Lou Barletta’s New Favorite Word: “Desperation”
Lou Barletta, over the past couple of days, has issued a whole bunch of press releases calling his opponent, Representative Paul Kanjorski, “desperate.” Every time Kanjorski runs a television ad or holds a town hall meeting or has campaign workers make phone calls to voters, Barletta starts screaming and ranting about how “desperate” Kanjorski must be. All of this leads me to believe that Barletta is, in fact, the desperate one.
Consider the following, if you would:
- Lou Barletta is struggling to raise any money, while Kanjorski is absolutely rolling in it. Kanjorski has well over $2 million in cash and $0 in debt. Barletta, on the opposite end of the spectrum, has $321,895 in cash and $321,340 in debt. Enron had a more solid balance sheet than that.
- Kanjorski has aired at least three separate television commercials already. Barletta, unable to afford any television time, has put up a bunch of YouTube videos. Additionally, Barletta, in “desperation”, has sent letters to all of the local television stations, demanding them to stop airing Kanjorski’s commercials.
- Almost all of Lou Barletta’s campaign money has come from residents of the city of Hazleton, the very city that Lou Barletta is mayor of. Once that city is bled dry of money, one has to wonder where Barletta will get his cash from. Because it doesn’t appear that very many other people are stepping up to the plate.
- Vince Galko, Lou Barletta’s campaign manager, has managed to loose every single election he’s been a part of. Bob Dole’s Presidential bid. Rick Santorum’s last run at the Senate against Bob Casey, Jr. Rudy Giuliani’s bid at the Republican presidential nomination.
So, as you can see, if anyone is “desperate”, it is Lou Barletta. He is desperate for money. He is desperate for a campaign manager that knows what the hell he’s doing. He is desperate for Paul Kanjorski to stop running television ads. Lou Barletta is desperate for a miracle.
Clearly, Mayor Lou Barletta is trying to convince everyone that he is playing from a position of strength in this campaign, while the stone cold facts of the matter clearly show that he is the weaker of the two candidates. This is just one more example of how bad of a candidate Lou Barletta is and how little he knows about running for Congress. Lou Barletta should not be elected to the United States Congress.
-Dan Cheek
www.StopLouBarletta.com
StopLouBarletta@gmail.com
August 5th, 2008 at 5:17 am
From today’s Citizen’s voice:
“In a phone interview, Galko, a veteran of several high-profile political campaigns, said he knows the difference.
The poll included questions that implied Barletta has ties to organized crime, half of Hazleton’s storefronts are empty and the city went through a crime wave because the mayor laid off police officers — none of which is true, he said.”
1st off, you gotta love the positive slant they put on Galko’s “veteran” status. 2nd, the line about Sweet Lou cutting the police. Galko said it was not true! What an idiot! And a liar! Can someone please publicly call him out on this statement???
August 5th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Thanks for bringing this to my attention, Tony. Like you, I find Galko’s comments insulting to anyone with any amount of intelligence. And as for his “veteran” status, um, I guess they mean a veteran of every loosing campaign in recent memory?
I’ve already fired off a letter to the editor of the Citizens Voice. I also intend on addressing the issue here on the site.
Also, for everyone else, here’s the link to the article Tony was talking about:
http://www.citizensvoice.com/articles/2008/08/05/news/wb_voice.20080805.t.pg10.cv05cdpoll_s1.1856570_loc.txt
-Dan Cheek
September 4th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Hey:
Thanks for the heads up – I did not know Lou was low on money. I just sent a contribution, and sent an email to some friends to do the same.
Stan