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Press ReleaseCongressional Primary Challenger Shirley Golub Calls the Speaker of the House Out as a Political Coward'Rubber Chicken' TV Ad Ruffles Nancy Pelosi's Feathers in San FranciscoSAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2008 -- As reported by KPIX CBS 5 TV's Joe Vazquez in San Francisco as a featured news story both Wednesday and Thursday, a new political ad has the Speaker of the House running scared. In it, Shirley Golub, who is challenging Nancy Pelosi for the Democratic party nomination in California's 8th Congressional district, compares Pelosi to a rubber chicken for her cowardice in not standing up to the White House on impeachment, ending the funding for the Iraq occupation, and more.http://cbs5.com/local/shirley.golub.ad.2.718669.html Shirley Golub says, "We did not put Democrats in the majority to replace a rubber stamp Congress with a rubber spine one. We the people gave them an overwhelming mandate in the last election, but they have been terrified to take responsibility for exercising that power." When contacted by the KPIX reporter, Nadeam Elshami, a spokesperson for the Speaker of the House claimed she had not seen the rubber chicken ad yet. "Well," says Golub, "in that case I'll just have to keep the ad running until Nancy starts paying attention to what's going on in her own district." Shirley Golub goes on to add, "It's craven enough that our Democratic so-called leadership is talking about choking up another 100 billion dollar emergency appropriation, for the occupation nobody wants. But to shy away from even confronting that debacle again in the fall, they are planning on surrendering another 70 billion dollars in advance, to make sure our troops will not come home anytime soon." One thing that especially intrigued the KPIX TV was where Golub was getting the money to run all these expensive political ads, which can run from hundreds to thousands of dollars each. ays Golub, "We have been very successful raising money through ActBlue. As a fund raising resource they do not take sides in a primary. But progressive candidates like myself have been able to self-fund through their processing service, which is how Donna Edwards defeated 7-time congressional incumbent Al Wynn in February. And more and more people are telling me that I'm about to do the same thing in San Francisco." A rubber chicken may be good for a laugh, and the laughter you hear in the commercial is from an actual recording of a recent town hall meeting on Iraq, where Golub introduced the rubber stand-in for the first time. But Golub is very serious about her challenge. She concludes, "We all have to start standing up more, to speak out, to have the courage of our convictions to demand that our representatives pay heed. And that is what my web site, shirley08.com, and my candidacy are all about." Contacts: Email: press@shirley08.com Web site: http://www.shirley08.com Mail: P.O. Box 170580, San Francisco, CA 94117-0580 Phone: 866-428-1271 (Priscilla Trauner) |
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