From The Roots

The DSCC launched a new ad in Colorado today, highlighting Ken Buck’s extremist views on Social Security (he opined that the program is “fundamentally against what I believe”,) and rewriting the Constitution to eliminate the 17^th Amendment (and with it, the people’s right to vote for their own Senators).

Watch below – Ken Buck, in his own words:

http://www.dscc.org/listen

Straight from the horse’s mouth – Ken Buck is “fundamentally” opposed to Social Security and wants to radically alter the Constitution.

Ken Buck – far too extreme for Colorado.

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06:13 PM Sep 07, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

Add one to the parade of Republican Senate candidates with an eye on ending Social Security as we know it: extremist Alaska Republican Joe Miller.

In an interview last night with CNN, Miller opined that it would be “absolutely” fair to end Social Security, a program upon which 70,000 Alaskans are currently dependent:

Asked by King whether it would be fair to say a person born tomorrow might grow up in an America without a federal social security program if Miller had his way, the candidate responded, "Absolutely."

This comes on the heels of Miller calling to phase out the popular Social Security program (much as Sharron Angle once did), as well as Medicare.

Yet again, Republicans have nominated a radical extremist for the United States Senate, who seeks to destroy Social Security and Medicare and devastate working Alaskan families.  

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02:15 PM Sep 03, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

Two new ads from Democratic Senate candidates hit the airwaves today, one from Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania and the other from Robin Carnahan in Missouri.

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02:00 PM Aug 31, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

-In Alaska, the extremists of the Tea Party seem to have won yet another Republican primary, as right-wing attorney Joe Miller leads incumbent Senator Lisa Murkowski

Miller could become the sixth Tea Party-backed insurgent to topple a GOP frontrunner.

-In Colorado, Ken Buck has been taking fire from the Denver Post for his hypocrisy on earmarks. Although Buck has crusaded against earmarks during his campaign, even signing an anti-earmark pledge, the Post revealed that Buck himself has requested over $5 million in earmarks. 

Meanwhile the DSCC has gone on the air with an ad against Buck in Colorado, and Buck’s Democratic opponent, Sen. Michael Bennet, has done the same. 

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05:00 PM Aug 27, 2010 - 0 comments permalink

Every time Ron Johnson opens his mouth on climate issues, he reveals just how ill prepared and ill suited he is for public service

Johnson received heavy (and well-deserved) criticism for his assertion that global warming is primarily caused by “sunspots”, a theory roundly debunked by scientific experts.

Undeterred, however, Johnson went on to opine that the island of Greenland was named for its once-balmy climate:

"There's a reason Greenland was called Greenland," he said. "It was actually green at one point in time. And it's been, since, it's a whole lot whiter now."

In fact, Greenland was covered in glaciers when it was named; according to legend, Erik the Red named the icy island “Greenland” in order to entice potential immigrants.

Johnson’s command ... 

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05:24 PM Aug 23, 2010 - 0 comments permalink