Elaine Marshall takes on Burr in US Senate race
Submitted by mbrock49 on Fri, 08/13/2010 - 10:28am
http://www.examiner.com/elections-2010-in-raleigh/jobs-jobs-jobs-elaine-...
Election 2010 is now officially underway, as the US Senate and the US House of Representatives adjourned this week for the August recess. It is hardly surprising given the current economic and financial market news that the top national issue for the fall is how to deal with the US economy and the federal deficit.
On Thursday US Senate Candidate Elaine Marshall responded to a letter to the Editor by Incumbent Senator Richard Burr (R-NC). Burr's letter, published Tuesday, August 10, in the Asheville Citizen-Times, referenced a letter by a constituent. That original letter said, "Politicians should apologize for attacking the unemployed."
Sen. Burr's letter said the writer was "uninformed" about his "support for extending unemployment benefits."
His letter says, "Like President Obama stated last November, providing for the unemployed is a priority, but we must do it in a way that does not add to the national debt. I think everyone agrees that we should extend unemployment benefits, but, throughout this debate, one party used the unemployed as a political tool while the other party tried to extend the benefits and pay for them.”
Secretary of State Marshall and her campaign responded with press release Thursday that included a list of votes by Senator Burr. It listed over a dozen votes against extending unemployment benefits.
Uninformed?
The only person uninformed in this debate is Do Nothing Dick, who can't seem to remember what he actually believes:
Do good. Be nice. Have fun.