MI-08 Desperate Flailing - Repubs accuse Bob Alexander of supporting health care for millionaires

by: Philip.R.Moon

Thu Oct 30, 2008 at 12:19:05 PM EDT

Kossacks, please recc at Daily Kos 

Further proving my earlier point that Michigan's 8th district is on the verge of turning to blue from red, the Michigan Republican Party is sending out mailers claiming that 8th district Challenger Bob Alexander supports giving health care to illegal immigrants and the rich.

The first mailer uses illegal immigration to try and scare people into believing they'll be paying more for immigrants to get health care they don't have.





The bill they cite covers people living in the United States and require they sign up, making it very difficult for undocumented immigrants to do.

(More images below the fold...)

Help push back against MI GOP smear on Bob Alexander(MI-08)

by: Gaspare

Sat Oct 25, 2008 at 18:35:14 PM EDT

The smear is the usual distorted, baseless, xenophobic smear which is typical of Mike Rogers and his clan of smash mouth campaign operatives.

I haven't been going door to door for Obama and Alexander here in the heart of the beast, heavily Republican Oxford, MI to put up with this garbage.

Update by Matt:

I'll save you the trouble of typing in that long URL on the mailer (be sure to go below the fold and see it for yourself). The link is here. It's to our live chat with Bob from last month. What are they actually referring to? Bob's support of H.R. 676, which is John Conyers' national health insurance bill. So in other words, we should deny health coverage to all of the uninsured men, women and children in America because 9 MILLION MEXIC... ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS could be covered too. I see the Michigan Republican Party is once again doing what they do best. Expect a darkened picture of a black man on the next mailer.

Send Bob some love now here. This is not a drill. I repeat. As evidenced by the last minute xenophobic hate mailer from the state GOP, this is NOT a drill.  

An Open Letter to Michigan's Federal Lawmakers

by: Butch Snider

Fri Sep 26, 2008 at 21:30:51 PM EDT

To: The Hon. Carl Levin

The Hon. Debbie Stabenow

The Hon. Bart Stupak

The Hon. Peter Hoekstra

The Hon.  Vern Ehlers

The Hon.  Dave Camp

The Hon. Dale Kildee

The Hon. Fred Upton

The Hon. Tim Walberg

The Hon. Mike Rogers

The Hon. Joe Knollenberg

The Hon. Candace Miller

The Hon. Thaddeus McCotter

The Hon. Sander Levin

The Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick

The Hon. John Conyers

The Hon. John Dingell

CC: Their Constituents

Re: The Paulson Bailout Plan

What Have You Done For Us Lately?

by: kelster

Sat May 03, 2008 at 07:02:39 AM EDT

Many of you will be relieved to hear that four of the nine members of the MI GOP delegation have been rated "Congressional Insiders" by the National Republican Congressional Committee:

Pete Hoekstra, Candice Miller, Mike Rogers and Fred Upton.

Well, gosh!  With all that insider-y clout and connections, you'd think that these four would be leading the way to help our state... or maybe not get in the way of helping our state...  or at the outside, not let their support of partisan national agendas actively damage our state.

Silly me.

Rogers(MI-8) Pollutes my inbox with his Environmental update

by: Gaspare

Tue Dec 11, 2007 at 11:13:24 AM EST

He "fully supports this legislation" However, he is concerned that it doesn't go far enough.  He wants stronger protections, like requiring ships to meet the IMO ballast rules.  But isn't that the problem?  Aren't the IMO too weak or difficult to enforce, causing this problem to get worse.  I also smell a rat from the shipping industry who most likely want to see this legislation stalled or killed.  I posted the entire letter below for comment.  

Just Say No to War (and Do Something about it)

by: LiberalLucy

Fri Jul 13, 2007 at 01:20:49 AM EDT

Americans Against Escalation in Iraq plans to hold those Congressmen accountable for their votes on Friday with a Press Conference and Rally as part of their Iraq Summer campaign.

This campaign is effective. Eight Republican US Senators have recently changed their position on the war in Iraq.  Five of them were targets of the Iraq Summer campaign.

Please do whatever it takes to make this rally.

Wednesday Coffee Talk/Open Thread

by: BZP

Wed Jul 11, 2007 at 07:12:55 AM EDT

• The Fix: Endorsement Elite: Michigan Republicans. Chris Cillizza lists the MI GOP endorsement elite: Dick and Betsy DeVos ("the unquestioned first couple of Michigan Republican politics" -- blech!), Pete Hoekstra, Teri Lynn Land, Candice Miller, Chuck Yob. Noticeably absent: Mike Cox.
• Living Blue: An Invitation Rogers Probably Will Refuse. Mr. Rogers has been noticeably silent for most of the summer so far, and I don't think it's a stretch to say that it has something to do with all the heat he's been getting from groups like Americans Against Escalation in Iraq. They will be paying another visit to the Congressman's office in Lansing on Thursday this week.
• WILX: Rogers Appropriations Requests. Mike Rogers has submitted a "complete" list of the appropriations project requests he's made for FY2008. This is good to have, but it's not quite what I asked for in this post on the Rogers Watch. I want every earmark he's ever requested while he's been in Congress. But, I'll give credit where credit is due... this is a nice start.
• Walberg Watch: Congressman Tim to escape from bunker, make local appearance. Rep. Walberg will be visiting another friendly crowd at the Chelsea Commons Clocktower Building, Suite 200, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m., this Saturday.
• Walberg Watch: Nacht (D) Raises $160,000+. Nacht was the first one to release his Q2 numbers, and it's a pretty impressive haul (for a dem in this district). Berryman's totals are in too: $55k over five weeks. Sounds like a good start for both candidates (detailed reports here and here). I'll be curious to see what Walberg and Renier post (they have until July 15 to file).
• Our Michigan: Ionia County Commissioners Vote to Fund Strong Families/Safe Children. Real family values at work: "Helping children and families makes sense. It is good public policy. It is fiscally responsible and provides longterm benefits to families and communities in which they live. The Ionia County commissioners could see this. Their sense of "we" included the least among them."
• Conservative Media: South Carolina county GOP chair pulls an Anuzis. I think it's pretty hysterical that these state GOP party chairs keep trying to ban Ron Paul from their presidential debates, when the guy has more cash on hand than St. McCain ($2.4 mil > $2 mil).
• Stateline: Governors are fair-weather Facebook friends. Gov. Granholm is featured in this Stateline piece about social networking sites like Facebook. It sounds like a lot of the candidates kept their profiles updated during the campaign season last yaer, but have let them stagnate since. Not so with our gov. Kudos to her for staying plugged in with the online community. Other Michigan politicians would be wise to follow her lead.
• The Conversation: Mmmmm…Michigan! "Big Boy is asking a different question - 'What’s your favorite Michigan thing?' They have launched a statewide interactive campaign that gets people blogging about their favorite Michigan things. Big Boy, of course, is a proud Michigan-based company... So - what is your favorite Michigan thing?"
• LSJ: MSU board will consider a 9.6 % tuition hike. 9.6% ain't 17%, but another increase could be in the works for the spring semester, if state funding doesn't come through. Sure glad I graduated last year.
• DNews: Dingell's carbon tax is a shrewd stroke. "Rep. John Dingell is calling the bluff of his fellow lawmakers who love to pander, preen and posture in the name of environmentalism, just as long as it doesn't cost them anything." Not that we've seen the editorial writers at the News "pander, preen and posture in the name of" protecting Michigan residents from a tax increase or anything... but that's a separate matter. This line caught my eye: "'I sincerely doubt that the American people will be willing to pay what this is really going to cost them,' Dingell said of the carbon tax on C-SPAN." Is anyone else reminded of the scene in An Inconvenient Truth where Al Gore puts the picture of the Earth next to the sack of money?

Did I forget anything? Drop your links in the comments section...