DeLauro Shuns CT. Voters but Embraces Mass. Voters

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, D-Mass., and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. stroll down Main Street in the South End of Springfield, just hours after DeLauro snubbed voters in West Haven by refusing to appear for a debate and take voter questions. DeLauro drove up from New Haven to campaign for Democrat Elizabeth Warren.

 

 

Incumbent Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro apparently thinks her re-election is so “in the bag” that not only does she not have to lower herself to debating her opponent in front of third district voters, she doesn’t even have to campaign. In fact she can take time to go to neighboring states and campaign for other candidates.

 

That is exactly what she is doing. Less than twenty-four hours after refusing participate in a debate hosted by United Seniors for America at West Haven City Hall, incumbent DeLauro found time to stump for fellow Democrat Elizabeth Warren in Springfield Massachusetts.

A link to the full story including video is here.

 

Well, with a storm on the horizon, at least we know DeLauro is in the country this year if not the state, and hopefully she won’t try to phone in her response this time.

 

For twenty-two long years the citizens of the 3^rd district have been saddled with an arrogant and imperious queen who believes that the people’s congressional seat is her throne and that she doesn’t have to be held accountable by her subjects unless she feels like it.

 

We can do better than that.

This election the citizens of the third district have a real choice.

The choice is Wayne Winsley for Congress

 

As your next representative, I - Wayne Winsley - will work hard to serve the citizens of the Third Congressional with forthrightness, honor, and integrity

 

 

 

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Why is DeLauro Afraid to Debate in Front of Voters ?

The group, United Seniors for America is hosting a third district Congressional debate between Incumbent Rosa DeLauro and challenger Wayne Winsley at West Haven City Hall, Thursday October 25^th at 6:30pm. 

 

All media and citizens are urged to attend

 

The debate will be moderated by the editors of two area newspapers, The West Haven Voice and Hamden Journal. Audience members will be able to submit questions as well via index cards.

 

Incumbent DeLauro has issued a statement refusing to attend this debate, saying that two public forums where no debating between candidates are allowed and the single, pre-recorded, 25 minute debate which aired on Face the State on October 21^st are enough for the voters of the third district.

 

I strongly disagree.

 

I - Wayne Winsley am committed to attending and standing before the voters and taking all questions.

 

Whether incumbent DeLauro feels your questions are worth hearing and answering is up to her.

I for one, urge her to attend. The voters deserve no less.

 

   As your next representative, I - Wayne Winsley - will work hard to serve the citizens of the Third Congressional with forthrightness, honor, and integrity.

 

 

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This Campaign is Different

 These girls decided totally on their own to promote Wayne Winsley for Congress as cars passed by on RT 313 in Seymour. They spent over an hour shouting 'Honk for Wayne' and received about 40 honks. They even added a little tic mark on one of the signs each time a driver honked or waved. They had great fun supporting Wayne.

 

There are candidates out there with millions of dollars at their disposal and a large roster of well-paid staff members. Wayne Winsley doesn’t have any of that.

There are candidates out there that have years of experience as elected officials and are seasoned campaigners that have been around the political block several times.

Wayne Winsley is a political novice who has spent most of his working life behind a microphone in radio stations across the state.

Wayne Winsley should have no shot at all against a 22 year incumbent in a district where Republican candidates have been persona non grata for years.

Yet, for some reason, this campaign is different. My message of moving people from food stamps to full time employment and helping businesses small and large to grow and create jobs for more of our neighbors is resonating and We the People are responding.

In Seymour, the group of wonderful little girls shown above, chose me over all of the other candidates and decided on their own, in the middle of their Sunday afternoon, to go outside and spend time encouraging drivers to “Honk for Wayne”. For over an hour they turned “We the People” into “WEE the People”.  

No other candidate in the state is inspiring this kind of enthusiasm.

 

 

This homeowners said, "I'll vote for you, and put your sign right there next to my Obam sign".

 

 

In the Democrat stronghold of New Haven there is something different happening that is inspiring voters to cross party lines, many for the first time, and to embrace a new direction even if it means splitting their ticket.

What is different about this campaign is that the PEOPLE of Connecticut’s third congressional district are saying, “We don’t care that the conventional wisdom say that this is unwinnable. We don’t care that the political experts have written us off as hopeless. There is one guy who is standing up and offering us a real alternative and we are listening and we are responding.

This is why the 3^rd District is not just winnable, it is VERY Winnable!

And by the way, if you weren’t sure, this is what

We ALL Win with Winsley

looks like!

 

 

 

 

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DeLauro Shows Her True Colors During Debate



NAUGATUCK, CONN – October21: Wayne Winsley, committed candidate to represent all of the citizens of CT’s 3^rd Congressional District, today released the following statement.

 

During the debate televised on Face the State, incumbent DeLauro says

“My opponent doesn’t understand how congress works”.

 

When asked why she voted to recognize two tablespoons  of tomato paste as equal to a serving of fruits or vegetables for our school children even though she knows the concept is ridiculous and absurd.

 

On Nov. 22nd 2011 Incumbent DeLauro is quoted in the New Haven Independent as saying,

 

"Considering pizza a vegatable and considering it paired with a side of french Fries a healthy meal for children is absurd."

http://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/delauro_defends_vote_on_pizza_order/

 

Not only did DeLauro vote for the measure, she admits during the debate that she was actually the Chair of the committee that brought it to the floor. Her excuse was that the bill also contained money for food stamps and WIC.
Apparently, the logic is that the parents getting the food stamps and WIC should vote for the incumbent and ignore the fact that she totally threw their children under the bus.

 

While I haven’t been in congress for half my life, I understand enough to know that unlike incumbent DeLauro, I will have the courage and  integrity to stand up and do the right thing for ALL of the people, not just the ones I think will  vote  for me.

 

We also learned that the incumbent claims to have actually read the Affordable Care Act before proudly voting for it.

Yet, she seemed to have no clue that part of the new law will discourage or even discontinue the PSA prostate cancer screening for men under age 50 because of a D rating by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2012/07/05/is-president-obamas-prostate-gland-more-important-than-yours/

 

That screening by the way is what saved my life a year ago. I had aggressive prostate cancer and didn’t know it.   

Since prostate cancer is both more common and more aggressive in African America men, I asked the incumbent what she would say to all those young men, especially all of those young black men like me who are now potentially at greater risk of death because of the health care act she so proudly voted for.

DeLauro literally says that these dead men walking should still vote for her.

 

This is the representation that the third district has had for a generation.

We can do better. It is time for new and effective representation for all of the people of the third district. Republicans, Democrats, and Unaffiliated we all deserve better.

 

  As your next representative, I - Wayne Winsley - will work hard to serve the citizens of the Third Congressional with forthrightness, honor, and integrity.



                                                                                

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