Claudia Bermúdez vs. Barbara Lee

[corsair]

Claudia Bermúdez, daughter of slain Nicaraguan Contra leader Enrique Bermúdez is challenging Oakland, California tax and spend Democrat Barbara Lee (D-9). Claudia Bermúdez calls herself a Reagan Republican.

To learn more http://www.goclaudia.com/

[corsair]

This political race should provide sharp contrasts and clear choices for voters in the heavily Democratic stronghold 9th District in Alameda County, including City of Oakland and surrounding communities.

Incumbent Barbara Lee has built herself quite a reputation, according to http://www.Issues2000.org, Lee's record shapes up as a Hard-Core Left Liberal.

Barbara Lee is also a member of Black Congressional Caucus and the Congressional Progressive Caucus with the likes of Socialist Congressman Bernie Sanders (VT).

Barbara Lee's voting record includes NO on:

• military border patrols to battle drugs and terrorism
• authorizing military force in Iraq (HJ Res-114)
• emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan
• permitting commercial airline pilots to carry guns
• $266 billion Defense Appropriations bill
• deploying SDI
• shortening gun show purchases waiting period from 3 days to 1 (with instant background check)

  Tax happy Barbara Lee also voted YES to pay the United Nations but voted NO on:

• making the Bush tax cuts permanent
• $99.5B economic stimulus: capital gains & income tax cuts
• Tax Cut Package of $958B over 10 years
• eliminating the Estate Tax
• eliminating the "marriage penalty"
• repealing the estate tax ("death tax")
• $46 billion in tax cuts for small business

[diotima]

Ping!

[DustyMoment]

Interesting. It will be fun to see how this one turns out.

Corsair, please keep us posted.

[corsair]

It gets better Baynative, and deeper.

As Claudia says, her father Enrique Bermudez (Commandante 380) was assassinated by Sandinistas, after he signed a cease fire agreement, but Claudia also says the Sandinistas have assassinated over 700 Contra leaders since the cease fire.

My first inkling of Claudia Bermudez came on talk radio Wednesday afternoon (June 10) with Brian Sussman (KSFO AM 560). Bermudez had just returned from Simi Valley where she paid her respects to Ronald Reagan and Reagan's family. Sussman and Bermudez discussed Reagan, John F. Kerry, and Claudia's bid to unseat Barbara Lee (CA-D-9).

Claudia Bermudez calls herself a Reagan Republican, and indeed, her website opening page currently begins with a tribute to Ronald Reagan - http://www.goclaudia.com.

Sussman and Bermudez discussed John Kerry's trip to Nicaragua to meet with Daniel Ortega and other Sandinista leaders, citing a photo of Kerry with Ortega that is available on the Internet. Sussman mentioned that Kerry voted against aid for the Contras. Sussman said Kerry "supported communists", in this case, meaning the Sandinistas.

Sussman to Bermudez: "He (Kerry) was tied in with the death of your father."

Claudia's message is this; "Please help the Republican National Committee and me defeat Barbara Lee, who was the only member of Congress to vote against authorizing military action against Usama bin Laden. She is a Representative so out of touch with the needs of our Country that she has failed to protect out sons, daughters, sisters and brothers. She has voted against supplying our troops with Body Armour, against providing them with proper medical coverage and the supplies not just to do their job in protecting our freedom, but also to protect themselves from harm...."

"... My opponent also voted against banning the burning our Flag." Bermudez adds that Barbara Lee is "....so anti-family that she voted against repealing the marriage tax penalty and voted against allowing prescription drug benefits for Medicare recipients. She is so anti family that on May 20, 2004 she voted against making the $1,000.00 child tax cut permanent.

Claudia Bermudez says she has been living 23 years in the San Francisco Bay Area. Claudia's web site is http://www.goclaudia.com.

[SauronOfMordor]

Not surprising -- communism only looks attractive to those who don't have to live under it. Ayn Rand ("Atlas Shrugged") was a teenager in Russia in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution

[bilhosty]

lots of luck! not a chance, one of the most Democratic districts in the country and Bush only won 12%. But, lots of luck any way!

[hattend]

BTTT for Claudia

[DoughtyOne]

Ms Bermudes was a pleasure to meet at Moorpark Community College, waiting to go up and pay our last respects to President Reagan. Claudia flew in solo from the Oakland area, compelled to make the trip out of respect for him.

During our conversation she displayed the fire in the belly attitude, that is so many times lacking in our politial figures. She's got the left pegged, and that's a very strong selling point for me.

It would be a pleasure to see her unseat Lee.

Good luck Claudia. I hope some of our Freeper regulars will contact her and give her any aid possible.

Thanks for the post Diotima.

[Simmy2.5]

I wish her the best of luck. Heck, I wish for a freaken miricle to get rid of Communist Barbara Lee. But District 9 is so far left and anti-American and pro-Socialism that, I would be happy if she even gets 30% of the vote.

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[AuH2ORepublican]

"Interesting. It will be fun to see how this one turns out."

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I can tell you right now how it will turn out---badly. Unfortunately, Bermudez will be lucky to get 25% of the vote in that district. Bush got less than 20% of the vote in 2000.