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Dan Seals Goes to Israel Lake County Clerk candidate Sharon Narrod is making her first run for public office. Between now and election In This Issue: Seals in Israel . .1 Seals Campaign . .4 day she will give us a regular account of what it’s like to be a candidate. This is Part 1 in that series of articles. Candidate Diary . .1 Iraq . .5 Immigration . .2 Calendar . .7 Opposition . .2 Grassroots . .7 A Candidate’s Diary: Sharon Narrod, Danger . .3 Civil Unions . .8 Candidate for Lake County Clerk For information or to volunteer call: 847.266.VOTE (8683) “Courage!” anthem “If I Were King of the Forest,” masked a Or write to: –Answer by the Lion from the Wizard of Oz to the Lauren Beth Gash, Chair, Tenth Dems security born of question, “What makes the dawn come up like cowardice that he would PO Box 523, Deerfield, IL 60015 thunder? “ Visit the website: www.tenthdems.org never find himself in that Newsletter: [email protected] In some ways it is a very easy decision, almost position, I guess I was deceptively so. Editor John Hmurovic free to opine, knowing that I would never be put Editorial Staff For years I have been a political activist, Editorial Staff: Lauren Beth Gash, Jane speaking about the responsibility of being a to the test. Goldenberg, Annette Jacobson, Paul Kelly, member of a participatory democracy. I am a So what happened? I grew up and realized that Leslie Lipschultz, Ross Nickow, Mark Paul, true believer in public service. For any of you out the people running things (into the ground as it James Rosen, George Rosenblitt there who have been passionate about the were) are my age, that I had in my possession Design Carol Jonesth issues of the day (and of days gone by), it is not something called experience, and that there was The opinions expressed are those too great a mental leap to say to yourself, if I no great mystery to getting your name on a of the writers, and10 not necessarily was in charge, if it was up to me, and so on. Like ballot. Even so, I hesitated. There is holding endorsed by Tenth Dems the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz, whose Continued on page 6 www.tenthdems.org MAYT 2006enth Illinois Tenth Congressional District DemocratsNews Newsletter Volume 3, Edition 5 Dan Seals Goes to Israel by Jane Goldenberg “Our common values of freedom and democracy What will it take to swing these voters back into the Democratic column? will always tie us to Israel.” – Dan Seals Dan Seals, the Democratic Congressional candidate, appreciating You don’t need to hire a top-notch consultant to know that Israel is a that he needed to advance his first-hand awareness of the area, pivotal issue in the 10th Congressional District. In the decades since traveled to Israel last month, where he met with 16 people in four John Porter held the seat later won by his former staffer, Mark Kirk, days to see for himself the issues and concerns of this critically some voters concerned about maintaining strong U.S. support of important ally of the United States. Israel have felt comfortable casting a vote for the Republican candidate. As he described the issue, he pointed out that “it’s one of the few issues where Mark Kirk and I agree.” “My goal was to understand the issues impacting support for Israel and peace and stability in the region,” said Seals. “So I went with the hope of meeting with politicians, regular Israelis, businessmen, diplomats, academics, journalists, folks who could give me a better perspective.” He also visited such historic sites as the Wailing Wall, Masada, and Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum. Seals noted the successful Israeli economy – known for its innovations in biotechnology and engineering – creates opportunities for trade. He also gained a further appreciation for the difficulties inherent in establishing security. “The first thing that hit me over the head is that the Jewish and Arab areas aren’t separated by miles; they’re separated by feet,” he Congressional candidate Dan Seals hears from Nehemia Dagan, a noted. “It’s hard to establish a peace because it’s hard to establish retired Brigadier General from the Israeli Defense Forces, while security.” traveling through Israel last month. Continued on page 5; Also see page 4 Kirk Votes For (Speaks Proud to Against) Immigration Bill be in the by John Hmurovic Mark Kirk is for strict enforcement of immigration … unless he’s against it. Opposition by James Rosen Is that line confusing? Well, so are Mark Kirk’s positions on It’s 2006 and this is not a dress rehearsal. immigration reform, and so is his position on a number of issues This November, Democrats have a real when you take a closer look. opportunity to take back the House, or At the heart of the national debate over immigration reform is the legislation proposed by Senate, or both. You want to see real Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin). Virtually everyone agrees that something change in the reckless policies of the needs to be done to deal with the problem of illegal aliens. According to many, however, the Bush Administration? Vote Democratic. Sensenbrenner proposal goes too far. If, for example, a young person from another country is Donate to a Democratic candidate. Bring here on a student visa and lets her course load drop below a certain number of hours, under up the issue of voting to restore checks the Sensenbrenner bill she is subject to arrest and imprisonment. If a priest offers help to a and balances to a friend or neighbor. Do mother and child who are here illegally, he is subject to a fine and five years of imprisonment. something. Do anything. Mark Kirk voted for the Sensenbrenner bill, and it passed the House by a vote of 239-182. Republicans, I remind you, told you for But now, Mark Kirk apparently feels that he voted for a flawed bill. When asked about his vote years they thought government was the by the Pioneer Press he brushed aside his decision and said that “the criminal penalties problem, and when they took control they provision for illegal immigrants likely will be eliminated when the final legislation is produced.” proved their theory with reckless abandon. The corruption was just the If the bill was flawed, why didn’t he vote against it in the first place, instead of expecting the cherry on top. Senate to clean up the mess that he and his colleagues created? It’s not like they didn’t have a chance to improve the bill while it was in the House. In fact, Democrats wanted to introduce Alright, you say, but what would the a number of amendments that would have improved the Sensenbrenner bill, but the Democrats do about Iraq? Well the first Republicans, including Mark Kirk, blocked the Democratic ideas from even being considered thing is to remind people that whatever by the House. happens in Iraq we should not let those who led us there be in charge when the So we are left wondering: does Mark Kirk support the Sensenbrenner approach with its harsh next call to arms goes out. Sending just enforcement of immigration policy, or does he feel that approach is a mistake? enough troops to fail, and without the Unfortunately, being vague is a hallmark of Mark Kirk as a congressman. How does he feel equipment needed to protect themselves, about attempts to take money away from the Social Security system and put it into the always is something Democrats should oppose. risky stock market? Who knows? After years of national debate on the issue, he still won’t Remember, we are the opposition party. make a clear statement on it. Don’t believe me? Check out his website, do a Google search, Act like it. Be proud of it. read the letters he has written to constituents in response to the issue, and see if you can find I remember in the Clinton years the a clear statement. Republican House held investigations on Does he really believe we should protect the Alaska wilderness from oil drilling? He says he just about anything, including the White does. He even points to some votes he has taken on the issue. But the key word in that last House’s Christmas card list. The sentence is “some.” In fact, he avoids any mention of his vote on March 17, 2005, when he Republican Congress refuses to do their supported a backdoor maneuver that allowed oil drilling in the Alaska wilderness. He also oversight job on anything the Bush avoids any mention of his vote on November 19, 2005, when he blocked an attempt to strip oil Administration has done but has plenty of drilling in Alaska from the defense spending bill. time to subpoena professional baseball A Washington beltway magazine, The Hill, recently did a personal profile of Mark Kirk in which players and ask them about steroids. So, it asked him such things as “What is the last book you have read?” (A book about the mutiny Yes! Democrats should be opposed to on the Bounty, in case you’re wondering). It also asked, “What is your hobby?” His answer: Congress not doing their job. Remember, Politics. we are the opposition party. Act like it! Be proud of it! Maybe that’s the problem. Mark Kirk is a professional politician who is very skilled at the job of getting elected. One talent he has is avoiding controversial issues (as he is doing with So it’s an election year again and this is Social Security).
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