My fellow Kossites, there is something rotten in Tennessee and his name is Scott DesJarlais. The voters in Tennessee's District 4 voted against Obama 2/1 in 2012. In the process, they elected one of the sleaziest Tea Party reps ever and this guy needs to be voted out!! Politico called him the “Biggest Hypocrite” and I call him the “Biggest Con.”
Lenda Sherell is a fantastic candidate, and is running against this guy who holds almost no respect for women. He is a true believer in the Tea Party movement and has had a very ugly divorce with charges of domestic violence, while urging both his ex-wife and mistresses to have abortions...as a pro-life candidate. Also, as a physician he was fined by a state board for carrying on affairs with multiple patients.
Politico described him this way:
NASHVILLE—Two abortions. Maybe three, if you count the one he pressured a girlfriend—who happened to be his patient—to get. Pulling out a gun during an argument with his first wife. Prescribing pills to another patient while they dated. Getting reprimanded by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for dallying with patients, an ethics violation.
Gotta love those good old family values!!!
The sad thing is that Congressman Scott DesJarlais’ voting record is worse than his personal life. Check this out:
He voted against:
1. Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act
2. Considering paycheck fairness
3. Increasing the minimum wage which would help families
4. Voted against allowing abortions to prevent death during emergency medical conditions
5. Creating a committee to reduce child abuse and neglect – a bill by Representative Dave Camp (R-MI) that received bipartisan support.
Please take 30-seconds to meet Lenda in this video:
So, I’m asking us to support the candidacy of Lenda Sherrell. She has been endorsed by:
American Nurses Association
Emily's List
Off The Sidelines PAC
Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women
Tri-State Maxed-Out Women
Women's Campaign Fund
National Women’s Political Caucus
United Autoworkers
AFL-CIO
SEIU local 205
IBEW local 175
United Food and Commercial Workers International
United Steele Workers
Tennessee State Electrical Workers Association
Tennessee Professional Firefighters Association
Tennessee Democratic County Chairs Association
And even though she is running deep in the bowels of resistance to all things progressive, she is holding her own. Please visit her website here:
http://www.lendasherrell.com/
Thanks for reading my thoughts, let's head to the polls.
joelgp