Wow, Look how 3rd District Congress Candidate and avid blogger David Esrati has disected corruption

[drexel dave]

Ohio 3rd District Candidate David Esrati has put together a flow chart connecting the money dots of how and who Congressman Mike Turner (R) funnels money to his Republican contributors via his wife and her marketing firm:



A whole bevy of information on our crooked Congressman Mike Turner can be found on Esrati's excellent blog, located at: http://www.esrati.com

David Esrati has the chance to be the next Paul Wellstone if we'll let him.

[samplegirl]

1. For those who don't know much about this pig...

HOW TURNER RESPONDS TO HIGH ENERGY PRICES
Rep. Turner voted against cracking down on the oil and gas industries price gouging.
Rep. Turner voted for the GOP energy bill that gave billions to oil, gas and nuclear industries.
Big oil and gas industries have given Rep. Turner $22,750. Any surprise?

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REP. TURNER PUTS BIG BUSINESS AHEAD OF AMERICAN WORKERS
Rep. Turner voted to strip overtime protection from millions of workers.
Rep. Turner voted to allow federal loans to American companies that have escaped paying U.S. taxes by moving offshore.

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GOP "HEALTH CARE"
Big drug interests have given $8,500 to Turner over the Representative's career. They know who their friends are.
Rep. Turner voted for the GOP Medicare Prescription Drug Bill that will give billions to businesses and the health care industry, while forcing seniors to accept annual increases in premiums and deductibles and a growing gap in coverage for the prescription drugs they buy.
Rep. Turner voted against allowing millions of Americans to save their hard-earned dollars on prescription drugs by re-importing them from Canada, even though these were U.S. made and patient safety was ensured.

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TIES WITH THE GOP LEADERSHIP
Turner received $15,000 from House Majority Leader John Boehner's "Freedom Project" PAC.
Turner received $16,598 from GOP Whip Roy Blunt's "Rely on Your Beliefs" PAC.
Turner voted with President Bush 90% of the time.
Turner voted the GOP party line 94% of the time.

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TIES WITH TOM DELAY AND JACK ABRAMOFF
Turner has taken:
$20,000 from Tom DeLay's ARMPAC.
$1,000 from Bob Ney, the first congressman to plead guilty in the Jack Abramoff investigation.
With all of these ties to the DeLay/Abramoff mess, is it any surprise that Turner has:
Voted to weaken House ethics rules when DeLay proposed doing so as GOP Majority Leader.
Voted with Tom DeLay 94% of the time (through 3/31/2006)

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SUPPORTING OUR TROOPS
Rep. Turner voted to continue awarding contracts to Halliburton even if the Pentagon's own audit processes found that more than $100 million of their contractor's costs in Iraq were unreasonable.
Rep. Turner opposed expanding access to the military's TRICARE health insurance program to thousands of Reservist and National Guard members, even though 20 percent of all Reservists do not have health insurance, and 40 percent of Reservists aged 19 to 35 lack health coverage.
Rep. Turner voted against granting a bonus to grant a $1,500 bonus to every American service member serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, including National Guard and Reserve forces.

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THE ENVIRONMENT
1,861 water systems in 29 states have been contaminated with MTBE, exposing as many as 45 million Americans to this potential carcinogen, but Rep. Turner voted to protect the companies responsible from lawsuits by communities that need their help to clean up these systems.
Rep. Turner voted against bipartisan reform of the Endangered Species Act.
Rep. Turner voted for a massive sell off of public lands to mining interests.

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[Sara Bradi]

2. I used to think Mike Turner was a good leader, I stand corrected

This post and the linked blog really opened my eyes.

Thank you.

[samplegirl]

3. Just another Pig

at the trough

[drexel dave]

4. tell your friends

and tell them to send the link to their friends.

Peace,

DD

[Sara Bradi]

5. thanks, I will

since I couldn't find an emoticon for sending you kisses, hugs and hearts will have to do

:hug: DD :loveya: