News Item: : DFA Grassroots All Stars, Vote, Get involved
(Category: Misc)
Posted by James Williams
Friday 23 July 2010 - 22:42:50
July 23-
There are 4 California candidates in the DFA contest below. Only one of them, Bill Hedrick, has been nationally endorsed by PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) & by Peace Action West and publicly states on his website that we need to bring our troops back home from Afghanistan & Iraq (Hedrick has 2 sons and 2 daughters-in-law in the military) and to establish the right of states to adopt single payer systems if they choose to do so (like California's SB 810).
In fact, two of the other candidates, Ami Bera & Beth Krom, do not even mention the Iraq or Afghanistan wars on the "Issues" pages on their websites. Really? With most Americans opposing these wars, these candidates don't even think they are important enough to list them as important issues? The fourth candidate, Steve Pougnet, supports the "war" in Afghanistan and makes no mention of withdrawing our troops from there (he does support withdrawing them from Iraq though).
Imagine that, Bill Hedrick, a Democratic candidate who is not afraid to state that he supports two of the most important issues of our time (bringing our troops home and establishing a single payer, not-for-profit, truly universal, health care system).
While it will be great if all four of these candidates beat their pro-war, pro-insurance corporation Republican opponents in November, only one of them can win the DFA Grassroots All-Stars contest. It is time that we stand up for candidates who stand up for our values! By showing candidates like Bill Hedrick that we will support them if they publicly support our values, we will get more candidates who are not afraid to stand up for true, progressive issues.
You can vote for the candidates here, but voting ends Sunday, so vote right now:
http://www.grassrootsallstars.com/
Here is a link right to a vote for Bill Hendrick
And you can research the issues of each candidate to find out for yourself which one truly represents your values.
Ami Bera: http://www.beraforcongress.com/pages/issues/
Bill Hedrick: http://www.hedrickforcongress.com/issues/
Beth Krom: http://bethkrom.com/media/?page_id=386
Steve Pougnet: http://www.electpougnet.com/?page_id=19
This news item is from San Joaquin Valley Democratic Club
( http://www.sanjoaquinvalleydemocrats.org/news.php?extend.120 )
(Category: Misc)
Posted by James Williams
Friday 23 July 2010 - 22:42:50
July 23-
There are 4 California candidates in the DFA contest below. Only one of them, Bill Hedrick, has been nationally endorsed by PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) & by Peace Action West and publicly states on his website that we need to bring our troops back home from Afghanistan & Iraq (Hedrick has 2 sons and 2 daughters-in-law in the military) and to establish the right of states to adopt single payer systems if they choose to do so (like California's SB 810).
In fact, two of the other candidates, Ami Bera & Beth Krom, do not even mention the Iraq or Afghanistan wars on the "Issues" pages on their websites. Really? With most Americans opposing these wars, these candidates don't even think they are important enough to list them as important issues? The fourth candidate, Steve Pougnet, supports the "war" in Afghanistan and makes no mention of withdrawing our troops from there (he does support withdrawing them from Iraq though).
Imagine that, Bill Hedrick, a Democratic candidate who is not afraid to state that he supports two of the most important issues of our time (bringing our troops home and establishing a single payer, not-for-profit, truly universal, health care system).
While it will be great if all four of these candidates beat their pro-war, pro-insurance corporation Republican opponents in November, only one of them can win the DFA Grassroots All-Stars contest. It is time that we stand up for candidates who stand up for our values! By showing candidates like Bill Hedrick that we will support them if they publicly support our values, we will get more candidates who are not afraid to stand up for true, progressive issues.
You can vote for the candidates here, but voting ends Sunday, so vote right now:
http://www.grassrootsallstars.com/
Here is a link right to a vote for Bill Hendrick
And you can research the issues of each candidate to find out for yourself which one truly represents your values.
Ami Bera: http://www.beraforcongress.com/pages/issues/
Bill Hedrick: http://www.hedrickforcongress.com/issues/
Beth Krom: http://bethkrom.com/media/?page_id=386
Steve Pougnet: http://www.electpougnet.com/?page_id=19
This news item is from San Joaquin Valley Democratic Club
( http://www.sanjoaquinvalleydemocrats.org/news.php?extend.120 )