Paul Kanjorski's Card Check Debacle

Last year Paul Kanjorski was a co-sponsor of the Employee Free Choice Act aka Card Check. In this story from the Washington Examiner by Kevin Mooney he highlights the "dirty" money Kanjorski received from unions with stellar?? credentials.

Kanjorski received the following dirty money: Communication Workers of America (PAC) $2,000 in 2008 election cycle. Boilermakers Union (PAC) $2,000 in 2008 election cycle. American Federation of Government Employees (PAC) $2,500 in 2008 election cycle; $1,000 in 2006 election cycle. The Service Employees International Union (PAC) $4,000 in 2008 election cycle; $2,000 in 2006 election cycle. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (PAC) $5,000 in 2010 election cycle; $10,000 in 2008 election cycle; $4,000 in 2006 election cycle. WHY IT'S DIRTY: Multiple officers and members of these unions, including division presidents, secretary-treasurers and business managers, have been convicted since 2001 of felonies ranging from embezzlement, falsifying official reports to government, mail fraud and conspiracy.

In his recent flap with Chris Carney the Politico writes about the intensity of the divide between Carney and Kanjorski over Kanjorski's vote against Carney for a seat on the House Appropriations Committee.

Second-term Rep. Chris Carney is accusing 25-year veteran Paul Kanjorski, who represents a neighboring northeastern Pennsylvania district, of stabbing him in the back by voting for Rep. Patrick Murphy when the Pennsylvania delegation used secret ballots to recommend a Murtha successor to the Democratic Steering Committee, which hands out committee assignments.

Isn't there a double standard where Kanjorski is concerned in this matter?
Kanjorski’s camp says it’s impossible for anyone to know how he voted on a secret ballot.

Geez Paul, Card Check would remove workers’ rights to a federally supervised private ballot election. Instead, workers would be asked to sign cards in front of organizers and colleagues, potentially subjecting them to harassment or intimidation. Paul supports that system for the rest of us just not himself. Typical for this congressman.

Kanjorski suffered a mortal wound in this situation. Lackawanna County knows the meaning of a seat on the House Appropriations Committee. Yes, Paul shares Lackawanna County with Chris Carney. The Joseph McDade Terminal serves as a monument to the amount of money McDade brought back to his district.

Joseph McDade also serves as a prime example in the federal investigation into Fort Mifflin Reclammation Associates and Hazleton Creek Properties. Don't rush to judgment on this issue. No one has been charged yet but sure as shit Mitchell already has the commercial produced and ready to air.

McDade was acquitted of bribery charges in 1996. His trial led to the passing of the McDade Amendment. Although McDade takes credit as the principal advocate for the Tobyhanna Army Depot, Kanjorski now wants those coattails.

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Do The Monroe County Democrats Know They Espouse Republican Values?

Today I decided to take a look at politics in Monroe County, Pennsylvania. A Google search quickly took me to the site of the Monroe County Democrats. I was astounded at their platform..Damn, they sound like Republicans and don't know it.


The Monroe County Democratic Party supports the goal of affordable housing for all citizens. The Emergency Relief and Construction Act (ch. 520, 47 Stat. 709, enacted July 21, 1932), was the United States's first major-relief legislation, enabled under Herbert Hoover. That was the government's first major involvement in the housing field according to the HUD website.

The Monroe County Democratic Party supports a budget that is fiscally sound and reflects the real needs of the American people. From the 6th District Republican Committee- We believe in fiscal responsibility, low taxes and smaller government. Interesting that the Monroe Democrats uses a jobless rate of greater than 5% as a target. They must really be dismayed at their own party sporting a 10.2% rate.

The Monroe County Democratic Party understands that the protection of our environment and the stewardship of our land are vital to the strength of our communities. President Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970.

The Monroe County Democratic Party believes that inherent dignity and recognition of equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice, and peace in the world.
In the 26 major civil rights votes after 1933, a majority of Democrats opposed civil rights legislation in over 80 percent of the votes. By contrast, the Republican majority favored civil rights in over 96 percent of the votes. It was the Republicans through Abraham Lincoln who opposed slavery. In fact the Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act in 1875 long before another version was passed in 1964. Unfortunately, the Supreme Court struck down the Civil Rights Act of 1875, as well as a number of other civil-rights measures enacted by Republicans to protect the freed slaves. In Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), the court gave constitutional cover to segregation, effectively prohibiting federal efforts to tackle racial inequality until Brown v. Board of Education in 1954. And any federal civil-rights laws left on the books were repealed by Democrats once they got control of Congress and the White House in 1893. President Eishenhower's efforts cannot go unnoticed in 1957 and 1960.

The Monroe County Democratic Party supports the improvement of all area roads to facilitate travel and ensure safety. The Republicans through President Dwight Eisenhower established the Interstate Highway system. It is their Democratic Governor and Democratic controlled House that want to toll Interstate 80 running through Monroe County. It is Democratic Congressman Paul Kanjorski who favors tolling I-80.

"Tolls and taxes are never popular, and I would prefer to find an alternative for funding Pennsylvania's highways without establishing tolls on I-80. However, I believe that the federal government should respect the decisions made by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania."

The Monroe County Democratic Party realizes and supports the need for women to be represented in all walks of life. The Republican Party became the first party to recognize women suffrage and the role of women in its platform.

In 1917, Jeannette Rankin, a Montana Republican, became the first woman to serve in the House. Shortly after Ms. Rankin’s election to Congress, the 19th Amendment was passed in 1919. The amendment’s journey to ratification had been a long and difficult one. Starting in 1896, the Republican Party became the first major party to officially favor women’s suffrage. That year, Republican Sen. A. A. Sargent of California introduced a proposal in the Senate to give women the right to vote.

Republicans led the fight for women’s voting rights — and the Democrats, as a party, opposed civil rights for women. All of the leading suffragists — including Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton — were Republicans. In fact, Susan B. Anthony bragged, after leaving the voting booth, that she had voted for “the Republican ticket — straight.”

This post should enlighten those who continue to demonize the Republican party today.