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The Bendas Brigade will be the core of
the change in the 3d Congressional District
- Republicans, Independents and Democrats
who believe that our great nation is headed
in the wrong direction. To challenge an
entrenched incumbent requires “feet on the
ground” and, to be very blunt, money.
Dan Lipinski “inherited” his seat from
his father in a most classic example of
nepotism. His dad, a long time and respected
Congressman, decided that Dan who was
teaching in the south, needed to succeed
him. But his chances of winning a primary
battle if the elder Lipinski announced his
retirement before the primary were
problematic, he would have faced a primary
challenge. So the elder Lipinski waited
until after he won the primary using his
reputation and PAC money, then he announced
that he would retire after the current term.
His cronies were allowed to select his
replacement on the ballot, his son. Don’t
you wish that you had a dad who gave you a
seat in Congress? Dan Lipinski stepped right
into dad’s job as your Congressional
representative in a district carefully
carved out for his dad, and assumed control
over the money making machine that has
ensured his reelection.
But times are
changing, the Democratic Party under Nancy
Pelosi has shifted so far to the left that
it is virtually unrecognizable to
Independents and to conservative and
moderate Democrats. Our current Congressman
shows independence on issues when the vote
is not close, but he does not buck the
extreme left wing of the Pelosi party if the
vote is close, e.g. his insistence that he
would not support the Health Care bill if it
had a public option, then he voted for it
when it became clear that the vote would be
very, very close (it passed the House by a
mere three votes, one of which was Dan
Lipinski’s).
It is time for him to
return to his teaching career, and for a
Republican, Michael Bendas, to be elected to
Congress to fight for fiscal responsibility,
national security and a return to personal
responsibility.
Join the Bendas
Brigade, donate a few bucks and some time,
recruit some like minded citizens so that
we, together, can fight for an end of
reckless spending that is crushing the
dreams of our future generations.
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