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Tag Archives: Charlie Dent
The Economy in Pictures
“Truth persists and illuminates, even if there is no one to utter it.“ Government is not the solution; rather, it is causing the problems. The below slides (view at Scribd) highlight the economic situation, updated from August and May presentation. I’ve written about the solutions to the unemployment problem, the deficit, Social Security, and the [...]
PRESS RELEASE – Towne Asks Republocrats to Stop Using Veterans as Political Pawns
“Wars can be prevented just as surely as they can be provoked, and we who fail to prevent them, must share the guilt for the dead… Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.” – Five-Star [...]
Debate at the State – Towne Claims Victory
Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne claimed a clear victory at the “Debate at the State” – held and co-sponsored by Easton’s historic and beautiful State Theatre. The Express Times was the main sponsor, and is commended by the campaign for its commitment to hear all candidates. When Towne challenged Mr. Dent on the constitutionality of [...]
Upcoming Events and Republocrats Shun Debates
Jake will have an online chat at noon today with the Morning Call. (It’s over, view the transcript here.) He will also be talking to the East Penn Taxpayer’s Association tonight at 7:30 pm in Emmaus, details below. Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne has had a tough time locating opponents Mr. Charlie Dent and Mr. [...]
Jake Towne Challenges Republocrats to Pay for their own Healthcare
At the WFMZ-TV debate last Tuesday, independent congressional candidate Jake Towne challenged both Mr. Dent and Mr. Callahan to take some kind of paycut, not enlist in the pension plan and pay for their own healthcare. With all the job losses and paycuts in the private sector, the least either of these career politicians could [...]
Money Bomb Today!! And WFMZ Debate Footage!
The campaign has an urgent need to raise another $4,000 to pay for TV ads in the final couple weeks prior to the election. Watch the ad here or below! Please consider donating as for some very affordable rates we can get the message out to key demographics. The schedule of ads will be published [...]
Where in the 15th Congressional District are John Callahan and Charlie Dent?
From a recent press release: This week, both Mr. Callahan and Mr. Dent failed to show up at the second local debate in a row, which turned the evening into another “victory by TKO” for independent congressional candidate Jake Towne. While all three candidates will appear on this week’s WFMZ-69 televised debate, Towne is excluded [...]
“Jobs, Debt, Veterans, and War” Speech
“Know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow?” – Lord Byron Last night at a local candidates’ night I gave the below speech, though the bracketed paragraphs were cut out due to time limitations. The event was co-sponsored by the Lehigh Valley Tea Party and Lehighton Tea Party. My Republocrat competition [...]
Interview with Two Zombies!!
I hope everyone enjoys this campaign video, “Interview with Two Zombies” and shares it everywhere!! Many thanks to Dan, Jane, Clayton Glabis, and John for volunteering as zombies, cameramen, editors, directors, etc. to make this entertaining video!! The campaign’s second revision of a 30-second radio ad is here. Thanks to a one-day September online money [...]
Winner by TKO – Towne vs. the Republocrats, Round 2
“Your parties have betrayed you. Your parties have failed you. Your parties have let you down. Your parties aren’t even here!!” – from my closing statement last night Yesterday I was kindly hosted by the local chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, a group of women educators, at Cedar Crest College in a crowded room. As [...]
Gunther Show Tomorrow, Debate Friday!!
“I am so satisfied with the cause in which I have engaged, that my only regret is, that I have not more lives than one to offer in its service.” – Nathan Hale, Continental spy executed by the British on September 22, 1776 Tune in tomorrow (Thursday 9/23) on WAEB-AM 790 at 8:40 AM to [...]
Letters to the Editor over Debate Barring
The Morning Call devoted a half page elaborating why they are barring my campaign from their debate. The article did not address 1) why the Morning Call first offered myself an invite which I accepted back in June, then rescinded this offer and 2) the deficiencies in the poll, which are highlighted here. While I [...]
Response to Morning Call’s Skewed Poll
“… that is why our press was protected by the First Amendment — the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution — not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental, not to simply “give the public what it wants” — but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, [...]
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