Pennsylvanians Against Paige
January 16, 2010 · carl · Print This Article
On our Vote 2010 site, we recently did an article about the upcoming race in Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District.
Along with outlining how Hazleton mayor Lou Barletta will once again challenge 13-term Democrat Congressman Paul Kanjorski for a seat in the House of Representatives, we pointed out how Barletta will face a primary challenge from Christopher Paige, a long time Democrat who recently switched to the Republican Party.
This prompted one of our readers who lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania to contact us and let us know why he won’t be voting for Mr. Paige:
Why I won’t vote for Chris Page
To be fair, I am a long time Lou Barletta supporter. I however would consider voting for another if there was a better candidate.
I was initially curious about Christopher Paige.
That was until I found out who he is, what he thinks the proper role of Government is, and what he thinks of people who believe what I believe.
In a press release Paige wrote, “Barletta’s flirtations with and exploitations of racism are not acceptable to moderate Democrats and Independents – the people who control the outcome in this District. His attempts to make Hazleton a place where Neo-Nazis and racists feel at home is not acceptable to the businesses we need to attract to revive our economy.
His blatant appeals to racist stereotypes are not consistent with tourism, the life’s blood of our economy. [When's the last time you heard anyone plan a vacation for Hazleton?] Do we want the Poconos to be associated with the Neo-Nazis and other racists Barletta attracted to Hazleton in support of his anti-immigrant policies?
In this economy, people are looking for any excuse to take their business elsewhere, so we just can’t afford Barletta’s racist ramblings against immigrants. [Don't bother arguing it's not racist - the signs at "anti-immigrant" rallies say all you need to know.
For instance, one said, "The Majority will become a Minority." Also, if this is about preventing terrorism, then why are we building a wall on the Mexican border when the terrorists have always used the Canadian border? Shouldn't we close that border first?]1”
I apologize for such a long quote, but I thought that every sentence of this quote is important in bringing to light what he thinks of people like myself, and Mayor Barletta.
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I hope that Pennsylvanians have learned from Benedict Arlen that if you elect a RINO to win an election, you really loose.