One Term Republican Peter Roskam is good at doing things in twos. He voted against the bailout, twice, helping to exacerbate a national financial nightmare. And he continues to smear Jill Morgenthaler with a series of TV and Radio commercials that are full of untruths and misleading information. Just like he did to Tammy Duckworth two years ago.
During the last campaign, Roskam claimed that Tammy wanted to "Cut and Run" from Iraq. What a cruel joke. Tammy can't run anywhere. She lost both her legs in Iraq.
His toofer this time is a pile of nonsense against veteran Jill Morgenthaler. Jill has thirty years in the military, including ten months in Iraq and a bronze star. Both of these women are strong leaders, recognized by the military with the ranks of Major and Colonel. Both have run straightforward honest campaigns. And both have said that we should get out of Iraq. It has been over 300 billion dollars and plenty of blood since Tammy said it two years ago.
I don't know how much the RNC is funding Roskam. He is an incumbent, and there is talk that they are getting priority this election season. Tammy came within a couple of points of winning. This district was Heny Hyde's district since the 70's. But this area is becoming more blue.
Jill would have a better chance is there had been a public debate, but Roskam refused. He votes with Bush almost all the time, but you wouldn't know if from his TV Ads. You can't tell which party he runs with from those darn ads. In fact, his ads sound so liberal, you can't even tell that he is a conservative.
But his record is extremely conservative. Deregulate, no to healthcare for kids, no to funding for vets.
The key message today is that he has not been supportive of our Vets. His campaign materials say he is, but his voting record does not. Please help by spreading the word that his smear campaign isn't going to work.
We are going to keep publicizing his record until election day. Please help spread the word. Or donate to Jill at http://www.jillmorgenthaler.com/
Roskam is wrong for Vets and wrong for the Illinois 6th.