Last Day: DU Senate Candidate Needs Your Help

[srpantalonas]

Folks,

98% of Senate activity affects all of the country. My race against Arlen Specter represents a great opportunity to regain control of the Senate, where the deciding vote on a number of issues has been Dick Cheney.

My opponents--Joe Hoeffel(D) in the primary and Arlen Specter(R) in the general, <b>both</b> supported the war and voted for the Patriot Act. They are also self-described Free Traders, enabling the gutting of the middle class and the rapid exit of US white collar jobs.

I was against the war for a number of reasons, but primarily because it legitimized the Wolfowitz/Rumsfeld/Cheney/Bush policy of pre-emptive unilateral military intervention based on a perceived threat, or in the case of Iraq, a manufactured threat. This is not a policy you can apply universally with any success. Hoeffel and Specter did not ask the hard questions and did not stand up when we needed them to.

We can fight back. Big Corporate America has a seat at the table, but regular folks don't. This leads to policies for the few and wealthy and the expense of the rest of us. I am fighting to get us a seat at the table, for economic justice, and social justice. Currently I'm meeting with disenfranchised white collar workers across the country who, like blue collar workers, have been sold down the river for the sole benefit of multi-nationals and their overpaid executives.

But we can stop the madness. We just need to act. Today we've launched a campaign against these practices--we must change the course of the country before the election, when it may be too late for many people.

So far I've funded my campaign myself. But I need your help. As my campaign staff reminds me--"the revolution will not be televised if we don't raise the money." Please help make a difference through your support of my campaign.

Thank you,

Charlie Crystle
Candidate, US Senate, PA
717-735-0770
http://www.CrystleForSenate.com/contribute

[Girlfriday]

1. I wish I could!

Unfortunately, I was laid off Aug 22nd and my husband has been out of work since April. We are absolutely flat broke.

[srpantalonas]

2. understandable...

so many people have been laid off...quite a constituency! Good luck in your search for work. I'll try to do my part.

[revcarol]

3. Just contributed $5.

"Free traders" give me the willies.

[srpantalonas]

7. Thank you--all amounts help!

Free Traders just don't get it. Or maybe they do....that's even worse.

[goobergunch]

4. I'd contribute

but BCRA says that you can't donate unless you're 18 or older...

:-(

[JohnKleeb]

5. that sucks

[srpantalonas]

6. Moral Support Helps!

I wish you could contribute financially, but your moral support is uplifting and helps just as much. Please spread the word!

[JohnKleeb]

8. I am not in your state

but goob is.

[srpantalonas]

10. This is a national election...we take all funders!

While you can't vote here, you definitely can contribute!

Most of what happens in the Senate affects all of us; Specter sent the nomination of Judge Pryor to the Senate floor, and if he makes it through it effects all of us. Specter voted for the war, the Patriot Act, and the tax cuts--all which effect all of us.

[goobergunch]

13. Yep

Anybody that's 18 or older and is a U.S. citizen can donate to any Presidential, Senate, or House campaign.

Meaning that most of you reading this can.

[JohnKleeb]

15. that doesnt apply to me

being that I am too young and I am not a PAer. :) if only my family hadnt left. I am originally Pennsylvanian actually my grandparents are. I dont consider myself much of a southerner.

[JohnKleeb]

14. I am young too so thats two strikes against me

I wish you the best of luck.

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

9. kick

good to see people fighting the "free traders"

[neuvocat]

11. Just sent 5 bucks.

Hope it helps.

[srpantalonas]

12. it will--thanks!

[Chovexani]

16. Hey good luck man

Struggling NYer here up to my eyeballs in bills, wish I could toss some money your way. I have a lot of online Dem friends in the Philly area though and I'll be sure to pass your link onto them.