Grandpa Arlen is too senile to realize that the first stimulus didn’t work, so he then backs a “jobs bill” hoping that it does what the stimulus was supposed to do a year ago…create jobs. What a farse. Gov’t is clearly broken and Arlen is a symbol of everything wrong with it. I can’t wait for Toomey to sign Arlen’s commitment papers and send him off to the old folks home for good.

Toomey’s. Wall Street guy, and a conservative one at that, which seems to translate into his being a short term thinker on economics instead of someone who is willing to work towards long term growth in the economy. His job at the Club for Growth shows that he’s got the Golf Course Republican talking points on government spending and taxes down pat, but he’s light on substance when it comes to the economy and jobs creation.

I think it would be an awful shame if we had to re-elect Arlen as a fake Democrat. But even this frail, 80 year old senior citizen would make mincemeat out of empty-headed Teabagger Toomey.

And with Sestak as the candidate, this race could be over by Labor Day.

(1) The payroll tax cut in the “jobs” bill is not the same as the one Toomey wants. I believe Toomey would like an across the board payroll tax reduction. The one in the bill is only for new hires who have been out of work >60 days, which is rather arbitrary and pretty distortive on the hiring process.

(2) Just because a payroll tax cut (even an imperfect one) is in the bill doesn’t mean the rest of the bill doesn’t stink to high heaven.

Bruce Bailey: Yesterday, according to The New York Times, House Democratic leaders banned budget earmarks to private industry, “ending a practice that has steered billions of dollars in no-bid contracts to companies and set off corruption scandals.” Your beloved Representative Sestak is among those who have engaged in this deplorable practice. For example, in 2008, defense contractor Dragonfly Pictures received an $800,000.00 earmark courtesy of Representative Sestak. Since then, Sestak has been the recipient of over $16,000.00 in contributions from Dragonfly Pictures (indeed, this firm has become his 3rd largest contributor).

Representative Sestak does not serve the interests of the common man – he advances the interests of labor racketeers, defense contractors, and other disreputable characters.

For those of you who are interested in Representative Sestak’s subservience to Dragonfly Pictures, visit Legistorm.com, Opensecrets.org and other notable sites.

Surprise! Toomey sent his spokesperson to dodge the question. I really thought he was going to be a straight shooter, but it seems like “the principled choice” isn’t as principled as he’d have us believe.

Or better yet, look on Sestak’s website, where he documents his request for Dragonfly, which is developing helicopter simulation software: http://tinyurl.com/ycf6van

Individuals donate to campaigns, businesses don’t.

Another smear. So many already and we’re still two months away from the primary. Old habits die hard, I guess, especially when you’ve been a Republican for as long as Specter has.

Toomey’s principled, it’s just difficult to take a stand against something being called a “Jobs” bill, much as it was difficult for Dems to vote against the Patriot Act. Regardless of the truth, they’re touting this as a jobs bill. Therefore a voice against it would be considered a voice against jobs. Obviously, anyone with an economics background knows how absurd this is… but anyone with a strong politics background can see the chess board more clearly.

Bailey: Toomey would annihilate Representative Sestak in the Fall. Sestak’s resources would be all but exhausted after a prolonged primary battle with the venerable Senator Specter. Sestak would not enjoy the support of any major players in the Democratic Party, in PA or DC. Most importantly, however, Tommey would exploit Representative Sestak’s ongoing legal troubles. Toomey is well aware that Sestak is under investigation by federal authorities, and will make use of that info if/when it becomes necessary.

Of course, it is a moot point. Representative Sestak’s prospects for victory in this primary are non-existent. Pivotal campaign staffers (including his Political Director and Communications Director) abandoned Sestak’s Senate bid weeks ago because they recognized that a Sestak victory was an impossibility. Sestak’s effort has become a unprecedented fiasco – a failure of epic proportions.

The only place that Joe Sestak has “ongoing legal troubles” is in your very fevered imagination.

Again, let’s review the PA Senate primary in (if you’ll excuse the expression) a nutshell:

Sestak: Real Democrat.
Specter: Fake Democrat.

Sestak: 30 year record in US Navy, ending service as Admiral.
Specter: 30 record as Republican, supported Scalia, Thomas, Roberts on Supreme Court and Reagan, Bush I and Bush II in the White House.

Sestak: Vibrant 58 year old Congressman.
Specter: Sickly, frail 80 year old Senator.

Again repeating: If Sestak is the candidate, Teabag Toomey is toast by Labor Day.

Bruce Bailey: Why, I wonder, did Sestak’s Political Director, his Communications Director, and his Media Director – all of whom relinquished their positions weeks ago – not share your enthusiasm for his candidacy? If Representative Sestak’s prospects are so bright, why did these pivotal staffers abruptly abandon him? If Representative Sestak’s appeal is so formidable, why does he continue to lag behind his opponent in every public opinion poll? The empirical facts suggest that Representative Sestak’s candidacy is a washout, Bruce.

Of course, the empirical facts tend to be ignored altoegther by Sestak’s few remaining supporters. The aforementioned Mr. Bailey, by way of illustration. Does Mr. Bailey care to explain why UFCW Local 1776 President Wendell Young IV, who nominated Representative Sestak at a major Democratic Party event, and formally endorsed him recently, has never contributed ANY funds to Sestak for Congress or Sestak for Senate? Perhaps Mr. Bailey doesn’t care to know…but the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) does.

By the Way Bailey: You might want to pay a visit to Opensecrets.org and other sites as I suggested. You will discover (no doubt to your consternation) that the information provided concerning contributions To Sestak from exceutives at Dragonfly Pictures is accurate. Frustrating when the empirical facts don’t jibe with your perceptions, is it not?

Bruce-

if sestak is the candidate the only “toast” we’ll see at labor day is Toomey having a toast at the country club in laughter over his 20 point lead over no show joe.

My God – I was just perusing the various allegations leveled against Representative Massa in The Atlantic. Massa appears to have been a dissolute, degenerate sexual predator his entire adult life! He apparently groped every male he ever encountered in the U.S. Navy! And Representative Sestak received an endorsement from this morally depraved monster? This man is a long-standing friend of Representative Sestak?!

Earmarks to private companies like Dragonfly Pictures. Endorsements from closeted homosexual perverts. Close ties to known labor racketeers. Abysmal poll numbers. Every key campaign staff member resigning. Minimum wage payments to remaining staff members. Does anyone TRULY believe that Representative Sestak is a viable candidate for the U.S. Senate?!

The Liberal Democrats, who have the majority in the House AND the Senate, have been talking for over a year now, and NOTHING is getting done, Unemployment is UP, the debt is UP, consumer confidence is DOWN, and lastly, not one friggin democrat, is stepping up to defend the position and primacy of the dollar.

Toomey in a romp!

The guy repeating BS stories about Wendell Young and Sestak is making himself out to be a political troofer of sorts. Break out the straight jacket for the guy wrapped in tin foil…