Members of Mountaineers Reclaiming the American Dream (MRAD), a group of Progressives from WV-01 went on tour this week to inform the public about " 'Acting' As Governor" Earl Ray Tomblin.
You Tube Videos of the tour can be found here: Good-bye Earl Ray and here: Why the Good-bye Earl Ray Tour was necessary.
MRAD members had this to say:
As members of MRAD, we are all politically active in our own communities and in our own ways. We are also among a portion of the Democratic Party that wants to elect âreal Democratsâ! Those are the folks who really stand for the Democratic Agenda, ones who have a steely determination and drive, who will work to achieve those ideals; and not the ones who simply put a D behind their name and then follow the Republican Agenda. We want to elect the profiles in courage and not the professional politicians!
At this stage in the special election, we think there are two types of people. The first are those folks who havenât been exposed to the truth about our acting governor. The second are the folks who do know things, but are afraid to say them out loud. From our conversations with friends and family, we know there are many folks out there with our same opinions, but sadly they fear they can't exercise their rights to free speech. We call them the people in the WV Democratic Witness Protection Program, who will not speak out for fear of retaliation. Given the actions of this acting Governor, maybe that fear is well-founded.
But we cannot see any reason why normal, everyday folks shouldn't speak up and speak out. After all, that is the only thing that will change this race for the better. That, and VOTES! We hope everyone will go and vote in this race. The Primary Election Day is May 14th. Remember, only people and their votes will beat big money in this or any political campaign, and for those folks out there who remain fearful, rememberâ¦itâs a secret ballot! You may notice there is very little coverage of these incidents outside Charleston, WV.
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