Schakowsky is lying about debates; here’s the proof
My opponent is trying to duck Wednesday’s debate by pretending that she’s debated me already. She refused to debate all year; participated in “forums” that were explicitly not debates; then claimed credit afterwards for “debating” me (never beforehand). She’s lying to her own supporters, some of whom are calling on her to accept my invitation [...]
$2400 to Schakowsky if she can prove Social Security lie
My opponent is trying to scare seniors by sending a mailing around the district that claims I want to privatize Social Security, taking benefits away from seniors and gambling them on Wall Street. The Democrats tried the same thing in the neighboring 10th district before the lie was debunked by local journalists. Now they are [...]
We will stop Schakowsky’s Chicago “tradition”
I have written to Cook County Clerk David Orr to notify him of a possible violation of Illinois election law by Democrat incumbent Jan Schakowsky during early voting. On Monday, October 18th, Ms. Schakowsky held a “Get Out The Vote” rally outside an early voting site (Skokie Village Hall). She then entered with a group [...]
“9.6” – One Number, Two Stories
Our national unemployment rate is at 9.6 percent. China’s national economic growth rate is also at 9.6 percent. That’s considered bad news in China–their growth rate was 11.9 percent in the first quarter of this year, and 10.3 percent in the second quarter. We’d love to have 9.6 percent growth–heck, we’d love to have 3.3 [...]
Jerusalem Post: A response
In today’s Jerusalem Post, Douglas Bloomfield has published a rant against me. I’ve already pointed out Douglas’s factual errors in a personal email to him. He also quotes me out of context. So I’ve provided the full Q&A we exchanged over email a few days ago, to let people judge for themselves whether my views [...]
Obama, Democrats betray LGBT voters
The Obama administration has just announced that it will ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th circuit to suspend an injunction that would overturn the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. There are many ironies here for LGBT voters that supported Barack Obama and the Democrats. One is that the administration has broken [...]
hi India Weekly: The Big Fight
“Republican challenger in the Congressional Ninth District Joel Pollak has alleged that Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D) ‘intervened’ in United Central Bank’s foreclosures on Devon Avenue, a charge Schakowsky dismisses as ‘ridiculous’. Hi India speaks to Pollak, Schakowsky and Indian American businessman Balwwinder Singh who initiated the process.” Read more. http://www.hiindiaweekly.com//show.aspx?pageID=20&edition=10/15/2010
More smears from Jan Schakowsky
Jan Schakowsky is circulating a desperate fundraising email–sent from her BlackBerry after last night’s candidate forum on Israel–in which she tells her supporters that I said: “President Obama has made it ok to hate Israel.” What I said–as video of the forum will confirm–was the following: “President Obama’s policy has made it acceptable to hate [...]
A smashing success: 2-to-1 fundraising edge in Q3!
Today our campaign announced that we out-raised our opponent 2-to-1 in the third quarter. That is the highest margin for any Republican challenger against any Democrat incumbent in any so-called “safe” district this year. In fact, no Republican campaign has ever done that before in any election in the past 15 years in a district [...]
Schakowsky: Extreme Fail on the Economy
The Wall Street Journal reports today that my opponent, Jan Schakowsky, is predicting the doom of the president’s debt commission. She blames Republicans for resisting tax increases, and for insisting on reforms to Social Security and Medicare. She doesn’t get it! She doesn’t get that we have a spending problem, not a revenue problem, and [...]