District 2: Loebsack

[IA_Seth]

I got an email from David saying that he got a $5,000 check from the Plumbers Intl yesterday.

Sounds like things are running smoothly, but he can use all the money he can raise to beat the double-talking Leach. Some further updates from an email below:

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Funding Request
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Pass the e-hat: Let's give ourselves a great holiday gift!
An important reporting deadline is coming up, and David needs our help NOW. The more money we raise before December 31, the more support our campaign will be able to get outside the district.

Every dollar counts! Even a gift as small as $5 or $10 will help us build a strong campaign.

Please give whatever you can through our Web site at https://www.loebsackforcongress.org/contribute.asp

And pass this message along to encourage everyone you know to help us fight for the Second District!

Wishing you all the best during the holidays and the year ahead,

Melanie Friedman, Campaign Manager

Loebsack For Congress




Representative Leach: Please Explain Your Vote on The Patriot Act
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December 18, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Melanie Friedman

tel: [phone]

e-mail: [e-mail]

http://www.loebsackforcongress.org

LOEBSACK TO LEACH: EXPLAIN PATRIOT ACT VOTE

CEDAR RAPIDS—Congressional candidate David Loebsack decried President George Bush’s authorization of surveillance on the private communication of many American citizens— including many anti-war activists—and called on his opponent Jim Leach (R-IA2) to explain his support for such surveillance.

Bush has defended the wiretapping and electronic monitoring, revealed last week by the New York Times, as legal under the USA PATRIOT Act. Also last week, Leach voted to extend the act despite bipartisan concerns about the act’s provisions that are in violation of American’s fundamental civil rights. The extension was squashed in the Senate, where Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the renewal because of several provisions that allow law enforcement agencies unprecedented latitude in spying on citizens.

Loebsack called the Bush surveillance “extremely concerning,” and “Nixon-esque,” and said Leach owed his constituents an explanation for his support of such tactics.

“The Patriot Act has shown that it can and has resulted in the kind of surveilance that is unconscionable and umconstitutional,” Loebsack said. “It tramples on those same Constitutional rights that make this country what it is, and it doesn’t make us any safer.”

“By voting to extend the Patriot Act without addressing these concerns, Jim Leach is giving his consent to a potential wholesale violation of our Civil Rights,” Loebsack said. "He must answer for that.”

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This Press Release was submitted to local and state media on Sunday December 18.

At this time, it has not received coverage.

If you agree with David's position please consider writing an editorial to your local paper.




Contact Information
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email: [e-mail]
phone: [phone]
web: http://www.loebsackforcongress.org

[rurallib]

1. Also sounds like he's been endorsed by the Iron Workers

with a donation.
Boy is Leach ever running to the middle, but he had to stop long enough to make sure he paid some dues to the winger faction. Leach has made a career of being so non-descript that no news organization really wants to cover him. So he can get away with crap like this.
Note thatlocal media has yet to pick up Dvae's press release.

[IA_Seth]

2. I sent a recommendation to KCRG

and asked that they pick up the story. I said that it was important that Iowans understand who represents them and their stance on issues important to Iowans.

I included a copy of the press release and asked that they pick it up ASAP.

We'll see...never hurts to try I guess.