Through my connection with the Maryland GOP, I got wind of a letter from the Maryland Dems. I love reading the lies and bullshit, it's really fun. Beats talking about the James Stockdale of SCOTUS nominees, Harriet Miers.
So here goes nothing, that's about what the letter is worth. Now my commentary is pretty good.
Dear xxx,
Fall is here and campaign season is revving up. We have less than one year left before our Democratic primary (September 12, 2006) and just over a year before the General Election of 2006 (November 7, 2006).
That and the phone numbers at the end might be the only two true facts in the letter, and I'm not sure about the phone number.
The Maryland Democratic Party is on a roll…and I want to keep you updated on some of things that are happening!
On a roll, right down the hill. Don't look now, but the growth areas in Maryland are turning Republican if they're not already there.
Just this week we surpassed the $1 million mark in fundraising for the year – that's almost twice the amount we raised by this point in 2003, our last `off year' -- and we still have significant activity planned for the final three months of 2005.
Come on. In 2003 you didn't have a governor's race to worry about the next year and all the money was going national. How about a comparison to 2001? I noticed through followthemoney.org that, while your contributions to the governors' race between 1998 and 2002 stayed relatively constant, the GOP gained close to $4 million and outspent you. And you'll likely get outspent again because now you'll have the challenger.
Our largest event during the fourth quarter will be a rousing Maryland Tribute to Paul Sarbanes. The dinner tribute will take place at the Wyndham Hotel in Baltimore on the evening of Tuesday, November 1, 2005. More details are available at www.mddems.org. We hope that you will be among the many Marylanders who will join us that night to honor a true Maryland public servant.
If by "public servant" you mean backbencher and toadie to the liberal special interests, then you hit it right on the head. What exactly has he done in 30 years again?
The newly-formed Maryland Democratic Business Council is poised to kick off a year-long series of local business forums later this year. The Council is co-chaired by:
* Discovery Communications CEO Judith McHale;
* Weldon Latham of Davis, Wright and Tremaine; and
* Former software executive and Talbot County Democratic activist Carl Widell
Their "business" council has McHale, a CEO of a company that runs generally liberal programming on cable - think "Animal Planet." They also do Discovery Channel, TLC, BBC America, and oddly enough, the Military Channel.
Latham works for a law firm, with this being an interesting case in their docket. He is part of what they call the "corporate diversity counseling group." Guess shaking down corporate America is good practice for this job.
Then you have a "former" software executive and activist. Why is he a former executive?
So none of this lot are small businessmen.
The Maryland Democratic Party team has added several expert staff in the last few months. We have brought on three regional field directors – Jocelyn Bogdan, Monique Hall, and Bill Kottmeyer – to build relationships with communities, organizations and individuals across the State, and to coordinate aggressive voter contact operations. With the aid of state-of-the-art voter data, our three Democratic Party organizers will be able to target, talk to, and turnout Democratic voters this November for the city elections in Annapolis and Frederick, and next November for the statewide elections.
Wow, they have a computer now. That former software executive is really paying dividends. And I should get on their e-mail list just to see how "aggressive" their voter contact operations are. They'll not forget calling me.
I'm pleased to announce that Joseline Pena-Melynk, former Secretary of the Maryland Democratic Party, has joined the Party as our Community Coordinator. Pena-Melynk, who serves on the College Park City Council, will serve as primary liaison to community, ethnic, and labor organizations throughout the state. We have also added Melissa Campbell to our fundraising team. She is a veteran of several political campaigns and joins us from the fast-paced world of Capitol Hill.
Sounds like they sent Campbell back to the minors. It's not like the D's are having a field day getting contributions nationally either.
The Maryland Democratic Party is putting in overtime to spread the word about Democratic priorities. During the next 14 months your Party leaders will be criss-crossing the state to talk about how Democrats are working hard to:
* Lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs; (Soak the drug companies and screw the market up so drugs become less readily available.)
* Make college more affordable; (That would be taxing the rich.)
* Provide more resources to our counties for school construction; (Rollback of the property tax freeze.)
* Increase the minimum wage; and (Read: drive small business out of Maryland.)
* Promote groundbreaking stem cell research (Killing babies for questionable results at best.)
Democrats are standing up for Maryland, not for the misguided policies of the Bush administration and the national Republicans.
Which have pulled the economy out of the recession that started when your guy Clinton was in office, fought back against terrorists instead of simply attempting to criminalize them, and began to restore the courts to their Constitutional mandate rather than judicial activism.
We will be touching voters across the state early and often to talk about their day-to-day needs and to demonstrate how the Ehrlich-Steele Administration does not reflect or represent Maryland values.
In other words, we'll lie about Ehrlich/Steele since they pulled the state out of the deficit the Democrats put them in and shown leadership in promoting Maryland as a business-friendly state.
I hope we can count on your continued support and involvement in the Maryland Democratic Party. You can reach the Party at 410-269-8818 or 301-858-8818, or via e-mail at democrat@mddems.org. Please keep in touch!
Oh, I plan to. It's your party that is out of touch with the values of mainstream Maryland, and, by extension, mainstream America.
Sincerely,
Terry Lierman
Chair
Maryland Democratic Party
PS: If you haven't done so already, please visit www.mddems.org to sign up for our email list – and please forward this letter to five of our friends, family or neighbors, and encourage them to do the same! Thank you very, very much!
I plan to, because I like to see what the enemy is up to. And I think I just forwarded the letter for you. Of course, my commentary makes the letter far more truthful.
Paid for by the Maryland Democratic Party and not authorized by any federal candidate or candidate's committee. By authority of Oz Bengur, Treasurer.
And how much is e-mail these days? Maybe that's why Widell is a "former" software executive.
Sounds to me like the Democrats are running a bit scared in Maryland. It's not as blue of a state as one might think.
