Recent polls suggest that Senator Obama's coattails are not particularly helpful to downticket Democrats. More alarming though is news from reliable sources that Obama Democrats and others are teaming up to overtly support candidates running against Clinton Democrats. Sheila Jackson Lee is a case in point. Read on... (below is a copy of an email I received from a friend). Meanwhile, I have made a gift to a friend to enable her mother and her to attend the event. If you cannot attend yourself, please consider helping somebody who can.
Calling all Clinton Dems!
Hillary will be attending a reception for Sheila Jackson
Lee on September 21st in Houston Texas and they need your help! This is
no ordinary fundraiser...
There appears to be an all out effort on to oust representatives
that supported Hillary from their congressional seats. Sheila is one of
them.
Big money players are supporting Sheila's opponent and really
putting the heat on. The "politics of personal destruction" is their
game. The smear campaign is in full swing.
Sheila stood with Hillary though her entire primary run and
received threats, intimidation and namecalling just for supporting her.
This kind of behavior can not be rewarded! Please come to her
defense by attending this Houston fundraiser.
If you can't be there, please consider donating to her campaign.
JOIN HILLARY IN HOUSTON, SEPT 21, 1.30 PM
Invitation (Please RSVP):
In the Message box, please type "HOST: ANN MacNAUGHTON".
It is important that Hillary keeps as many of her friends as
possible in office to help carry out her work for the American
people...us!
Please support Sheila if you can.
contribution made. We have to continue to support each other, and to stand up for those who stood up for Hillary, and for us.
Posted by: cellocat | September 11, 2008 at 02:21 AM
Sheila Jackson Lee stood up and voted against FISA too. That makes her grade A in my book.
It makes me wonder if that is why the local OH party leaders tried to kneecap Dennis Kucinich in his primary. He had the audacity to go on the campaign trail and point out that he was actually in office when he voted against the war. There were rumors that they were going to go after Shirley Tubbs Jones too for standing up for Hillary.
Posted by: artemis | September 11, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Heidi Li, Do you have anymore details on Jackson Lee's Democratic opponent? I went in search of news articles after reading this and could find none. There was talk of a write-in campaign last month by a local business owner, but he decided against that. News agencies are reporting that Jackson Lee is running against a Republican candidate and a Libertarian candidate. They are also reporting that Jackson Lee has almost $200,000 while her republican opponent only has $7,000. No reports on the Libertarian's budget. If you could provide more info, I'd appreciate it. Thanks!
Posted by: Anna Belle | September 11, 2008 at 11:57 AM
Hey Heidi,
Confirmation No.: 270914
Contribution To: Sheila Jackson Lee U.S. Congress Campaign Committee
Contribution Date: 9/11/2008
Amount: $25.00
Contributor: Mesablue
Posted by: Mesablue | September 11, 2008 at 01:29 PM
Hey Heidi,
Confirmation No.: 270914
Contribution To: Sheila Jackson Lee U.S. Congress Campaign Committee
Contribution Date: 9/11/2008
Amount: $25.00
Contributor: Mesablue
Posted by: Mesablue | September 11, 2008 at 01:30 PM
Sheila Jackson Lee is running against John Faulk, a Republican, Patrick Warren, a Libertarian and Steven Warshell, of the Socialist Workers party.
http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/TX-18
Supporting down ticket Democrats is a good idea. That's why both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama are featured prominently on Representative Lee's website:
http://www.sheilajacksonlee18.com/
Senator Obama is not supporting any opponent of Sheila Jackson Lee.
Posted by: Liz I. | September 11, 2008 at 01:44 PM