Bill Shuster(R PA-09) has a simple campaign stratetgy. It dates back to the heady days of Sputnik and the A-bomb scare. It's called "Duck and Cover". It seems that Bill Shuster thinks that if he keeps his head low that the voters won't notice that he has an opponent and he'll slither back into office on name recognition. Shame, shame, shame, Shuster.
You won't get away with it.
Read on to find out why.
The following Press release was issued today from Friends of Tony Barr HQ in Hollidaysburg PA:
BARR SHOWS, SHUSTER DOESN'T, BIAS EVIDENT
Last night, Monday, September 25, Penn State Altoona sponsored a candidates'
forum where all candidates on this years general election ballot were invited to attend.
All candidates either attended themselves or sent a representative to speak in their
place. All, that is, except Bill Shuster, Representative in Congress PA-09, who declined
to even send a representative to speak for him. Tony Barr, his opponent, attended the
event.
Tony Barr, Democratic Candidate for PA-09, commented on Shuster's refusal to
send a speaker in his place, "I can understand if Mr. Shuster has other duties to attend
to, but he should have sent a speaker in his place. I find Mr. Shuster's failure to send
a speaker a slap in the face to Penn State Altoona, the city of Altoona, and to Central
Pennsylvania as a whole. This event was about communicating to the voters where you
stand on the issues."
Later that evening on the 11 o'clock news and then the next morning, both Ch.
6 (NBC) and Ch. 10 (CBS) failed to mention that Mr. Barr attended the candidate's forum
and that Mr. Shuster did not attend himself or send a speaker in his place. Mr. Barr
commented on this lack of coverage, "Both Ch. 6 and Ch. 10 dropped the ball on this one.
Shuster continues to duck the voters to avoid accountability. Both stations nightly bemoan the fact that crime, drugs, and violence are
infiltrating our communities, but when someone stands up to do something positive and
effective about the problems in our communities, these news stations are silent. This is
ridiculous."
The arrogance of the Local Republican party is almost embarrasing.