Talk Nation Radio for April 23, 2008 Byron DeLear on why he is taking on Republican Todd Aikin in Missouri's 2nd District
Produced by Dori Smith at WHUS, at the University of CT in Storrs, Ct TRT: 29:29
On August 5th Missouri will hold it's Congressional primaries for both Democrats and Republicans. Byron DeLear has been endorsed by writer Gore Vidal. He is a former journalist and independent producer who grew up in the state where he is now taking on a well known Bush Republican with strong ties in the defense industry.
DeLear calls himself a Progressive Blue Dog Democrat. He has been working with concerned citizens and activists opposed to the war in Iraq. His campaign slogan is âReal Security for Missouri and America.â
A bit about Rep. Todd Aikin: In 2004 Aikin went on the offensive against what he called, activist judges, stating: âAside from terrorism, I think one of the most significant threats on the horizon are activist judges who are not content to be judges but they really wish they were legislators.â He added, âThese activist judges are free to put one nuclear-sized crater after the other in our civilization, and they have to be stopped.â Last year the White House was cited in a scandal involving political pressure leading to the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
See www.DeLearForCongress.org for more on Byron DeLear
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