strange bedfellows
[Spencer is running as the “populist right” candidate against the
upper-class right-winger KT McFarland - one of whose workers said of
Yonkers, the city Spencer’s mayor of, “that’s where our maids live”]
From: Spencer@MaxGop.com Date: August 16, 2006 10:34:35 PM EDT Subject: Senator Clinton’s Lieberman Primary Problem!
As you well know, John Spencer is the Republican – Conservative
candidate for United States Senate running against Senator Hillary
Clinton in New York this November.
What you may not know is Senator Clinton is in a similar situation as
Senator Joe Lieberman – she has an anti-war primary opponent named
Jonathan Tasini (see his website www.tasinifornewyork.org). Her
primary is September 12th and the anti-war, left-wing of the
Democratic Party is putting serious pressure on her.
Most of the country has taken a clear position on the War on Terror
and the War in Iraq – Senator Clinton has not. John Spencer supports
President Bush’s efforts on the war and he supports our troops,
Jonathan Tasini does not - no one really knows what Senator Clinton’s
position really is.
Over the past decade, Mayor Spencer has been a proven vote-getter in
a Democratic city. He was twice elected Mayor of Yonkers, the fourth
largest city in New York State, overcoming a 2-1 Democrat to
Republican advantage. During his tenure as Mayor, he ran as a
conservative, governed as a conservative, and was re-elected as a
conservative. He is using the same strategy against Senator Clinton,
and it is working. With three months to go to the election, the most
recent polls have shown both that Mayor Spencer is within 19 points
of Senator Clinton and that this shift is only the beginning of a
bigger trend.
You can see a part of this strategy in action through this link to
Mayor Spencer’s newest campaign commercial.
Both Senator Clinton’s recent political mistakes and increasing
pressure from the anti-Lieberman liberals are disabling her ability
to balance running for re-election and running for President at the
same time. Many of these mistakes have been apparent, such as:
Accepting political donations from Iranian-Americans who are
sympathetic to the radical Iranian Islamist regime
Accusing the NSA of being “a secret program that spies on Americans.”
Playing politics with a war that directly affects the lives of our
troops as well as endangers the lives of every American
Of her falters, none has been more prevalent then her wavering
attitude towards the War on Terror. While Senator Clinton continues
her balancing act, Mayor Spencer has taken a stand. Senator
Lieberman’s recent ousting in Connecticut is a message to all
Republicans that the Democratic Party is growing more in favor of the
anti-war effort by the day. Soon, Senator Clinton will be called upon
to take a side, and one can be certain that, in light of recent
events, she will think twice before butting heads with her party
leaders. We all have liberal friends and colleagues. Please send them
the link to Jonathan Tasini’s campaign website
(www.TasiniForNewYork.org) to put pressure on Senator Clinton to
finally take a clear position. In addition, please forward Mayor
Spencer’s campaign website for those friends and family that support
our President and our troops (www.SpencerForSenate.com).
The strong contrast that Mayor Spencer provides to Senator Clinton
will make her vulnerable to the consistent, conservative, commonsense
campaign that he is running against her. He has taken a stand. He has
the message. He now just needs the funds in order to spread that
message across New York State.
The fight against Hillary is real and winnable, but not without the
proper funds. Please join the 75,000 Americans who are already
supporting John Spencer’s campaign. Please feel free to call me at
(212) 201-0599 or e-mail me at Philip@MaxGop.com in order to discuss
how you could help the campaign and the national fight against
Senator Clinton. If you would like to find out more about Mayor
Spencer and his campaign, please visit our website at
www.SpencerForSenate.com. In addition, Mayor Spencer has a great
blogging website www.JoinSpencer.com that has a lively conversation
occurring on a daily basis.
Please make your generous donation made payable to Spencer for
Senate, 28 Vestry Street, New York, NY 10013. (212) 201-0599. Mayor
Spencer will be taking his campaign across the country from Georgia
to Texas to California and back in late August and September. If you
are interested in hosting or attending an event in your state, please
let us know.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Phil Arnold Philip W. Arnold
Deputy Director of Finance John Spencer for Senate Philip@MaxGop.com (212) 201-0599