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Incumbent Republocrat Charlie Dent likes to bill himself as an “independent leader,” when the reality is anything but. A hard look at the record reveals that 6 years in federal Congress and over $1 million in salary later, Dent has achieved little besides renaming a few post offices and helping plunge the nation into [...]
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With the gracious help of Adam Temple (visit his website here), the campaign has created this draft 30 second radio ad that will begin airing locally. Please list any comments or suggestions you may have below. From a cost-benefit analysis, radio ads have the biggest impact for the dollar.
Both of my competitors have begun [...]
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“Is there no danger to our liberty and independence in a bank that in its nature has so little to bind it to our country?… [Is there not] cause to tremble for the purity of our elections in peace and for the independence of our country in war?… Controlling our currency, receiving our public monies, [...]
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In July, I interviewed with Reading Eagle reporter Mary Young on the wars and also on my campaign. In August, this article was featured in their Sunday paper, the main newspaper for the Berks county region of the 15th congressional district. Ms. Young struck me as solid journalist, taking notes a mile-a-minute in shorthand (which [...]
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The campaign debate and events schedule is listed below. It is time to take on the Republocrats!
College Hill Neighborhood Association Candidates’ Forum, Monday, September 13, 7-9 PM at Lafayette College. Oechsle Hall, Room 224 (#62 on this map, Parsons and Hamilton on College Hill in Easton). Open Q&A. Press Release HERE.
Delta Kappa Gamma/League of Women [...]
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Pro-War Congressman Charlie Dent has taken over $101,000 in campaign contributions from the military industrial complex PAC groups. Donors include Halliburton, General Dynamics, Day and Zimmerman, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and L-3 Communications, which provided translator contractors at Abu Ghraib prison. Independent challenger Jake Towne commented:
“Since a prime source of funding for military-industrial companies [...]
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One of the most important issues for Pennsylvania and our district is the development of the Marcellus Shale Gas formation. The Marcellus formation has the potential to provide for the nation’s natural gas needs for a decade or more, not to mention provide a tremendous economic boom in our state. (1) From [...]
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Now that the ballot access drive is successfully completed, the next and tougher step is to WIN VOTES for the election! While we do urgently need to raise some funds, the campaign could use your help of the below several community events, and many of the ways you can help is by donating your time [...]
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With lots of wonderful help from campaign volunteers, the campaign collected nearly twice the necessary amount of ballot-access signatures, and is now listed on the November 2nd ballot!!! However, we have a lot of work ahead, and some of it can only be done with the use of funds, so we are holding an [...]
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“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, backup PDF) highlight the economic situation, updated from a May presentation. I’ve written about the solutions to the unemployment problem, the deficit, Social Security, [...]
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Last night I was quite happy to be the top news story on WFMZ, Channel 69 TV. Check out the video and article below, and feel free to leave any comments!! Also below is just a few of the letters to the editor concerning the incumbent’s efforts to avoid debating me. We should be so [...]
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Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne issued this statement today:
“During his sorry 20-year political career, Charlie Debt has repeatedly supported unconstitutional legislation that has created raging, out-of-control deficits. He also supports vast expansions of federal control over the people’s healthcare, such as his support of S-CHIP, the Medical Rights Act of 2009, and now [...]
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The campaign will be holding a Freedom Concert on Friday, July 30th to celebrate the campaign’s progress so far!! You won’t want to miss this event!! We will be celebrating filing for ballot access!
The band Poker Face has been removed from the concert and will not play, see here for details.
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Independent congressional candidate Jake Towne issued this statement today against the Coke/Pepsi Republocrat Party:
“Incumbent Charlie Dent no longer has any excuse to avoid debates and being taken to task for his poor performance over his past twenty years in office. Dent has misrepresented the district during the most severe economic downturn in modern history [...]
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