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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (82458)	9/10/2010 11:33:51 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

"I prefer Toomey over the wimp Sestak in PA." As you so nicely put it, you have just "forfeit(ed)_ (your) right to call (yourself) Democrats". Never figured you for a teabagger, tho.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (82458)	9/11/2010 1:22:59 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

For some of these Democrats to run away from Obama forfeits their rights to call themselves Democrats and do not deserve to win. A true Democrat stands for principles that his voters have voted him for and should fight tooth and nail to uphold them. Unfortunately, many have not and it is time for them to go. There is time to vote in true Democrats in 2012. Sestak is a pretty solid Dem: [Sestak's] Political positions [edit] Abortion Sestak is pro-choice, holding a 100% rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America and a 0% rating from the National Right to Life Committee.[20][21] NARAL endorsed Sestak in the 2010 Democratic primary over Specter because of Sestak's opposition to a ban on partial birth abortion.[citation needed] In 2009, Sestak's invitation to speak to students at the Catholic Malvern Preparatory School was rescinded after the school received criticism from Catholic parents and alumni.[22] [edit] Economy Sestak supports requiring Congress to offset the cost of all new spending. The Congressman also supports expanding middle class tax cuts and letting the Bush tax cuts expire. He voted for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Stimulus) and the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008.[23] [edit] Education Sestak voted for the Improving Head Start Act and the College Cost Reduction and Access Act. [edit] Environment Sestak voted for the Waxman Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act (Cap and Trade) program.[24] Joe Sestak has a 96% lifetime rating from League of Conservation Voters and a 100% rating from PennEnvironment. He was endorsed by the Sierra Club in his 2006 and 2008 Congressional election campaigns. He voted for the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007 and the New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security and Consumer Protection Act. He was also an original co-sponsor of the Climate Stewardship Act (H.R. 620) and the Safe Climate Act.[25] [edit] Gun rights Sestak supports gun control and has a 100% rating from the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence[26] and an F rating from the National Rifle Association.[27] Sestak has called for the reinstatement of the federal ban on assault weapons.[28] [edit] Healthcare Sestak credits his support for health care reform as to "pay back" the country that provided him and his family health care while he was in the Navy (the TRICARE program), especially for treating his daughter's brain tumor.[29] He supports state-provided preventive care and voted for the CHAMP Act. Sestak originally co-sponsored the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiations Act, the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act and co-sponsored H.R. 3800, which establishes a public-private Partnership for Health Care Improvement. He also announced the Pediatric Cancer Caucus, which he will co-chair.[30] He is also a member of the Autism Caucus, Diabetes Caucus,[31] 21st Century Health Care Caucus, Congressional Mental Health Caucus, Nursing Caucus, and Cystic Fibrosis Caucus.[32] [edit] Labor Sestak is an original co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act and supports the original version that includes card check. He created the Labor Advisory Committee to address the challenges facing working families in his district.[33] [edit] Medical marijuana Sestak showed support for states to determine their own destiny regarding medical marijuana by voting for the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2008, which would have barred the Department of Justice from preventing the implementation of state laws regarding the distribution, possession, and cultivation of medical marijuana. The bill was defeated 165-262.[34] [edit] Military As a candidate, Sestak campaigned to end the war in Iraq. Once in office in 2007, he supported Congressional efforts to re-deploy forces but ultimately voted for the no-strings-attached war supplemental that the House constructed after President Bush's veto, a bill that many critics of the Bush administration have called a "blank check" for the continuation of administration policies in the Middle East.[35] Sestak supported the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, which critics contend continues the Bush administration's policy of warrantless wiretapping and provides retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies who participated in the National Security Agency's "terrorist surveillance program."[36] Sestak supported the deployment of additional troops to Afghanistan in late 2009, and military actions such as drone strikes in northwest Pakistan. He supports the gradual drawdown of troops from Iraq.[37] en.wikipedia.org If there is an issue, its his ties to H. Clinton were stronger than his ties to Obama.....and he was for Clinton during the primary. Meanwhile Obama supported Spector in this year's PA senatorial primary. But apparently, the hatchet has been buried and there is peace between the two: Obama to Campaign for Sestak cbsnews.com Now if there are Dems we want to jettison, let me be the first in line to kick ole Ben Nelson of NE in the butt.