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Monday, October 29, 2018

HOPE FOR MOVEMENT AWAY FROM VIOLENCE AT THE MIDTERMS

Though I did not prevail in my run for Congress, I hope that many and many more will find the way, and inspiration, to turn back the tide of greed violence that plagues our country.  One step is to persist in voting for people who will help make this change, so I offer support to the one that bested me in the Democratic primary August 7th.  And I plan to begin more regular writing this coming year.  We have much to do--work and pray, as All Saints, and All Souls Days approach, to raise up the lowly, and cast down the mighty from their thrones.

Here is my endorsement of Kim Bizon for U.S. House of Representatives, 10th District.


To the people of the 10th District.  Thank you to those who voted for my candidacy, and for what Democrats stand for in our part of the world.  Please consider voting now for Kim Bizon, U. S. House of Representatives.  And I invite all citizens, regardless of political persuasion, to do the same.  She won against myself and Frank Accavitti in the August primary, in campaigns that were civil, considerate, and moved in a positive direction.  Kim will be an outstanding representative of our area, committed, informed and hard-working.  She invested the most time in the trenches, contacting the most amount of regular citizens, having started her efforts long before either of us, her primary opponents.  I’d venture to say she has made more person to person individual contact with back home voters during our primary campaign, than her Republican opponent has had in his full 2 years as our representative in Congress.

We have the possibility of changing a dynamic on Nov. 6, 2018--from a democracy dominated by dollars and the privileged powerful, to the personal and inclusive.  We can choose a person willing and able to listen to the people of her district.  We must turn away from the arrogance and distance of men [even a man of good Christian principle as friends attest to Representative Mitchell’s character] whose wealth distance them from the common citizen, to someone who’s door is open to all the people who’ve elected them.  Kim Bizon is such a person.  She has sacrificed much to join in completely as a candidate, willing to fully serve her constituency.  She is a Christian committed to the causes of social justice, and environmental stewardship, involved in the best forms of fiscal conservancy—those which respect life as they offer a path up to the less fortunate, and a responsible welcome to the immigrant.   Working people would find her in solidarity for better jobs and wages.  For all of us she’d support renovating the roads and public education infrastructure that are crucial to our future economy—one built on the contribution of, and inclusive of every citizen.
    

e must turn from a democracy dominated by the top dollars to a democracy responsive to the needs of the general public.  Kim Bizon will go to Washington to help return our government to civility, and respectful dialogue, while supporting full representation of all citizens, in national legislation that fights the terrible influence of money in politics [in the same vein as our current state ballot measures #2 and #3.]  She will work for a clean Great Lakes, air we breathe, and water we drink—a green energy, which supports family farms, as well as technological innovation.  And help to save us all from the pollution of plutocratic, profits-at-any-costs politics in Wash. D.C..  Vote for hope in darkening violent times; vote Kim Bizon for District 10 U.S. House of Representative.






 A Jewish girl prays for the grace of God's Son coming into the world - to vanquish the powerful by the gift of nonviolent merciful love that conquers all.  This most recent diabolical act of violence against the Jewish citizens of Pittsburgh, praying in their synagogue, will not prevail, and must lead us to a national change of heart.

Sunday, June 3, 2018

RUNNING FOR U.S. CONGRESS - MICHIGAN 10TH DISTRICT





HEAL OUR DEMOCRACY



*  Graduated from Michigan State University in Pre-med and Psychology; farm laborer and Capac MI church migrant program organizer for 3 summers during college years.
*  Worked for 33 years as a Physician Assistant in rural & urban community based clinics.
*  Teacher of Community College classes and church seminars on nuclear weapons; was active in the Nuclear Freeze movement in Croswell, MI.
*  Sanilac County Mental Health Board 2 years; helped found & worked in their Assertive Community Treatment program.
*  Member of AFSCME union while employed by Sanilac Co. Community Mental Health.
*  Male Advocate at Blue Water Pregnancy Care Center 5 years;  writer for Faith Perspective on War and Peace since 2010.
*  Participant, and volunteer recruiter for, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and medical mission projects.
*  Married to Ande Gaines McCarthy, an accomplish R.N., for 40 years—blessed with 4 children who’ve grown to become caring professionals.

McCarthy for Congress

·         Pass on the bright torch of faith hope and the solidarity of service, to our young people.  Ask not what financial wealth can do for you, but what you can do for your country and world
·         Required national service for all, rich or poor—with an AmeriCorp/Peace Corps and faith-based missions option as well supported as the Marine Corps
·         Payment for college and trade school for all who serve— helping eliminate the burden of student debt
·         Enact persistent methods of ending the undue influence of corporate and personal fortunes on our elections.  Real democracy means one person one vote—not one dollar one vote
·         Respect all life, from unborn till elderly
·         Respect people’s pensions and social security.  Stop raiding them for government debt and private profit
·         Convert the vast amount of military dollars spent on weapons programs, to meeting citizens real needs—education, roads and infrastructure, family farms, affordable healthcare, and renewable energy
·         Liberty, jobs, and justice for all

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