The Jon Powers campaign came out strong against Jack Davis today and provided several different sources showing Davis and his stance on issues that show up to me not-so much of a Democrat.
In today's Buffalo News, the profile article on Jack Davis is titled, "Davis not your ordinary Democrat," the Powers for Congress campaign goes one step further and suggests it should have been titled, "Davis not a Democrat at all."
"From social security where he wants to raise the retirement age, to agriculture where he wants to bus black people to work in the fields, to global warming which he believes is not man-made and we shouldn't waste money to alleviate, to his anticipated American civil war - Jack Davis is so out of touch with Western New Yorkers that he is the absolute last person we should send to represent us in Congress," said Powers for Congress campaign manager John Gerken. "With his own words, Jack Davis is his own worst enemy."
Davis has refused to show up for two debates in the past week. WBEN host and moderator of the first debate Kevin Hardwick told the Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, "If you're too afraid to go into a debate for fear of saying something stupid, how can we expect you to stand up to the special interests in Washington? If (Davis') handlers don't trust him ... perhaps they ought not run him for office."
Davis' campaign is currently under investigation by the Niagara County District Attorney for petition fraud in Niagara County. It was also widely reported that he was forced to apologize for bribing Independence Party officials in Erie and Monroe Counties which eventually lead to Chairman Rafael Colon's resignation.
"Jack Davis has a lot of reasons not to want to talk about issues," said Gerken. "He's flat out wrong on most of them."
I wouldn't say he's wrong on these issues. I would say he is a Republican on these issues. After all, what other political party would support raising the retirement age for Social Security, support the Bush tax cuts, fight against immigration and coming down hard on illegal immigrants?
The Powers campaign also gave another example of Republican Jack Davis' ignorance:
Jack Davis on global warming:
"I don't think man is making it and I don't think man has the capability and certainly can't afford the cost of trying to control it....The sun is on a heat streak." - Buffalo News, 09/04/08
And how could we forget his "Heritage of our fathers" spiel:
