Cumberland Times-News
Posted: August 29, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Op-Ed: Capito Shows Contempt for Us
Read it here.
New Radio Ad: Capito in Bed with Big Corporations
Posted: August 29, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »A new radio ad began running today on WDHC 92.9 Down Home Country in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
It claims that Congresswoman Capito is in bed with the big corporations in Washington, D.C. while ignoring the needs of her constituents back home.
Check out the story and audio here.
Journal Letter: Capito Should Resign
Posted: August 27, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Russell Mokhiber’s letter to the Martinsburg Journal today.
Shelley Capito Meet Joe Bageant
Posted: August 24, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Morgan County, West Virginia’s own Joe Bageant has written a remarkable new book.
It’s called Rainbow Pie: A Redneck Memoir.
His previous book was Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War.
Bageant’s grandparents were subsistence farmers.
Spending at most $100 a year.
But in two generations, subsistence farmers were wiped out.
Replaced by a white underclass living in grinding poverty.
How did that happen?
Read the story and see the videos here.
Charleston Gazette Op-Ed
Posted: August 20, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Check out this morning’s Charleston Gazette Op-Ed on Capito – here.
Capito and the Shame of Poverty
Posted: August 19, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »I’m running ten miles in each of eighteen counties in Shelley Moore Capito’s district.
As of today, I’ve run in nine out of the eighteen counties.
Yes, I’m halfway home.
It’s been an eye opener.
Yes, it’s a beautiful district.
It’s also a poor district.
This week, I met a Vietnam vet outside of a Sheetz.
Asking for money.
See his story and video here.
Capito, Coca-Cola and Hampshire County
Posted: August 16, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Ran ten miles in Hampshire County yesterday.
Came across a Coca Cola sign at Hampshire High School.
Check out the video and story here.
Capito’s Contempt for the Commonwealth
Posted: August 13, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »Congresswoman Capito has shown repeated contempt for our conmmonwealth.
Check out the videos and story here.
Three Down, Fifteen to Go
Posted: August 10, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »People are scared. But they don’t want anyone to touch their Medicare.
Congresswoman Capito voted to end Medicare.
We’re running ten miles in each of the 18 counties in her district to let the people know.
Check out the most recent story and videos here.
Capito Resign Campaign Hits the Ground Running in Hardy County
Posted: August 8, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a comment »The Capito Resign campaign hit the ground running this morning in Hardy County, West Virginia.
Check out the story and video here.