Thanks to Progress Illinois for this video of our own Congressman Peter Roskam at the Republican National Convention gushing over John McCain’s character saying we know who he is and that we can trust him (implying in Republican code that the opposite is true of his opponent, Barack Obama). Roskam also gushes over his choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, praising the “centeredness” that she “resonates”:
Now listen to Palin resonating her centeredness all over a caller she think is French President Nicolas Sarkozy:
Palin was, of course, pranked by a couple of Canadian radio personalities. Anybody can get pranked but can you believe that Peter Roskam and John McCain want us to trust this person to run our foreign policy. She thought this was the President of France calling and still she behaved this way. Do we really want her representing, and, potentially leading, our country? Apparently Peter Roskam does. Or did.
That’s right. Despite all his high praise for John McCain and Sarah Palin who has Roskam adopted as his new running mate? Yes, Barack Obama. We don’t know who he is and we can’t trust him but Roskam doesn’t care. Demonstrating his total lack of character, Roskam has chosen to grab onto Obama’s coattails because he thinks it will help him win. This despite Roskam being opposed to pretty much everything Obama stands for and despite his service in the leadership of the the McCain-Palin Campaign.
Roskam will say or do anything to get re-elected. He has no scruples. He has run a campaign of lies and smears against his opponent, Jill Morgenthaler, just as he did 2 years ago against Tammy Duckworth. He appears to have abused his franking privilege to send out campaign materials. He has lied to his constituents about his record. And now he is trying to deceive them into think he represents the same positions and values as Barack Obama. He most certainly does not.
So it’s up to you now 6th district voters. Are you going to send this jerk back to Washington for another two years?
Fortunately, we have a good alternative in Jill Morgenthaler. Watch her below in this clip from a CBS News story on Iraq Vets running for Congress (again, thanks to Progress Illinois). Then check out her website.
Roskam has been able to vastly overspend Morgenthaler thanks to the special interests who are paying for his vote (and yet he his begging constituents almost daily for more money via email). But still, a quick survey of yard signs between home and downtown Elmhurst on Saturday revealed a strength of support for Morgenthaler suprising in this Republican town. Good luck, Jill!
Related posts:
- Peter Roskam Endorses Obama – Does He Know Bill Ayers? How much do we really know about Peter Roskam?
- AFL-CIO Endorses Morgenthaler
- Jill Morgenthaler Calls Roskam on His Lack of Support for Illinois Vets
- Worried and Confused, Peter Roskam Adopts Obama as Running Mate
- Sarah Palin’s “Death Panels” Named Political Lie of the Year
