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America
is great because of her people. Each individual in this country makes a
contribution to this amazing country. It is the perfect example of the
whole being greater than the sum of the individual parts.
I believe that the young men and women that volunteer for military service
to protect this country are the most underappreciated group in this
country. We shouldn’t wait until they fall in battle to give them the
honor and thanks that they so richly deserve.
I believe that special interest groups have hijacked the representative
republic that is America and that the government officials in Washington
sold their souls to the special interests groups.
I have always been told that if you aren’t part of the solution, then
you are part of the problem. I’ve decided to run for Congress to
be part of the solution. I want to represent you in
Congress to help take back our country from the special interest groups
and the political action committees and give it back to the hard working
men and women of District 12.
The America of today is not the America of my childhood. Our
problems have become more complicated, and our ability to solve them has
diminished markedly. Our country needs NEW leaders. The culture of
corruption that has taken over our nation’s Capitol is a threat to all
of us. Honesty and integrity in government has gone by the wayside
as our elected officials serve only those with money to spend, and who can
buy whatever they want from our legislators and leave the rest of us to
pay the bill.
WE are the ones who are paying the outrageous taxes brought on by
the exceedingly poor management of our tax dollars. Government
waste has gone far beyond outrageous. Government corruption is a rotting,
bloated cow that will poison all of us if we do nothing and IT MUST STOP!!
The trillions of dollars that are being wasted, spent on bailouts,
bailouts that were opposed by the voters who were IGNORED by our so-called
REPRESENTATIVES, have put our country in terrible jeopardy.
It should be against the law to vote on a bill that you have not read.
Would you personally sign a contract that you yourself have not read?
No, of course not!! Why then, should it be OK to vote on a
bill, representing your constituents, that you haven’t read, that
will spend millions, if not billions of OUR tax money? That’s not
representation, that’s malfeasance of office ... and JERRY COSTELLO
SUPPORTED THE BAILOUT AND VOTED FOR IT!!
What do you think is going to happen to us when the COMMUNIST CHINESE
stop buying our debt? Think about that for just a minute ... our
country is in debt to COMMUNISTS who wish to dictate to us!!
Are we going to let that happen?? Our so-called leaders have
mortgaged the futures of our GRANDCHILDREN to the COMMUNIST CHINESE!! My
opponent, Rep. Costello is a willing participant in the culture of
corruption. He took THREE MILLION DOLLARS IN CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS
WHILE RUNNING UNOPPOSED!! That’s not a campaign donation, that
is straight up BRIBERY!! There is NO OTHER word for it!! He
has become a bought and paid for "Special Interest TOOL"!!
Truth can be ugly and it can be unpleasant, but the naked truth is what we
need to face together as AMERICANS. To quote Theodore Roosevelt:
"There
is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The one absolutely
certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility
of its continuing to be a nation of all, would be to permit it to become a
tangle of squabbling nationalities."
President Roosevelt said this a long time ago, yet it rings with the truth
as loudly today as it did then. We must stop embracing our
differences and come together as one voice:
THE VOICE OF AMERICANS !!
If we do not hang together, we will hang separately as the culture of
diversity is threatening what we have in common: We are all
AMERICANS!!
We must be Americans first and foremost because we are destroying our
great country with the politics of political correctness and divisive
behavior. On September 11, 2001 I watched in horror as our great
country was attacked — but the way that we united as a country brought
me to tears; tears of pride in my countrymen and the sound of our voices
as one in defiance of the terrorists who thought we would knuckle under to
their demands — as we cried out for justice for our countrymen who lost
their lives that terrible day. There were no hyphenated Americans on
September 11 and there is no reason for hyphenated Americans now. As one,
our voices spoke to our leaders that we were behind them and that as
AMERICANS we would fight for our country. We are ONE as a people —
united in our desire for liberty and intolerant only of those who would
try to take that liberty away.
We
have the school system to thank for the dumbing down of America. In
their effort to find the perfect curriculum that offends no one, basic
facts have been omitted. Our Schools are pathetic, even though we
continue to pay HUGE taxes on our property. We are absolutely
NOT getting our money’s worth when colleges are complaining that
the high school graduates that they are enrolling cannot READ, WRITE
or SPELL!! We are finding that simple math is also beyond the
capabilities of most high school graduates!
We are definitely not getting what we are paying for, with our ever
increasing taxes — not by a LONG shot! When our kids have to spend
the first year of college learning to read, write and do arithmetic, then
something is seriously WRONG with our educational requirements.
Incompetent teachers DO NOT belong in classrooms. Our children are
the future of America and they cannot READ!!! I am a fervent
believer and supporter of education. Education is the ONLY thing that
breaks the cycle of poverty. It is ignorance that traps children into a
life of low wages, single parenthood and robs them of a future that is
available to ALL Americans. We need to demand that our tax
dollars go to education instead of being channeled to the cronies and
supporters of the corrupt politicians. It is a disservice to our children,
and an insult to the taxpayers who are paying these huge taxes to support
substandard schools.
The problem with education isn’t that we spend too little on it, but
that we spend the money in all the wrong places. Teachers are our soldiers
against ignorance, yet they are paid less than those high and mighty
administrators that don’t educate our children, but instead sit and
decide how to spend their grand and glorious salaries and to meet and tell
each other how great they are. I wholeheartedly believe that in order to
teach something, you first need to know it yourself. Math teachers should
have math degrees and history teachers should have history degrees — not
degrees in education. What good is a degree that says a teacher
knows HOW to teach if they are not competent in WHAT THEY TEACH?
If teachers are going to give tests to our children, I want them to
show that they can pass those tests as well!
Again, I emphasize, education is the ONLY thing that breaks the cycle of
poverty. It has been proven repeatedly! Education isn’t
nearly as expensive as ignorance. The dumbing down of our children
will be the thing that brings our great country to her knees, but there is
still time to stop it. There needs to be some accountability for where
these taxes are being spent — because it’s not going to education!!
And I want to be your Representative to ensure that your voices are heard.
Our
roads here in Illinois are a national disgrace!! They look like
they’ve been NUKED and will rip the wheels off of your car!! The
interstates are a series of potholes holding hands!! WHERE ARE
OUR GASOLINE TAX DOLLARS GOING?? WHERE?? No one has accounted for
it. We need to DEMAND accountability for how our taxes are being
spent! We should have the smoothest, pothole free roads on the
planet for the taxes we pay — Again, WHERE IS THE MONEY GOING
????!!!???
Health care reform is also needed, but we don’t need the government
running it!! Name ONE THING that the government does well or even
competently .... please, take all the time you need! Do you like your
postal service? How do you think government health insurance will work? We
need tort reform because the cost of health care is directly affected by
all the frivolous lawsuits that lawyers ADVERTISE that they want to file.
The insurance companies don’t care how many suits they have to pay —
they just raise their rates back on to your premiums. Big settlements
aren’t paid by insurance companies — WE PAY THEM!!
Doctors are leaving Illinois at an astonishing rate because of the high
malpractice insurance rates. And don’t think for a second that they are
going to work for a government health insurance — they will refuse to
accept government insurance. Doctors are going to go back to CASH
only if this insane health care plan is passed. Tort reform will
lower the cost of care. I believe that President Reagan said it best:
The solution to America’s problems isn’t more Government, and
America’s problem is too much Government! I challenge anyone to
name one Government program or Agency that runs efficiently. I used to
think NASA was our one bright light. But unfortunately, the Challenger and
Columbia tragedies proved me wrong on that point, along with a terrible
loss of life.
Illegal
aliens also need to go home — NO AMNESTY — NO WAY. The cost of
feeding, educating and housing them is breaking America — all you have
to do is look at California!! The illegal aliens have broken
California’s economy and they are going to break Illinois' too! Chicago
is a SANCTUARY CITY — AND WE ARE PAYING THE BILL!! I have
nothing against lawful immigration. My stepmother is a German native
who is now a US Citizen — and she did it legally.
It is a slap in the face of all the LEGAL immigrants to grant ANY KIND of
amnesty. You are here either legally or NOT AT ALL. I
strongly support changing the law to deny citizenship to babies born to
illegal immigrants. US Citizenship is a prize to be given to those who
earn it — NOT to those who sneak in, just as their baby is due and have
their baby so they can’t be forced to leave. My opponent SUPPORTS
letting the illegal aliens stay in the USA and has voted repeatedly to
give them amnesty. NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS!!
I do not support the CAP and TRADE bill. I
don't think it’s a good idea for the cost of your natural gas,
electricity, gasoline and taxes to QUADRUPLE because of this insane
bill. There’s a lot more research to be done before we know the truth
about Global Warming. NASA has said repeatedly that the data that was used
for the Global Warming research is incorrect. Al Gore has made 100 million
dollars pushing carbon credits and global warming that may not even exist.
I adamantly oppose the Cap and Trade Bill. Not only is it a bad idea,
it’s bad for the citizens of Illinois.
My
opponent has enriched himself greatly in the last 20 years at your
expense. His “service” to Illinois has made him a millionaire
several times over. He hasn’t held a town meeting to listen to his
constituents in YEARS!! His wife has also benefited from his service. She
has managed to be named president of a university that has received
millions in tax dollars through his support. He ran unopposed in
2000 and in 2006 and took MORE THAN 3 MILLION DOLLARS IN CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS WHEN HE HAD NO OPPONENT — THAT’S NOTHING BUT BRIBERY!!
He is an enthusiastic participant in the ongoing culture of corruption.
It is now time to send him HOME and put a woman in his place that has only
the interests of the citizens of the 12th Congressional
district!
I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my stands and
reasonings for deciding to run for the position of your Congresswoman. I
feel for the people of East St Louis! For decades, minorities in this
country have given their hard earned votes to Democrats. During those
years, Republicans have been portrayed as the evil doers that want to take
food from your children’s mouths, and poison your water and air.
However, there is something I would like to ask you: “Is your life
better now than it was 20 or 30 years ago?” When I look at
East St. Louis, I have to say that answer is a deafening NO --
Yet my opponent has depended on the minority vote to keep himself in
office. But I ask you, what has he done for East St. Louis?
NOTHING!! However, if you take a short drive east on I-64, you will see a
very nice concrete tombstone that Rep. Costello saw fit to spend $318
million dollars of your tax money on. I refer to Mid-America
Airport, an expensive and abandoned airport that he fully supported.
The ugly little secret he likes to keep is that he also supported and
voted for the money to expand Lambert Airport which was the fatal blow to
Mid-America Airport. Is that responsible oversight of your hard
earned tax money?
I ask my minority friends, how do you think that $318 million dollars
could have improved your life in East St. Louis? I stand before you,
to ask for your vote and support in this election — not your money —
just your VOTE on November 2, 2010. The Democrats have USED YOUR SUPPORT
TO STAY IN POWER AND ENRICH THEMSELVES AT YOUR EXPENSE, while at the same
time, allowing your living conditions to continue to get worse. Is there ANY WAY
I could POSSIBLY do less for you that the Democrats have done for you in the last 30 years?
Did you support the
bailout? NO! Did Costello vote for it? YES!
Do
you want amnesty for illegal aliens? NO! Did Costello vote for it?
YES!
Do
you want the government making YOUR health care decisions? NO!
Did
Costello vote for it? YES!!
When you look at what the Democrats have not done for you in the past 30
years, Allow me to finally do something for you in Congress as your
Representative in the 12th District.
Don’t continue to reward their failures and empty promises — vote for
REAL change and for a Congressional Representative that will carry out
YOUR wishes and represent YOUR views and values!!
My name is Teri Davis Newman and I would like the honor to represent YOU
in Congress. Please give me that opportunity on November 2!
THANK
YOU VERY MUCH AND GOD BLESS AMERICA!
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