John Hall is my Congressman here in NY's 19th district, and I don't want lose him in this year's supposed Teabagger led GOP sweep of the House. I especially don't want to lose him to a wealthy, arrogant opportunistic GOP hack like Nan Hayworth As this link shows, Hayworth proudly accepts the endorsements of an ultra right wing racist "patriot" group, the Tri-State Sons of Liberty.
I am therefore asking for a bit of cyber activism for those here on facebook. Simply go to Hayworth's Facebook page, and while biting your tongue, click "like" and then join me - Tom Conroy - in helping to debunk all of the wingnuttery, lies, and misinformation about John Hall, Obama, and the Democrats, on display on Hayworth's page. It's a fun and easy thing to do. And also a worthwhile piece of activism for an unusual election year, one in which our GOP opponents will do all they can to win. If we can throw a few monkey wrenches into their internal communications, and engage in healthy debate, then let's do it.
Last weekend, I had a chance to speak with Congressman Hall, and I could see that he knows that he has a fight on his hand. But he also told me that he thought that he could win, and that he has truth on his side. He does, and he has a record of achievement, in spite of the distortions by the Hayworth campaign, and others like former NY governor George Pitacki, who is now running localattack ads against Hall and other NY Democrats. So, in my opinion, what good people like John Hall need are willing supporters who are able to go on the offense against distortion campaigns where they live, especially on a place like Facebook.