POETIC JUSTICE

FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW, CONGRESSMAN STENY HOYER (DEMOCRAT - MD DIST -5) HAS TAKEN PLEASURE IN CALLING MARYLAND CITIZENS "UN-AMERICAN" BECAUSE THEY ARE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE VIEWS AND PROPOSED POLICIES/PROGRAMS OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ANNAPOLIS AND DC.

AS DIRECTOR OF HELP SAVE MARYLAND, I HAVE BEEN CALLED MANY HATEFUL THINGS BY THE ILLEGAL ALIEN COMMUNITY, THEIR HANDLERS AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. BUT DON'T EVER CALL ME OR MY FELLOW HSM MEMBERS "UN-AMERICAN" FOR OPPOSING ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND AMNESTY!

IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, STENY HAS TRIED TO PUBLICALLY RETRACT THOSE HATEFUL WORDS AND APOLOGIZE TO OFFENDED MARYLAND CITIZENS. WHAT HAS MADE STENY SUDDENLY CONFESS FOR HIS SLANDEROUS WORDS??

THREE SIMPLE WORDS --- CANDIDATE CHARLES LOLLAR.



Friday, April 30, 2010
Hoyer foe comes out firing
GOP's Lollar launches bid for Congress

by Alan Brody | Staff Writer Gazette

ANNAPOLIS - Casting Congress as dysfunctional and out of touch with most Americans, Republican Charles J. Lollar on Thursday formally announced his bid to dethrone one of the highest-ranking and longest-serving representatives on Capitol Hill. Lollar, 38, of Newburg has been campaigning and raising money for months in preparing for a challenge to U.S. House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer.

He has become one face of the national tea party movement, in part because of the energetic speeches he has delivered that offer sharp criticisms of Democrat rule in Washington. "We have a gentleman [in Hoyer] that is out of touch with the realities of taxpaying citizens and everyday decisions that we have to make in our community," Lollar told a group of about 25 supporters at Thursday's formal announcement on Lawyers Mall outside the State House. Specifically, Lollar railed against a socialized agenda he said is being pursued nationally and laws that defy constitutional rights, citing the recent passage of federal health care reform as an example.

He also defended gun rights and called for tougher immigration policies like the one passed by state lawmakers in Arizona last week. "The enemies I see today are not people as much as they are policies," Lollar said, referencing the oath he took more than a dozen years ago as a member of the U.S. Marine Corps to defend his country against domestic and foreign adversaries.

While the GOP hopeful, who was scheduled to hold a fundraiser Thursday night in Prince Frederick with former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu, struck an exuberant tone on a sun-splashed Lawyers Mall, toppling Hoyer (D-Dist. 5) of Mechanicsville is no easy task. In recent elections, Hoyer has been dominant at the polls, garnering at least 65 percent of the vote in every race since 1998. His closest margin of victory in a general election came in 1992, when he topped Republican Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. 53 percent to 44 percent.

Hoyer, who won a special election in 1981 after then-Rep. Gladys Noon Spellman fell into a coma and her seat was declared vacant, also boasts $1.5 million in his primary campaign account and nearly as much in a separate fund typically used to dole out to other candidates. Lollar said his campaign has raised almost $200,000, but expects to bring in $2 million by the end of the race. This fall's election is the first time since becoming majority leader in 2006 that Hoyer will have to defend his seat with a Democrat in the White House. That could be a vulnerability, said St. Mary's College of Maryland political science professor Todd E. Eberly.

"It helps him in some ways, but he also has a large target on his back because he is now firmly established as a member of Democratic leadership," Eberly said. "And because he's a good foot soldier, he's going to be painted with the brush of [House Speaker] Nancy Pelosi." But Lollar still faces a steep uphill climb in November if he captures the Republican nomination over Charles County school board member Collins A. Bailey, the man Hoyer defeated in 2008. Eberly said the GOP might see him as their giant-killer candidate, similar to former Rep. George Nethercutt and Sen. John R. Thune, who unseated then-Speaker Thomas S. Foley (D-Wash.) in 1994 and incumbent Sen. Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) in 2004, respectively.

Lollar disagrees, saying Hoyer is not a political giant. "I see him as un-American policies and just someone who is out of touch with true citizenship," he said, characterizing Hoyer as too liberal for the 5th District, which includes all of Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's counties and parts of Anne Arundel and Prince George's. Hoyer's campaign issued a statement defending Congress' actions during a devastating recession and said the economy is on the path to recovery.

"Congressman Hoyer shares people's frustration with spending, and deficits, and he has fought for fiscally responsible policies like pay-as-you-go budgeting and the bipartisan fiscal commission that will recommend ways to balance the budget later this year," campaign spokeswoman Lisa Bianco said in the statement.

"He is also working to turn the economy around and while there is more work to be done, the economy is starting to create jobs again and home prices are on the rise. Congressman Hoyer believes that we cannot go back to the irresponsible policies of the Bush Administration and will continue to work to rein in wasteful spending and bring our budget back to balance."

National party leaders already have given support to Lollar's campaign, and he expects that will continue through September and November. "We the people have to take back our country," Lollar said. "We the people have to stand for the United States of America, and we the people have to make a choice in the direction of where we're going. We need to believe in community again."