MAYDAY! Grassroots Crisis

[me3]

It's a crisis. The Vern McKinley Money Bomb needs your help.

When? May 1st.

Who? Vern McKinley - Virginia Republican in the 10th District

Why? Fiscal conservative with impeccable credentials and a desire to be a citizen legislator, not a career politician.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO NOW

Put this link in your forum signature

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0WQzTKApDc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL9qsqBjan4

URGENT!!!!

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Please email your MeetUps, friends, family. If you have family in or near VA, please ask them to support Vern McKinley with a donation on May 1st.

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Keep this bumped up!

[constituent]

What the opposition (besides the evil/dastardly Rep. Establishment Hack Frank Wolf) thinks about Vern McKinley and his thoughts about his republican primary competitor:







Wolf Challenged by Reagan/Goldwater Republican
Just in case you missed it, Frank Wolf has a challenger from his political right: Vern McKinley, self-described Goldwater/Reagan Republican. Here's McKinley on Frank Wolf (bolding added for emphasis):

Congressman Wolf has “gone native” and during 2006 was one of only 24 Republicans voting against basic earmark reforms, such as identifying the member requesting an earmark. During Republican control of the House, he regularly used his powerful position on the Appropriations Committee to insert pork spending. The problem also goes beyond earmarks to broader spending discipline. The National Taxpayers Union assigns an annual rating to all members of the House based on 200 votes on spending, regulatory and tax issues. From 1995 to 2006 Congressman Wolf’s NTU rating has plummeted from 80 (B) to 45 (C-).

I actually agree with McKinley on this line of criticism; Wolf has indeed been part of a party that has gone hog wild with pork barrel spending (not to mention the Iraq war, which could end up costing us $1 TRILLION), running up record deficits in the process. In other words, this is not your father's Republican Party, when fiscal discipline and balanced budgets actually meant something.

Another line of criticism from Mr. McKinley rings true:

Congressman Wolf signed the Contract with America and voted for term limits, yet he is a career politician who has served in Congress for over 26 years. The longer a Member stays in office the more likely that his or her voting record will turn toward advocating big spending and other big government policies.

That really says a great deal about Frank Wolf right there: he promised to abide by term limits but then broke his promise and is now working to become a "lifer" in Congress. Why is that? Is it so much fun voting to rubber stamp George W. Bush on the Iraq war and on opposition to stem cell research? Or maybe Wolf just likes handing out pork? Hard to say, but regardless, it is well past time for a change in the 10th district.


source:

http://farewellfrank.blogspot.com/2007_09_01_archive.html


...and that's what the democrats have to say about it

[hillertexas]

bump

[nate895]

Bump. Vern McKinley is among our best candidates in both chance and reputation, so we should support him.

Also, David Gay (http://www.davidgay2008.com/), needs our help.

[libertythor]

Bump. Lets help get more liberty-minded people elected.

[nate895]

Importante

[hillertexas]

bump

[Bradley in DC]

bump (thanks!)

[Kotin]

bump

[mrchubbs]

Please digg it up, spread the word!

Mayday Money Bomb Ron Paul Style!

h ttp://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Mayday_Money_Bomb_Ron_Paul_Style


Enjoy!

[ronpaulhawaii]

dugg :D

[liberteebell]

bump!

[amy31416]

This guy is one of the best candidates we have going, and he has a good chance. So. . . .

Bump!

[pinkmandy]

This guy is one of the best candidates we have going, and he has a good chance. So. . . .

Bump!

Amen. BUMP.

In real life, he reminds me of Dr. Paul. Humble, kind, honest and principled. Get him elected and I think this is only the beginning of his help w/our movement. He is young enough and can go much further.

[me3]

People, please remember to sign up at http://www.maydaymckinley.com by entering your email address! We'll remind you on May 1 so you can donate, ask someone you know to donate, or help promote the money bomb!

Vern is the sort of candidate that reminds me of a Ron Paul.

[yongrel]

Folks, we can't let this slip through our fingers. Vern is too outstanding of a candidate to ignore.

I will be donating as much as I can afford to come the 1st, and y'all should too.

If Vern McKinley's candidacy goes the way of Jim Forsythe, we will have no one but ourselves to blame.

[mrchubbs]

I will be donating $100 of my soon to arrive Tax Rebate Economics Stimulus BS Check on Thursday.... For me it is a McKinley Campaign Stimulus Package.

Anyone care to match me? Or Half me? 1/4 me?


anyone?

[yongrel]

I will be donating $100 of my soon to arrive Tax Rebate Economics Stimulus BS Check on Thursday.... For me it is a McKinley Campaign Stimulus Package.

Anyone care to match me? Or Half me? 1/4 me?


anyone?

I might be able to 1/20 you. Being broke blows.

[yongrel]

bump

[ronpaulhawaii]

I'll 1/4 ya, ditto on the broke thing

[me3]

Help us find donors. Email people in your MeetUps, and your contact lists. Get the word out. We've got 2 days to make some progress.

So if you are tapped out, or can't give as much as you like, see if you can find support elsewhere. :)

[ItsTime]

vern will see something from me

[0zzy]

cool

[LibertyIn08]

A bump for good luck!

[pinkmandy]

Bump for a freedom candidate!

[bszoka]

Let's throw Frank to the Wolves!

[Bradley in DC]

Let's throw Frank to the Wolves!

HAHA! Nicely done.

(:o I hadn't posted that first)

[Bradley in DC]

Woot!

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/47476

[Suzu]

Beyond broke here, but with you all in spirit.

[james1844]

Definetly, Vern is one of the better liberty candidates out there.

I've met him personally and think he would be a great congressman. I've also given his campaign money and, time permitting am looking forward to possibly canvassing or attending a fundraiser or two.

[libertythor]

Lets get this money bomb kicked off. Please keep bumping into tomorrow.

[Bradley in DC]

one last bump before bed :)

[angelatc]

Nothing like a nice morning bump.

[constituent]

one last bump before bed :)

spoken like a true (forum) addict.

[freelance]

bump for the day crowd

[hillertexas]

bump

[Aratus]

bump

[yongrel]

Bazizump

[pinkmandy]

Bump!

[pinkmandy]

Go Vern!!!!!

[yongrel]

http://www.ricesigns.com/real_pictures/bump_signs.jpg

[Bradley in DC]

Don't forget to sign up at the website!

[Bradley in DC]

If anyone has a Daily Paul account, please help bump this thread there:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/47476

[pinkmandy]

If anyone has a Daily Paul account, please help bump this thread there:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/47476

Good idea! :D

[me3]

ha! Go Vern!

[yongrel]

bump

[Aratus]

bump bump de bump de bump bump!

[pinkmandy]

Mayday for McKinley!

You just might be supporting a future RP Republican Presidential candidate. ;)

[Bradley in DC]

Just got another press call from a local paper!

[Aratus]

if not a future virginia governor! vern mckinley is very not into having
this be a perpetuity contract! he's taking a limit to his stay in the house!

[Bradley in DC]

if not a future virginia governor! vern mckinley is very not into having
this be a perpetuity contract! he's taking a limit to his stay in the house!

He has pledged to abide by term limits, yes. Senator has a nicer ring to it though...;)

Frank Wolf--the 28 year incumbent--promised to abide by term limits too!

[amy31416]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J_HFlOQKss

That's word.

[hillertexas]

bump

[hillertexas]

bump

[libertythor]

bump

[Bradley in DC]

Vern getting more press coverage today

http://www.shenandoah.com/stories/?headlineID=15165

and

www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/apr/30/ashburn-man-has-sights-set-congressman-wolfs-job/

in different parts of the district.

Let's give them reason tomorrow for a money bomb story!

[Highland]

bump

[Bradley in DC]

http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/apr/30/ashburn-man-has-sights-set-congressman-wolfs-job/

Ashburn man has sights set on Congressman Wolf's job

Local
By Jason Jacks
Source: Loudoun Times-Mirror
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 2008
UPDATED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 2008

When running against a popular 14-term incumbent, it's a challenge just to be taken seriously. Ashburn's Vern McKinley learned that early in his attempt to upend U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) in the upcoming Republican primary, when he struggled initially to find someone willing to design his campaign's Web site.

“I don't think they want to cross Congressman Wolf,” he said. “He is very powerful in this district.”

For this political neophyte, winning in the June 10 primary looks to be a daunting task. In his first run for public office, McKinley, 44, faces a congressman who has rarely been politically tested since his first win in 1980. Wolf also has a decisive lead in raising money: $715,000 on hand, to McKinley's $17,250, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Still, McKinley said he thinks Wolf is vulnerable in 2008, because, he said, the congressman has “drifted” away from the Republican party by supporting big government and securing spending earmarks for local projects.

But, according to Wolf spokesman Dan Scandling, money Wolf has secured, including funding for the Dulles Metrorail project, has only aided the district, which includes Loudoun and Clarke counties and parts of Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William counties.

“Does this mean that Mr. McKinley does not support transportation improvements in the district?” he asked. “Does he not support the widening of Route 66? Does he not support a gang task force? He is criticizing things that make the community better.”

McKinley, married with two children, did not always count himself as a Republican. He was born and raised in the Democratic stronghold of Chicago in the 1960s. Like many other “young Americans,” he was eventually won over to the party by Ronald Reagan.

McKinley, who has lived in area since the late 1980s, decided to make a run at a House seat soon after Wolf won re-election in 2006. Spurring the decision, he said, was a survey he took online (www.votesmart.org) that showed he agreed with Wolf on only about 25 percent of the votes he has made in Congress.

On the hot topic of the economy, McKinley, who works as a consultant for other countries on economic matters, opposes the stimulus package approved by Congress earlier this year, which he thinks will put the government further in debt. Also, he supports a hands-off approach by the government with respect to the housing meltdown.

Dealing with social issues, he said he is pro-life and a supporter of gun ownership.

On Iraq, he said: “I don't think we should have been going there in the first place.” He wants U.S. spending overseas curtailed.

Meanwhile, more locally, McKinley is firmly against the federal government contributing money to the Metrorail extension out to Loudoun. The main reason, he said, is that voters need to get away from thinking of members of Congress as “ATM machines and Santa Clause.”

“Your oath as a congressman,” he said, “is not to get as much money for your district as possible.”

Like the Republicans, Democrats also will hold a 10th district primary on June 10 to select their candidate for the fall. Their primary pits Waterford's Michael Turner against McLean's Judy Feder.

[yongrel]

http://www.loudountimes.com/news/2008/apr/30/ashburn-man-has-sights-set-congressman-wolfs-job/

Ashburn man has sights set on Congressman Wolf's job

Local
By Jason Jacks
Source: Loudoun Times-Mirror
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 2008
UPDATED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30 2008

When running against a popular 14-term incumbent, it's a challenge just to be taken seriously. Ashburn's Vern McKinley learned that early in his attempt to upend U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10th) in the upcoming Republican primary, when he struggled initially to find someone willing to design his campaign's Web site.

“I don't think they want to cross Congressman Wolf,” he said. “He is very powerful in this district.”

For this political neophyte, winning in the June 10 primary looks to be a daunting task. In his first run for public office, McKinley, 44, faces a congressman who has rarely been politically tested since his first win in 1980. Wolf also has a decisive lead in raising money: $715,000 on hand, to McKinley's $17,250, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Still, McKinley said he thinks Wolf is vulnerable in 2008, because, he said, the congressman has “drifted” away from the Republican party by supporting big government and securing spending earmarks for local projects.

But, according to Wolf spokesman Dan Scandling, money Wolf has secured, including funding for the Dulles Metrorail project, has only aided the district, which includes Loudoun and Clarke counties and parts of Fairfax, Fauquier and Prince William counties.

“Does this mean that Mr. McKinley does not support transportation improvements in the district?” he asked. “Does he not support the widening of Route 66? Does he not support a gang task force? He is criticizing things that make the community better.”

McKinley, married with two children, did not always count himself as a Republican. He was born and raised in the Democratic stronghold of Chicago in the 1960s. Like many other “young Americans,” he was eventually won over to the party by Ronald Reagan.

McKinley, who has lived in area since the late 1980s, decided to make a run at a House seat soon after Wolf won re-election in 2006. Spurring the decision, he said, was a survey he took online (www.votesmart.org) that showed he agreed with Wolf on only about 25 percent of the votes he has made in Congress.

On the hot topic of the economy, McKinley, who works as a consultant for other countries on economic matters, opposes the stimulus package approved by Congress earlier this year, which he thinks will put the government further in debt. Also, he supports a hands-off approach by the government with respect to the housing meltdown.

Dealing with social issues, he said he is pro-life and a supporter of gun ownership.

On Iraq, he said: “I don't think we should have been going there in the first place.” He wants U.S. spending overseas curtailed.

Meanwhile, more locally, McKinley is firmly against the federal government contributing money to the Metrorail extension out to Loudoun. The main reason, he said, is that voters need to get away from thinking of members of Congress as “ATM machines and Santa Clause.”

“Your oath as a congressman,” he said, “is not to get as much money for your district as possible.”

Like the Republicans, Democrats also will hold a 10th district primary on June 10 to select their candidate for the fall. Their primary pits Waterford's Michael Turner against McLean's Judy Feder.

good stuff

[hillertexas]

bump

[Aratus]

bump!

[amy31416]

bump!

Ow! Watch where yer going! The nerve!

(4 more hours until 5/1 EST, assuming there's only 30 days in this month...)

[tommyzDad]

Bump, for Virginia!

[Bradley in DC]

Money bomb in two and half hours!

[me3]

HELLLOOOOO!

Let's remember to get on this bomb!

[hillertexas]

bump

[Bradley in DC]

Ten minutes and counting!

[LibertyIn08]

Bump.

[Knightskye]

Mayday!

[Bradley in DC]

Donated!

[Bradley in DC]

** MAYDAY For McKinley **

The Vern McKinley Grassroots MayDay Money Bomb has begun!

For the next 24 hours, please donate by going to

http://www.mckinleyforcongress.com/contribute.html

Your donation will help Vern McKinley challenge and defeat the incumbent "business as usual" candidate, restoring Republican values of liberty, small government, and fiscal conservatism to the Virginia's 10th District.

Once you have donated at www.mckinleyforcongress.com, please visit the Ron Paul Forums or Daily Paul to post that you donated (and your donation amount if you are comfortable sharing)!

At the Ron Paul Forums
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=135284

At the Daily Paul
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/47476

If you can't donate, please pass the word about the May 1st Money Bomb along to any liberty minded friends or family members you have, and ask them to donate to help Vern become another citizen legislator in the spirit of statesmen like Ron Paul.

Thanks for your interest in prosperity, liberty and the Vern McKinley campaign.

[Knightskye]

U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) and Democratic challenger Judy Feder raised nearly the same amount of money and significantly more than their primary opponents during the first three months of 2008.

Wolf has $715,358 headed into a primary against Ashburn Republican Vern McKinley, who has raised $18,325 overall.

Let's give him a hand, shall we? :D

[Suzu]

bump for mayday!

[mrchubbs]

Remember to post your donations in the STICKIED "Official" Thread!

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=135284


Enjoy!

[pinkmandy]

Woot! Let's go!

[wgadget]

We have the numbers....

We have the money....

We have the passion...

We have the RESPONSIBILITY to help these guys.

[yongrel]

bump!

[Bern]

I just donated and posted in the official thread. Go Vern Go!

[Bradley in DC]

I just donated and posted in the official thread. Go Vern Go!

Thanks!

[tommyzDad]

http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/5950/vernmckinleydonationconbm2.jpg

"$28 for 28 years of Wolf."