NY-26: McCain’s “Straight Talk Express” not talking to workers in Buffalo
He may have arrived on a plane called “Straight Talk Express” but presidential hopeful Senator John McCain did not talk to the working men and women of Western New York according to this report by Robert J. McCarthy of The Buffalo News:
After only about five minutes of meeting and greeting, McCain avoided a cluster of Buffalo and Rochester reporters and climbed aboard an SUV that whisked him to the first of two fundraising events.
Money talks so McCain doesn’t have to?
Meanwhile, Jon Powers, the endorsed Democratic candidate in NY-26, had this to say about McCain’s policies:
Here in Western New York we pride ourselves on a strong manufacturing base. While John McCain is in the Queen City, I hope he takes the time to talk to the working men and women of Western New York so they can explain the damage his treasured free trade policies have done.
Powers also pointedly asked John McCain to answer a few questions, including:
On Friday, you spoke to a roomful of General Motors workers in Michigan blatantly telling them, “Now there will be times when you and I disagree on issues and one of them probably is trade.” Did they agree with your stance on shipping jobs overseas and do you expect the thousands of employees and members of the manufacturing community in Western New York to agree with you?
In March, you called Free Trade “the best thing that could happen to America” and last week in San Diego, you called yourself “an unapologetic supporter of NAFTA”. Time after time you have put the interests of corporations above the needs of working men and women. How can the working men and women of Western New York believe that their jobs will be safe with you in the White House?
It seems to me Jon Powers is the only candidate in NY-26 speaking in a straightforward manner on behalf of the working men and women of Western New York. McCain is here to raise money so that he can continue policies that ship our area’s jobs overseas—and the local GOP glitterati is helping him raise money to do just that.
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