors and Republicans were never brought into the negotiations. The result is a health care bill supported by 60 Democratic Senators, but opposed by 60% of the American public. My friend, we must resolve today to do everything in our power to continue fighting against the government takeover of our health care system. My fellow Republican Senators and I have done everything in our power to stop this legislation, but the reality is that Democrats have 60 seats in the Senate and we have 40 seats. I'm turning to you, as a voter and constituent, to exercise your power today. Every vote in the Senate is critical to stopping legislation like this health care bill and that is why Country First PAC is dedicated to supporting and electing candidates to office who share our values. Your support for Country First is crucial to our efforts on these candidates' behalf, so I ask you follow this link to make a contribution to Country First today. I will always honor every promise I make to you. And today, I promise that I will continue my fight against this health care reform bill until the very end. I thank you for your support along the way and look forward to continuing our work towards real government reform. Sincerely, John McCain Chairman, Country First PAC P.S. We have just begun to fight, my friend. I will continue to stand up for the American people who do not support the Democrats' health care reform bill. And I need your help to support candidates who join me in opposition to these policies. Please follow this link today to make a generous donation that will help Country First PAC financially support candidates across the country who will work towards real government reform. Thank you.

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Businesses pay too much in taxes

The following fair and balanced letter from clear thinking Jet Beckum appears in the Aiken Standard today.The answer to his question" when will these politicians wake up" is clear. Not until you the voters send them a very clear message. Term limits would be good but probably not achievable. So the only thing to do is find better candidates and throw out most of the incumbents.Support the Tea Party Express. It is making a difference!

There are a few more thoughtful letters in the Aiken Standard today. One is about the current problems at SRS by Bob Garvin and the other is from Pete Seaha in answer to a Liam McGinley letter. Both are worth reading. Go here to read all the letters and comments.

In Thursday morning's Aiken Standard our local politicians seemed surprised by more budget cuts. Roland Smith, I quote, "There's not a thing we can do about it."Bill Clyburn: "I'm disappointed because I thought the budget would be on an upswing."
Shane Massey: "Five percent (cut) is more than needed."

When will these politicians wake up and get in the real world? This country has been in a serious recession since the fall of 2006 when we turned over the federal government to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. I'm not excusing many of the other party who surely contributed to this downfall, but the facts are since 2006 businesses have been promised nothing but more taxes, more interference and harassment. This has not only happened at the federal level but also at the state and local levels.

Ask any building contractor, any Realtor, or any small-business owner if they think the government has aided them in the past three years and I don't mean a handout. Let's take one at a time - our Aiken County School Board, Chairman Christine Harkins was quoted as saying, it's a good time to spend $150 million for our schools."

Guess who pays the highest rate of school taxes? Not parents, but your local businesses. The City Council and mayor instead of reducing taxes on businesses, continue to spend more tax money on questionable projects and more government controlled groups such as the Aiken Corporation. Our County Council instead of making this county attractive to all businesses (existing ones) are secretly giving away tax money to The X- Project. While the same thing goes on at the state level - read Sen. Ryberg's column in Thursday's Aiken Standard.

Why anybody would be surprised to learn that businesses can not supply government's insatiable appetite for more taxpayers' money is beyond my comprehension.

If our business community does not prosper, then we had better accept the fact that we will not build more schools, and cuts in government programs are just beginning.

Jet Beckum

Aiken

Copenhagen Communist Caper

We should be very afraid. Our way of life is under attack at home and abroad.

Crush the Left or be Crushed!

The following is almost 10 minutes but it is worth your time. Be sure and read the many excellent comments that follow the video.

Nikki Haley for Governor

The following letter from Nikki Haley speaks for it self. We do have a good slate of gubernatorial candidates but I believe Nikki is the one who can bring about real reform and transparency. She fought hard for it and was punished by Speaker Bobby Harrell for her audacity. You can learn more about her here.

"One of Us"

Dear Friends,


If there's anything that the roller-coaster that was 2009 has taught us, it's that the 2010 elections matter. They matter on the state level, and they matter on the federal level.

When heading to the polls next June, we have a choice to make - a choice that will determine the direction we take as South Carolinians and as Americans.

Redstate founder and conservative activist Erick Erickson gets that - and earlier this week he made his choice:

"There are several good people running in South Carolina, but all of them are products of the Republican Establishment. ... Then there is Nikki Haley. She worked in her parents’ small business. She knows first hand the way government screws the little guy. She is not a big business supporter, but an entrepreneur's best friend. Nikki Haley is worth supporting.

Nikki Haley is one of us. Now we need to stick up for her and fund her. If you have money, give it. If you have time, give it. If you have prayers, offer them up. Let's pray for her, fund her campaign, and work to get Nikki Haley elected as the next Governor South Carolina."

Please join Erick and the many others across South Carolina in supporting our campaign. There is so much potential in our state, so much that we can and must do to make South Carolina a better place to live, work, and raise a family.

I have every confidence that we will get there, but I need your help. We are in the midst of strong push this December to show a strong dollar amount by the end of the month, so please contribute to the campaign, whether you can give $500, $250, $100, or even $50.

You will be part of something that makes you proud – and changes South Carolina forever.

My very best,

Nikki

Carl Langley Speaks Out

The following letter from local scribe Carl Langley appeared in the Aiken Standard today. To read the several comments made on his letter go here

 How far do we go with diversity?

In the awful aftermath of the shooting deaths of 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, by a Muslim serving as a major in the U.S. Army, I was shocked at the words of the Army's top general, George Casey.

Gen. Casey's words, in which he declared that the shootings would not deter the military on its path to diversity, would have been better left unsaid. He should have spent his face time on television deploring the act of a mad man.

I watched with my mouth agape as Casey said diversity is building a strong society and a strong military. I ask him if diversity isn't now being given priority to building, training and maintaining the kind of military service needed to keep this country safe in a hostile world.

Gen. Casey should have limited his time to expressing his condolences to the families of those murdered and promising that the military would extact justice and retribution for this awful crime.

Watching Casey tap dance around the awful catastrophe at Fort Hood and go to mouthing the preachments of a society now being driven by liberal thought and speech at every level was too much for me.

I served in the Army long ago and am proud of my grandson who serves today as a captain in the same branch. I gave thanks that my grandson wasn't in the Fort Hood building that became a slaughterhouse.

While I agree that we have become a polyglot nation and must adapt to this changing world, promoting diversity is no excuse for the failure of Casey's army, or any other organization, to weed out those with religious and political agendas that drive most of them insane.

In the liberal world, conservatives, Tea Party protesters and those who disagree with the president and his administration are the real terrorists. Not so the Muslim radicals who are out to exterminate anyone who does not submit to Allah.

Because of this leap into diversity, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who coldly shot down and murdered 13 people, is being referred to as the "alleged shooter." Can you imagine that? Here's a man whose killing spree was witnessed by dozens, included among them the more than 25 he wounded, and he is referred to as the "alleged shooter."

Here is a classic case in which liberalspeak or legal speak takes precedence over the obvious facts.

Considering the current sad state of affairs in the American justice system, let me offer that the trial of Hasan will be a long time coming because of the Byzantine maze that has been built into the justice system, both inside and outside the military.

This Hasan case will be around for a long time. During the coming months and years he will be lionized by Muslim radicals around the world, even here in this country, as a hero who stood against the infidels. They will be aided by American news media, especially People magazine and the like, who will clamor for a chance to tell his story, complete with pictures. Today's seniors will be long gone before justice is done in this case, if ever.

But back to Gen. Casey. After listening to his comments about the killings of his soldiers, I am left wondering who he is taking his orders from and who is clearing his commentary. I must assume it is some bureaucrat in the Defense Department.

I am among those who believe that if diversity continues at the expense of common sense we are likely to lose our nation, the anchor of, for the time being, the free world.

Carl Langley

Aiken

Frank Gaffney: The Speech We Need

This is a terrific photo of President Obama. Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy suggests a speech for the President to deliver tomorrow night at West Point:

 Frank Gaffney: The Speech We Need

President Obama's much-anticipated speech at West Point Tuesday night  constitutes an opportunity with the potential to be as strategically momentous as Richard Nixon's visit to China in 1972.  Mr. Obama is in a unique position to tell the truth about the nature of the enemy we confront, not just in Afghanistan but worldwide, and thereby put the effort to defeat that enemy on a sound, coherent and supportable footing.  Will he rise to the occasion?More

Amazing Collection

Follow this link to an amazing collection of cartoons. I get a lot of email but these are all edgy and new. Enjoy!

http://gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=16744.0

Healthcare Comments by Jim Wetzel

The following letter from Jim Wetzel appeared in the Aiken Standard on November 26 .

Future looks poor for health care
11/26/2009 12:33 AM
By Jim Wetzel
Future looks poor for health care

The current controversy over the recommendation of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force as to breast cancer health care is only a harbinger of more serious consequences that might come to pass. I speak to the ominous shadow of medical care rationing cast by the Task Force that could come to fruition under the ObamaCare program.

That report is not about proper health care; it's about health care spending based upon what the panel considers to be life benefits versus costs in doing breast scans. In recommending the banning of mammograms for 40- to 50-year-old women, the report's data supports the conclusion that cases of breast cancer will go undetected in that group, to a consequence related to the individual case. If that consequence happens to be death from a lack of proper treatment, it puts money over the value of life and government as the arbiter of continued life.

This is serious because the U. S. Preventive Services Task Force is designated as a decisional participant in the ObamaCare scheme. On the basis of accounting exercises and impersonal assumptions, it will make recommendations, as it has done here, based upon costs and group data. The individual and his doctor will not be considered or even play a role. If a person dies because of their recommendations, it will be of no consequence to them; but the death will be of consequence to the person who dies and to his family and society.

The sum of this is that under ObamaCare, it is likely that if you are over 80 (even 70 if the health budget is tight), and you come down with an event that can't be cured with a couple of aspirin, you may find that you have crossed the government's cost-effectiveness line and be disqualified from further care.

The lesson is that if women under 50 can be scratched from mammograms at the whim of a health panel, a person over 80 with a bad health report and subject to the same whim, could find himself sliced from the rolls and made toast.

Jim Wetzel

Aiken

Honduras-Finally we are on the right side!

  Honduras's Democratic Solution

Why The Obama Administration Is Right To Support Sunday's Election

(WASHINGTON POST 28 NOV 09)

A BREACH has opened among those countries that have sought to resolve the political crisis in the Central American nation of Honduras. One group is focused on restoring democracy to the country, through support for a national election scheduled for Sunday. A second faction places priority on putting ousted president Manuel Zelaya back in office -- even though few Hondurans want him back and his legal term expires in just two months. To its credit, the Obama administration is leading the support for the democratic option, even though that means departing from its policy of seeking consensus with the region's big powers.

Elections have often been used to restore constitutional order in unstable countries; they brought a peaceful end to Augusto Pinochet's right-wing dictatorship in Chile and to the leftist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua. In the case of Honduras, the election solution is particularly appropriate, since one had been scheduled before Mr. Zelaya was arrested and illegally deported from the country in June. The candidates for president were chosen by a legal and orderly democratic process, with high participation; the vote will be supervised by an independent tribunal also established before the crisis.

Polls show that Hondurans are eager for the elections to occur. They have little taste for Mr. Zelaya, who embraced the leftist populism of Hugo Chávez while in office and was trying to follow the Venezuelan's model for dismantling democratic institutions. Last month, Mr. Zelaya accepted a U.S.-brokered deal that endorsed the elections while providing for the Honduran Congress to vote on whether to restore him to office for the remainder of his term. Yet when he was not immediately returned to power, Mr. Zelaya repudiated the plan. Now he and his supporters claim the election must be regarded as illegitimate, because Congress will not vote on his status until next week. Hondurans understandably wonder whether Mr. Zelaya's intention all along was to disrupt a democratic process that will send him to a well-deserved retirement.

Unfortunately, Mr. Zelaya has the backing not only of Mr. Chávez and his satellites but also of governments such as Brazil -- with which the Obama administration hoped to forge a regional partnership. The lesson of the Honduran crisis is that the United States cannot always pursue such multilateralism and also support democracy. Too many Latin American governments are more interested in backing leaders who share their political inclinations than in upholding the rule of law. While loudly denouncing the "coup" against Mr. Zelaya, they have ignored the rigging of elections and the violent suppression of opposition by fellow leftists. In rejecting their attempt to nullify Honduras's democratic vote this Sunday, the Obama administration has taken a relatively isolated stance -- and a correct one.

The Great British Climate Fraud

Human Events has published an excellent piece on "Global Warming," The first few paragraphs are posted below including a link to the entire article. Please read it and pass it on. The Wall Street Opinion Journal Online also has an illuminating story. We have been Gored!

The Great British Climate Fraud

by  James Delingpole

11/24/2009

It has been described as the "greatest scientific scandal of the modern age." The story broke last Thursday when a person unknown -- some say it was a hacker, others an inside-leak job -- broke into the servers at Britain's Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia and published at least 61megabytes of confidential data on a Russian website.

 Despite efforts in liberal quarters to play the story down as a criminal issue of no great consequence, the blogosophere almost instantly recognized it as political dynamite: perhaps even the final nail in the coffin of Al Gore's increasingly expensive theory that the world is rapidly overheating due to Anthropogenic Global Warming (AGW).

Why? Because the Climate Research Unit in the windswept fenlands of Eastern England -- together with its sister unit in the West of England, the Hadley Centre in Exeter, Devon -- is one of the primary information sources used by the UN's International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).more 

Lindsey Graham destroys Eric Holder

The following youtube videoshows Lindsey at his best. There is a very good commentary on this showdown at the Powerline Blog.

Health care Overhaul?

What a difference six months — and a health-care overhaul proposal — can make! Just six months ago, the U.S Preventive Services Task Force, which works within the Department of Health and Human Services as a “best practice” panel on prevention, sounded a warning signal over a slight decline in annual mammograms among women in their 40s. In fact, they warned women of this age bracket that they could be risking their lives if they didn’t get the annual preventive exam (via HA reader Devil’s Advocate):

The downward trend, however slight, has breast cancer experts worried. Mammograms can enable physicians to diagnose the disease at early stages, often before a lump can be felt. “When breast cancer is detected early, it often can be treated before it has a chance to spread in the body and increase the risk of dying from the disease,” says Katherine Alley, medical director of the breast health program at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda.

The U.S Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts working under the Department of Health and Human Services, recommends that women older than 40 get a mammogram every one to two years. The task force finds the test most helpful for women between ages 50 and 69, for whom it says the evidence is strongest that screening lowers death rates from breast cancer. Other groups, including the American Medical Association, suggest a more rigorous schedule, saying the test should be done every year; insurers often pay for annual tests.

But experts say they are seeing gaps beyond two years in many cases. Carol Lee, chair of the American College of Radiology’s Breast Imaging Commission and a radiologist at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, says many women understand that they need to have a mammogram but don’t go back for repeat tests after the first one. In Bethesda, Alley said she has even heard anecdotal reports of breast cancer survivors forgoing recommended mammograms.

But today, that same panel says … never mind:

“We’re not saying women shouldn’t get screened. Screening does saves lives,” said Diana B. Petitti, vice chairman of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which released the recommendations Monday in a paper being published in Tuesday’s Annals of Internal Medicine. “But we are recommending against routine screening. There are important and serious negatives or harms that need to be considered carefully.”

Several patient advocacy groups and many breast cancer experts welcomed the new guidelines, saying they represent a growing recognition that more testing, exams and treatment are not always beneficial and, in fact, can harm patients. Mammograms produce false-positive results in about 10 percent of cases, causing anxiety and often prompting women to undergo unnecessary follow-up tests, sometimes-disfiguring biopsies and unneeded treatment, including surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.

But the American Cancer Society, the American College of Radiology and other experts condemned the change, saying the benefits of routine mammography have been clearly demonstrated and play a key role in reducing the number of mastectomies and the death toll from one of the most common cancers.

“Tens of thousands of lives are being saved by mammography screening, and these idiots want to do away with it,” said Daniel B. Kopans, a radiology professor at Harvard Medical School. “It’s crazy — unethical, really.”

What changed in six months to change the USPSTF from a sky-is-falling hysteric on a 1% decline in testing to Emily Litella? If the administration gets its way, the government will be paying for a lot more of these exams when ObamaCare passes. That will put a serious strain on resources, especially since many of the providers will look to avoid dealing with government-managed care and its poor compensation rates.

The motivation for HHS will be to cut costs, not to save lives. The sudden reversal in six months of the USPSTF, especially after it made such a stink over a relatively minor decline in screening, certainly makes it appear that they have other priorities than life-saving in mind here.

One final thought. Barack Obama predicated his ObamaCare vision on the notion that increased prevention would save costs. Suddenly, his administration is for decreased screening and prevention. Could that have anything to do with the CBO scoring on screening? And what does that say about how government will make decisions once they control the compensation and care in the US?

Update: Courtesy of an anonymous reader, here are the members of the US Preventive Services Task Force. See if you can figure out the one thing they all have in common:

Current members of the Task Force are listed below. They have recognized expertise in prevention, evidence-based medicine, and primary care.

Bruce N. Calonge, M.D., M.P.H. (Chair)
Chief Medical Officer and State Epidemiologist
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver, CO

Diana B. Petitti, M.D., M.P.H. (Vice Chair)
Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Fulton School of Engineering
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Susan Curry, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Public Health
Distinguished Professor
University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Allen J. Dietrich, M.D.
Professor, Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH

Thomas G. DeWitt, M.D.
Carl Weihl Professor of Pediatrics
Director of the Division of General and Community Pediatrics
Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Kimberly D. Gregory, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine and Women’s Health Services Research
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

David Grossman, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director, Preventive Care and Senior Investigator, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative
Professor of Health Services and Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

George Isham, M.D., M.S.
Medical Director and Chief Health Officer
HealthPartners, Minneapolis, MN

Michael L. LeFevre, M.D., M.S.P.H.
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO

Rosanne Leipzig, M.D., Ph.D
Professor, Geriatrics and Adult Development, Medicine, Health Policy
Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Lucy N. Marion, Ph.D., R.N.
Dean and Professor, School of Nursing
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA

Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Director, Center for Healthcare Policy and Research
University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA

Bernadette Melnyk, Ph.D., R.N., C.P.N.P./N.P.P.
Dean and Distinguished Foundation Professor in Nursing
College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation
Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

Wanda Nicholson, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

J. Sanford (Sandy) Schwartz, M.D.
Leon Hess Professor of Medicine, Health Management, and Economics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Wharton School, Philadelphia, PA

Timothy Wilt, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Minneapolis VA Medical Center
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

What do they have in common? There isn’t a single oncologist among them, at least not as a listed specialty by the USPSTF published roster.

Lou Dobbs Moves On

the following is the lead in to a powerful story concerning Lou Dobbs final telecast from CNN. The full report appears on the American Spectator.

I Was Lou Dobbs's Last Guest: Witness To a Star Reborn

By Jeffrey Lord on 11.16.09 @ 6:08AM

"I got up here and I started to open my mouth and the long and powerful arm of Mr. James Taylor reached into this sacred chamber and grabbed me by the scruff of the neck." --Jimmy Stewart as U.S. Senator Jefferson Smith in the 1939 Frank Capra classic, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible."-- Jonathan Swift
 
"You're speaking as though you believe America is a free country." 



The speaker was longtime CNN journalist and commentator Lou Dobbs. Sitting across the table from him in the CNN studios in New York I was startled at the statement, a statement that was in fact a question. I was even more startled at what had transpired moments before -- when Dobbs, seated at another table a few feet away, an electronic American flag waving behind him -- looked America in the eye and announced he was leaving CNN after almost three decades. Without doubt I knew the reason for Dobbs' question more

Sarah Palin's new book and the New York Times

The New York Times once again shows its extreme bias. John Hinderaker of the Powerline blog nails them. Go here to read his excellent comment. For a more objective review go here.

Bring all involved in case to justice

The following letter appeared in the Aiken Standard today. Should you want to see the letter and any comments on the Aiken Standard web site go here  The letter was in response to the Aiken Standards excellent editorial regarding the Ginny Allen caper. To read the original story and the many comments about it go here

11/13/2009 11:14 AM
Bring all involved in case to justice

I was astounded to read in the Aiken Standard today that the case of Ginny Allen, who has admitted her involvement in an election scam involving Senator Ryberg, Jason Whinghter, Tom Young and Scott Singer, was being handled in a pretrial intervention process. This matter has been under investigation for more than a year. The idea that Ginny Allen might be let off with an apology letter and some minor community service is unacceptable, unless she has cooperated fully with the investigators and named her co-conspirators. If so, their names must be revealed and they too must be charged.


The letter below from Dick Smith was published in the Aiken Standard on Dec. 18, 2008, and is included herein as it laid out the facts right after this event occurred. It appears to me that the political system might be protecting its own by letting Ginny take a cushioned fall for the more powerful culprits. Citizens are sick and tired of the games that politicians play, and there must be transparency in government. We have made some progress in Aiken but there still is a long way to go. If we are outraged by the duplicity of politicians in Washington, then we must address corruption in our own backyard. If he has not already done so the County Solicitor should demand the names from Ginny and publicly charge all the culprits so that some faith in government can be restored.

“Who was hurt by election calls?

“With reference to the editorial concerning election law violations I agree completely that “it is time that laws dealing with election mischief are dealt with as felonies.” However, I most emphatically disagree with your statement that the “intended result of the election-eve deception was not realized.” Except for Ginny Allen and her-up-till-now undisclosed co-conspirators none of us can know for sure what the intended result was. It should be quite clear to the objective observer that the only person hurt by this reprehensible ploy was Scott Singer. Certainly there was no chance it would in any way affect the outcome of the Whinghter-Ryberg race since the polls showed Ryberg with more than 70 percent of the voters backing him. Ginny Allen, as an astute political operative, certainly knew that a last-minute attempt to hurt Senator Ryberg would be a waste of time and money.

“The facts are that Senator Ryberg, upon learning about the fraudulent calls, immediately issued an angry statement denying any responsibility for them and denied supporting any candidate. Senator Ryberg also requested SLED to investigate. As a consequence of this angry statement many voters may have assumed that Scott Singer had sponsored the calls. To correct this misapprehension Senator Ryberg issued another statement on June 12, wherein he “declared his belief that the other candidate for office mentioned in the illegal call, County Councilman Scott Singer, was not involved in the phone call.” For some reason this statement was never published in the Aiken Standard. Meanwhile critics used this spurious charge to cut into Singer’s well deserved good reputation and high favorability ratings.

“I for one am glad SLED has investigated and is continuing to investigate this matter. Let us wait until all the facts are in before we rush to judgment as to the effectiveness of the calls. – Dick Smith”

It is obvious the only candidate who could have been hurt by this illegal act was Scott Singer, and the only one who could have benefited was Tom Young. Since Tom Young denies any involvement we should take him at his word, but it is entirely possible that without his knowledge one or more of his supporters worked with Ginny. It is interesting to note that Ginny’s letter of apology only explicitly absolves Senator Ryberg. Aiken’s citizens deserve to know the truth.

So now after a year, the citizens and voters of Aiken need to know the facts of this case and be assured that “business as usual” politics will no longer be tolerated in Aiken.

Marianne Pecoraro

Aiken

Abandoned Under Obama

By Heather Robinson on 11.10.09 @ 6:09AM

Earlier this month, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a self-described "Muslim Zionist," traveled to the U.S. to address audiences in New York City and at Yale University. Publisher of the largest English-language weekly newspaper in Bangladesh, Choudhury has been jailed, beaten, nearly blinded, and is now on trial for his life for his reporting, and for his pro-American, pro-Israeli views.

It's The Jihad, Stupid

Clear thinking from Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy. 

Frank Gaffney: It's The Jihad, Stupid

Poll after poll indicates that official Washington is held in very low regard by the American people.  One reason is that our leaders are seen as out of touch with the realities confronting ordinary folks - and with what those folks' common sense suggests are appropriate responses to such realities. There could scarcely be a more graphic example of that disconnect - and its ominous implications - than the contortions the U.S. government is now going through in the wake of the murder of 13 people and the wounding of dozens more at Fort Hood last week.  For example, the FBI declared immediately after the attack that it was not an act of terrorism.  Other officials are promoting the idea that it is simply a case of an individual afflicted by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or deranged by the prospect of an upcoming deployment to a war zone.  President Obama insists that we should reserve judgment, evidently because the facts are open to varying interpretations.

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Marine Corps Birthday- On November 10, 1775,  the United States Marine Corps was founded at Tuns Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By tradition proud Marines all over the world celebrate this day.  Enjoy the Hymn.

On the road to destruction?

 

 The following excellent letter appears in the Aiken Standard today. Check out the mostly stupid comments on line here

 

On the road to destruction?

President Obama promised to unite the country and the world and to provide the most transparent administration in history. Americans were deceived because since his election, he has scorned our allies, broken promises to Eastern Europe and negotiations with drug companies and health insurance industry have been behind closed doors.

Obama rushed through the stimulus bill with such speed even congressional Democrats admitted they didn't read it before signing it.

He promised that the stimulus bill would prevent unemployment from surpassing 8 percent and save our economy. Instead, the current unemployment rate is 9.8 percent nationally and rising. Unemployment in the African-American community is even worse and tops 25 percent in many large cities. Obama's economic adviser, Christine Rohmer, said recently that we've seen all the benefit we're going to see from the stimulus package. If that's the case, why don't they return the 80 percent of the stimulus money that hasn't been spent to the American taxpayer?

The economy is still floundering and should commercial real estate foreclosures hit the economy in early 2010, America may slip into a depression. In addition, a recent report by the Associated Press indicates that the Obama administration has deceived Americans by claiming that the stimulus saved or created many more jobs than it actually has. The Associated Press progress report on Obama's economic recovery plan found that jobs were overestimated by thousands and that the number of jobs saved or created were counted two and sometimes four times while other jobs were credited to stimulus spending when none were produced.

The Obama administration governs by deception. They've lied about the stimulus, they've lied about the health care reform bill and cap and trade bill, which will increase taxes for all Americans and further damage what is left of our economy.

They've lied about the profits earned by financial, insurance and drug companies. They've lied about permanently defunding ACORN. Democrats are considering extending the defunding through Dec. 31, but won't permanently defund ACORN. In addition, the Democrat controlled Congress is looking for a "must pass" bill to which they want to attach a deficit increase amendment which will allow them to increase our national debt from the current $11 trillion to $13 trillion.

In short, there is little or nothing about the Obama administration and the Democrat Congress which Americans can believe, except that we, as a nation, are on the road to destruction while being told one lie after another. s

Peter J. Seaha

Aiken

TEA PARTY PATRIOTS CALL TO ACTION

ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT! ACTION ALERT!

Did you know that the House will vote on a health care bill this week? We have an action plan. Big events are happening all week!

Dear Fellow American Patriots:

Wow! Has this not been one big roller coaster ride???

The bottom line is we are now in the final countdown.

The entire House will vote on a health care bill this week, as early as Thursday afternoon.

For months we have all been working feverishly to make sure that government run health care legislation is not passed. We have done it all:

We’ve yelled.

We’ve called.

We’ve emailed.

We’ve written.

We’ve rallied.

We’ve even marched on the Capitol.

Still our cries and concerns have not been heard.

We have cried tears of despair and shouted in frustration, but still many are not listening.

We know you all are so very tired. We know that each of you work tirelessly each and everyday, trying to do your part, to make a difference. Each of you has done a great job at speaking your hearts.



Some are calling for more angry protests, even storming the Capitol, but let’s not give the media another chance to falsely portray us as an unruly mob.



INSTEAD, LET’S REMIND THEM WHY WE ARE FIGHTING FOR OUR COUNTRY.

Together, with the doctors of Take Back Medicine and the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, the Patriots of Tea Party Patriots Live, Resistnet, and the Tea Party Express, are going to STAND TOGETHER, speak from the heart, and remind Washington we will stand together to protect this country!


On Thursday, November 5th, Representative Michele Bachman (MN) will stand on the steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. She will be joined by other Members of Congress and many Patriots from across this country. People will be traveling from coast to coast, to stand shoulder to shoulder with other Patriots in Washington this week.


We know most of you can’t get to Washington again so soon…..

So let’s join Representative Bachman and other Patriots by turning out at State Capitols and Congressional district offices across the country.


Instead of yelling or protesting, let’s sing “God Bless America” at 12:30 pm EST at every location across the country. Let’s send a message that says “WE STAND TOGETHER!”

ACTION STEPS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH:

1. GO TO U.S. CAPITOL at 12 noon EST

If you can make it to D.C., stand up with the other patriots who will be standing with Representative Bachman.

At 12:30, everyone will sing “God Bless America.”

After singing with Patriots from across this country, Patriots will deliver hand written letters to your Representative telling them to VOTE NO on government controlled health care.


2. GO TO DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES at 12 noon EST

At 12:30 pm EST, at the exact same time around the country, in Washington, D.C. and at your local Congressional offices, join together and sing “God Bless America.”

After singing with Patriots from across this country, deliver handwritten letters to the Representatives telling them to VOTE NO on government controlled health care.



3. GO TO STATE CAPITOL at 12 noon EST

At 12:30 pm EST, at the exact same time around the country, in Washington, D.C. and at your local Congressional offices, join together and sing “God Bless America.”

4.Twitter “We Stand Together” and use hashtag #killbill at 12:15pm.

You can update your location and progress throughout the day using Twitter hashtag #killbill. Please send us your videos and pictures. There will be live broadcasting of some events throughout the day. You can broadcast your own event by using Ustream.tv or Next2Friends.com.


5. Call the White House (202.456.1414) at 1:00pm

Tell the White House “We Stand Together."



6. Call your local Congressional office at 1:15 pm.

You can find the number here or you can dial the Washington, D.C. Congressional switchboard (202.224.3121) to contact the DC office.



7. Email your Representative at 1:30 pm.

You can email your Representative here.


Phil Russo and Jason Hoyt from Tea Party Patriots LIVE radio show will be doing interviews and broadcasting video from the steps of the U.S> Capitol during Representative Michele Bachmann's press conference on Thursday, November 5th at 12 noon EST. You can get more information here.

Please RSVP here for if you will be participating in this week's Congressional House Call. If you are not making the trip to Washington, please let us know how you will fight against government controlled health care here.



***OTHER ACTION ITEMS FOR THE WEEK***


THE ENERGIZER HEALTH CARE BILL... IT JUST KEEPS GROWING, AND GROWING, AND GROWING…






READING OF THE NEW BILL HR 3962:

Nancy Pelosi says she will give everyone 72 hours before a vote on the bill. However, we’re not even sure if it can read in that amount of time.

So, when Speaker Pelosi's clock starts running, we will start reading HR 3962 during a live webcast.

Members of Congress, radio talk show hosts, doctors, and the American Patriots will all take part in the reading of the legislation.

We will send out an email with information on the live webcast once we know when the bill will be available.

INFORMATION ON THE “Energizer Bill” Reading will be posted at:

www.TakeBackMedicine.com/ourtownhall

If you are interested in reading part of the bill during this event via your phone, please email us and let us know.



NATIONAL TELE-TOWN HALL on NOVEMBER 4TH

7:00 - 8:00 PM EST

8:30 – 9:30 PM EST

www.BlogTalkRadio.com/SquareOneMedia or 712.432.3900 code 691338#

On Wednesday we will have a National Town Hall Meeting on the health care legislation and answer questions from American Patriots across this country.

Congressional members, physicians, and other experts will participate in this call.

If you are able to listen online please do and allow those without web access to call into the conference call line.


Going forward, our message must be We Stand Together! We are standing together, and Congress needs to see we are entire grassroots army that is mobilizing to protect this great country!

A Patriot reminded us this week that on 9/11 it was amazing to see Americans standing together. Think back to that time and remember how moved we all were by the American spirit and resolve. We must stand shoulder to shoulder. We must stand strong! Together, we can do this. It is not over yet!

Please send this alert to everyone you know! Tune in and tell your friends, family and neighbors. The more people fighting this battle, the more effective we will be.

God Bless You All and God Bless America!!

If you have any questions or need any additional information, send us an email and we will get back with you right away.



Thanks,
Amy Kremer
678.495.8271
amykremer@gmail.com
Tea Party Patriots, Founder (http://teapartypatriots.org))
Atlanta Tea Party, Co-Chairman (http://atlantateaparty.net)
Tea Party Patriots Social Network, (http://teapartypatriots.ning.com/)
http://southernbellepolitics.com
http://twitter.com/asouthernbella


Jennifer Hulsey
770.546.0286
hulsey1873@gmail.com
American Patriot Fighting Government Run Health Care!
Development Director for the Northwest GA Parkinson's Disease Association, Inc.
Coordinator for the Parkinson's Walk for Hope

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Honduras Pressured by U.S.

From the Center for Security Policy.

Frank Gaffney: Finally, A Coup In Honduras

Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon and the National Security Council's Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Dan Restrepo, visited the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, on Wednesday to compel the country's recalcitrant democrats to make a deal with the man the latter had lawfully removed from the presidency on June 28th. It remains to be seen whether, pursuant to this deal, ex-President Manuel Zelaya will now be-- as he claims-- restored to power. What is already unmistakable, though, is that it is better to be a foe of America than its friend.

Continue Reading...

For another report on this topic by the Wall Street Journal go here.

Cap and Trade must be Fought

The following is brief and to the point.We must resist,

Healthcare Humor!

Doesn't get any better than this!                                                Click on image to enlarge Let me get this straight. We're going to pass a health care plan Written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it, Passed by a Congress that hasn't read it but exempts themselves from it, Signed by a president that also hasn't read it, and who smokes, With funding administered by a treasury chief who didn't  pay his taxes, Overseen by a surgeon general who is obese, and Financed by a country that's nearly broke. What possibly could go wrong?

Boing! Boing! or Boeing

The South Carolina Policy Council has taken an interesting and I believe correct view on this "great " coup of bringing Boeing to Charleston. Not only do we suffer from a dysfunctional U.S. Congress we have a hapless collection of politicians in South Carolina. To read the SC Policy Council article go here

U.S. Policy on Honduras

There is so much going on in our world it is difficult to say what is the most important. I have been appalled at what our policy has been towards the legal disposal of a would be Dictator in Honduras. Go here to read more on this subject from the Center for Security Policy.

UPDATE- It looks like Zelaya may be returned to power. Presumably he would not be able to amend the constitution in order to continue his rule. We shall see! Go here for the story.

UPDATE NO. 2- Still working on it but hopefully it will turn out right . Go here

Tea Party II in Augusta on November 10

UPDATE VIDEOS

WATCH THE FOX NEWS REPORT - HERE

Hello from Bakersfield, California!!!  Lloyd Marcus here, writing to you from the Tea Party Express II: Countdown to Judgment Day.
Yesterday I had the privilege to be on Fox News Channel where I was asked to respond to attacks on the tea party movement that have been made by Janene Garofolo.  Friends - I was blunt in my response and I encourage you to see and hear what I said - HERE.
You can find where our upcoming rally stops will be at our website: http://www.TeaPartyExpress.org

City Council Update from Dick Dewar

CROSLAND PARK UPDATE - Renovation work in Crosland Park is set to begin Monday, October 26, 2009. Joe Walker of Joseph M. Walker Construction is completing his certification in asbestos abatement. He is utilizing two workers who are participating in the Workplace Investment Act Program. Once asbestos has been abated in the initial homes which are part of this neighborhood revitalization project, we will hold a house christening at a time and location to be announced, more than likely in mid-November.

LOCAL OPTION SALES TAX (LOST). Preliminary meetings have commenced to develop a preliminary list of city capital improvement projects to include on the next ballot for LOST funding. As we have done for the two previous lists, a joint meeting with Aiken County and City of North Augusta officials will be held in order to avoid any duplication of projects. A separate LOST III board will be selected to review the entire list before it is put on the ballot in November, 2010.

2010 FEDERAL CENSUS: We are also making preparations to work with other local government officials to support the 2010 official federal census. As part of these preparations a public relations campaign will be promoted. Once information as to how to best support the decennial census information is shared in more detail, we will continue to provide more updates to you. Census figures are used in a multitude of ways, including the number of representatives we have in the U.S. Congress and State legislature. Also, how much funding we receive is based on our population figures.

CITY/SPCA DOG PARK - Over the last 12 months the City and the SPCA have been working on the development of their dog park at the future SPCA location on Willow Run Road. This area has been annexed into the city, and there were several items that needed to be dealt with before this park could start. The last few items are currently being completed, and we have tentatively set a date of Saturday, December 12, 2009, at 10 A.M. for the opening of the dog park. We would like Council to place this on their calendar since you have all been involved with this from the very beginning. The SPCA has nearly completed it capital campaign for the new structure, and will be asking the City for its contributions toward this new building. Currently we use approximately 40% of their space which would amount to approximately $1.68 million towards the new construction. We have had several meetings with the SPCA over the past year and due to in-kind support they will be asking City Council to only contribute $1 million towards this new building. This will be one of the items that will be on the suggested One Cents Sales proposal that Council will be receiving later this winter.

SANDWICH BOARD SIGNS - At the last Aiken Downtown Development Association meeting the Board recommended changes to the temporary sidewalk signs. They are currently not allowed in the downtown area, but the City has been working with the merchants and not enforcing this ordinance based on previous discussions with City Council. The ADDA Design Committee has developed several changes to the current ordinance and these are being sent to our Planning Commission for review and then be sent back to City Council for final review and approval. This should be back to City Council some time early next year.

APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS – I am please to announce that I have appointed Al Snell to the Parks Commission and reappointed Marsha Rodgers to the Environmental Committee and Charles Herbst to the Design Review Board. My new appointment to the Aiken Housing Authority is Frances Farley. I am very grateful when such outstanding citizens volunteer to serve their community.

RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL OF PURCHASE OF PROPERTY AT 2340 WHISKEY ROAD - .Several years ago the City and County of Aiken formed a committee of nine citizens who developed alternate routes for a new road from Powderhouse to Whiskey. After two years they decided that the best location was the extension of East Gate Drive with the new road extending in a northeasterly direction until it meets Powderhouse Road. Additionally, a north-south road parallel to Whiskey would also be built behind the Bonnieview Subdivision extending from Corporate Parkway to this new roadway. In order to begin the planning and development of this future road, the City of Aiken needs to first obtain the property opposite East Gate Drive. This property is currently owned by Shirley Dyer, and she has agreed to sell it for $850,000. She previously had a contractual agreement to purchase the property for $850,000 in 2007 and another agreement in 2001 for $810,000. We feel this is a fair and appropriate price for the purchase of this property and recommend the approval of the attached resolution so we can obtain the property before the end of the year. Within this agreement it states that the City of Aiken will continue leasing the property to the present veterinary business until February 15, 2012. We will purchase the property using funds from the One Cents Sales Tax. During the next couple of years the City of Aiken will begin obtaining permits and approvals from the South Carolina Department of Transportation and DHEC for the proposed roadway. The road currently under construction at Pawnee and Neilson took over two years to design and obtain these permits. If we are to begin construction within the next couple of years, we feel this purchase is absolutely necessary for the proposed alignment of this new roadway. For City Council consideration, this is approval of the purchase of property at 2340 Whiksey Road for the Powderhouse Road extension from Shirley K. Dyer for $850,000.

FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ANNEX PROPERTY AT 103 THOMAS STREET - The owners of a .39 acre lot at 103 Thomas Street are requesting annexation in to the City of Aiken under the RS-10 zone. The present location is occupied by a single family home and is contiguous to the City of Aiken to the east and to the west. The applicant is interested in receiving sanitary sewer and other city services. This is part of the overall plan that City Council established approximately 10 years ago towards annexing Virginia Acres through the means of establishing sanitary sewer in this area. The Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve this annexation.

FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO ANNEX PROPERTY AT 138 LYNWOOD DRIVE - The owners of a .45 acre lot at 138 Lynwood Drive are requesting annexation for their single family home under the RS-15 zone. The parcel is contiguous to the City of Aiken to the north and west. The applicant is interested in receiving city services. This is the second property on Lynwood Drive that has annexed in the past month, and we will be surveying the other properties in this area to determine if there are others who desire annexation in this area. The Planning Commission unanimously approved this annexation.

RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE CORNERS DEED OF DEDICATION - The Corners Subdivision was completed in 1989 with the intent that these roads would be maintained by the homeowners association. The homeowners association however has also been maintaining the water, the sewer and stormwater since that time. They have approached the City and are asking us to assume ownership and maintenance of these systems. The Engineering Department has reviewed these systems and recommend their dedication. Our Staff Attorney, Ben Moore, has developed a quitclaim deed resolution which will allow us to continue to maintain the utility systems for the benefit of the homeowners in this area. We feel it is important to have the rights and ability to service these lines and are recommending the approval of this quitclaim deed.

WINTHROP POLO FIELD PROJECT - The City has been contacted by the Executive Director of the Aiken Land Conservancy (ALC) concerning a potential partnership between ALC and the City of Aiken concerning the Winthrop Polo Field. This field is owned by the ALC, and due to lack of funding they would like to partner with the City to clean up the area along Sumter Street. They would clear out the hedgerow along the field and replace it with a wooden fence and shrubs. This will eventually help screen the area, reduce the maintenance costs, and beautify the field for the adjoining residents and those using the facility. They are willing to pay for the clearing of the property and managing the entire project. They are asking the City to pay for hauling off the debris, the cost of the fence, and the plant material along the fence line. Altogether they are asking the City for approximately $12,000 consisting of $5,000 for the fence, $4,000 plant material and $3,000 for debris removal. They in turn would provide over $6,000 of in-kind help to remove the existing trees and undergrowth in this area. Eric Radford will be at tonight's meeting to answer any questions Council may have concerning this, and Bob Gore would provide the equipment and labor to remove the trees and shrubbery. The City has worked in a cooperative manner such as this in the past on projects which are of mutual benefit to both parties. If Council decides to move forward with this project, we would use funds from the Accommodations Tax dollars since this property is used by the entire community and the fencing and shrubbery will add additional value to this property. There is no current designation for these funds in the Accommodations Tax budget and $100,000 was set aside this year for new projects.

PROCLAMATION SUPPORTING UPCOMING CENSUS IN APRIL, 2010 - The Census Bureau has asked us to approve a proclamation concerning their upcoming census in April, 2010. The Census Committee consisting of various citizens within our community and other governmental leaders feel it is important to approve this proclamation showing the cooperation amongst all the bodies to get an accurate count of the residents within our community.

SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE TO REFUND WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM BOND. - Over the last several months the City has been reviewing revenue bond debt for utilities. Currently the City is paying approximately $1 million a year to retire two water and sewer revenue bonds: one which was issued in 1997 and will be paid off in 2015 and the other a water and sewer revolving fund loan from the state. The state loan will be paid off in 2011, and the revenue currently used to pay off this loan would help pay off the 1997revenue debt. The state loan is at 2.24% annual interest, and we will continue paying this debt off as scheduled. However, the other debt which has its next debt payment on December 1, 2009, is at an interest rate of between 3 and 5.1%. Given the fact that there are only five more years remaining on the debt and the small amount remaining to be paid, we have discussed obtaining a short term bond with banks in our area. Based on information from our bond attorney, we can save over $200,000 over the remaining life of this debt by refinancing the 1997 bond.

SECOND READING OF AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Elliott Davis, LLC has completed our audit for fiscal year 2008-2009. Within the audit, the 2008-2009 line items show the changes with respect to the proposed actual revenue and expenditures. In essence the audit is a reconciliation of what was approved by City Council in June, 2008, and what was actually spent during the past fiscal year. The audit report will show that there were no deficiencies found in our financial records.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION - Please feel free to use the link http://www/cityofaikensc.gov/financialtransparency to access our financial reports.


AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 CITY COUNCIL MEETING:
http://www.cityofaikensc.gov/index.php?mact=News,cntnt01,detail,0&cntnt01articleid=1125&cntnt01returnid=277.

Senator Jim DeMint needs your help now!

 

Senator Jim DeMint needs your help now!  Click here for a special message.

Dear Friend:

 

We’ve killed a bad immigration bill that would have given amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.

 

We’re leading the fight to stop earmarks and to end the Congressional Favor Factory.

 

We’ve fought bank bailouts, automotive industry takeovers, and a “porkulus package” that’s putting us even more in debt to foreign nations like China.

 

We’re currently fighting tooth and nail to protect the private market against a borderline socialist health care proposal.

 

And needless to say…we’ve really stirred up a hornet’s nest. Now those hornets are looking for someone to sting, and they’re flying toward me. President Obama and his liberal allies will stop at nothing to silence their opposition.  Just look at their recent attacks on Fox News!

That’s why they’ve moved into South Carolina early. The Democrats are setting up shop, funding candidates, and training new ground troops to attack Congressman Joe Wilson and me.

 

We cannot sit back and let it happen. We must continue our vocal opposition to big government while fighting for the conservative principles our founding fathers proudly stood on to create this great nation.

 

I’m happy to announce that State Republican Party Chairman Karen Floyd is as committed as I am. We’ve teamed up and today we’re ready to formally announce that Victory 2010 is open and ready for business.

Victory 2010 will be the grassroots machine that helps propel our efforts in this next campaign. As in years past, it will run our phone banks, register our voters, organize our door-to-door drives, direct our absentee ballot efforts and get out our conservative message.

 

In addition to my reelection, we will have a whole slate of candidates to help including Congressman Joe Wilson.

 

Will you help us now to counter the Democrats? Would you consider being one of the first to donate to Victory 2010 today?

Make no mistake about it… President Obama will be dumping a boatload of money into the Palmetto State and the South Carolina Democrats are already organizing under the direction of the President’s former campaign operation. We can’t wait to simply respond to their attacks and play defense for the next 12 months. This election is too important. We must take the offensive right now.

 

We just opened our Victory 2010 account and we need to rapidly build up our resources.  Will you help us take the battle of ideas to voters? Will you help us fund the Victory 2010 effort to re­cruit, organize, and activate conservatives all across the state?

 

I need your help to win this campaign of ideas. Please donate to Victory 2010… today.

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