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MARCY, we're right behind you! Lead the way with your corn broom.:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: ".....In California, nationally respected Progressive Democrat, Marcy Winograd, a highly regarded community leader, educator, co-founder of Progressive Democrats of Los Angeles and L.A. Jews For Peace, is challenging multi-millionaire blue-dog Democrat Jane Harman for Harman's long-held seat in the 36th Congressional District. Harman, one of the wealthiest members of Congress, who frequently sided with George W. Bush, has been mired in controversies for years on issues ranging from supporting Bush's warrantless wiretapping, which she urged the New York Times not to report,
<http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/key_dem_urged_nyt_reporter_aga.php>
to colluding with foreign agents (no, I'm not kidding) to pressure Speaker Pelosi to appoint her House Intelligence Committee Chair - which the Speaker refused to do.
<http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docid=hsnews-000003098436>
A Winograd win over Harman, akin to Sestak's win over Specter, would further advance the push for change and an end to entitled incumbents.
In contrast to Harman, who relies on her wealth, power and name to secure reelection, Winograd is waging an energized grassroots campaign. She travels her district to meet with constituents and engage them in conversation. Her in depth platform, detailed on her website,
<http://winograd4congress.com/>
reveals a preponderance of solutions that address the needs of constituents and the nation as a whole. Through all this, Winograd has taken no corporate donations. Her financial support, though a minuscule fraction of Harman's, comes from donors in her district and throughout the nation who've tired of the incompetence, self-aggrandizement and hubris of those who've remained in power - under whose stewardship this nation has declined.
I make no bones about my personal support for Marcy Winograd. I'm one of the millions of Americans who know how desperately our nation needs change. The days of mega-millionaires buying elections must end. Our government should not be for sale to the wealthiest buyers to hold office for perpetuity - often passing them on to their scions.
For those of you who don't know Marcy Winograd as I do - as a woman of integrity, intellect and valor - who has spent her entire life fighting for regular people like me, here's a glimpse of Marcy at an impromptu panel discussion with Jane Harman, Jane Hamsher, Norman Solomon, Jim Hightower and California State Senator Loni Hancock.
Jane Harman has consistently refused to debate Marcy Winograd, but at the recent California Democratic Convention they appeared together on a panel. Harman, as you can tell, wasn't pleased to appear with Winograd, but those in the audience were thrilled to witness democracy in action. The videos are in two parts and well worth the watch:
more
<http://www.opednews.com/articles/Will-Marcy-Winograd-Pull-a-by-Linda-Milazzo-100522-464.html>
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