Immigration Foe Makes Run at Lowey
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Gerald McKinstry, Journal News (White Plains, New York), October 5, 2008
She’s a 10-term incumbent with a $1.1 million war chest.
He’s a semiretired computer consultant with $19,000 in campaign debt from previous races and a candidate for a congressional district that spans parts of Westchester and Rockland counties in which there are 72,000 more Democrats than Republicans.
So does Jim Russell, a conservative Republican running against Rep. Nita Lowey, D-Harrison, actually think he can win?
“I think she might be surprised what people are saying,” Russell said last week in an interview with The Journal News. “It’s a very unpredictable election season. If that picks up, there could be massive dissatisfaction.
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In addition to supporting congressional term limits—a maximum of four terms—Russell, 54, is campaigning on immigration reform; eliminating earmarks, the so-called pork for “local pet projects”; and promoting renewable energy sources throughout the Lower Hudson Valley.
It’s his third run for Congress. Russell was unsuccessful in securing the GOP line twice before, though he ran as a write-in two years ago after losing the Republican primary.
Lowey, 71, was first elected in 1988. She serves on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee, and she chairs the Appropriations subcommittee on state and foreign operations.
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Given the recent news of a $700 billion federal bailout of Wall Street, Russell wants a package that first guarantees retirement accounts for American workers and helps those who were victims of predatory lending. He’s also calling for an investigation to find out how the situation spun out of control.
“The most important is to guarantee the savings of working people,” he said.
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Russell’s central campaign issue is immigration reform, and he railed against what he perceived was Lowey’s “unresponsiveness” to addressing it on a national level. A founder of Westchester-Rockland Citizens for Immigration Control and an author of a book on the issue, Russell said the matter affects many others including taxes, education and the economy.
He specifically wants those who are here illegally, particularly those who have been convicted of a crime, to be deported.
“Immigration is out of control in the district,” Russell said. “She doesn’t sense this as a pressing problem.”
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Russell is also against globalization because it’s “bad for the American economy” and wants the North American Free Trade Agreement overturned because he thinks too many jobs have been lost by the initiative.
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Though Lowey and Russell found common ground in their support for developing renewable energy—wind, solar and other alternatives—they differ on Indian Point. He says it’s unrealistic to close the nuclear power plant in Buchanan while she says it eventually should be closed.
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The 18th District includes most of central and southern Westchester, from the Bronx line north to Ossining, and parts of the towns of Haverstraw and Clarkstown in Rockland.
Email Gerald McKinstry at gmckinst@lohud.com.
(Posted on October 6, 2008)
Comments
Three cheers for Jim Russell. I hope he is for real, and not a wannabe politician who found a great leverage issue.
Posted by Flamethrower at 6:28 PM on October 6
If I lived in Westchester, I would vote for him. He seems like an intelligent, non-marxist, environmentalist. His policies are very similar to the BNP.
Posted by at 7:02 PM on October 6
“Russell, 54, is campaigning on immigration reform; eliminating earmarks, the so-called pork for “local pet projects”; and promoting renewable energy sources throughout the Lower Hudson Valley.”
This is good news for Westchester County. In 2003 I experienced the intimidation of these people who use the government as their personal piggybank because I supported and pushed to button to get Republican Phil Amicone elected as Mayor. In 2004 I was verbally assaulted by one of Lowey’s assistant’s. While they use taxpayers money to finance the irresponsibility of some people/illegal aliens the retired-elderly American Citizens need to work for $7 an hour so that they can pay their property taxes…the highest in the nation. Dems control almost all of Westchester government and I know a thing or two about their scams in the name of the poor and disadvantaged. Run and let the chips fall where they may!
Posted by Lisette at 7:07 PM on October 6
I would encourage everyone here to give generously to Jim Russell. He is the only one out there fighting for us and it shouldn’t be too much of a burden to donate $10 or $20.
His website is www.Russell2008.com
Posted by Bernie at 7:21 PM on October 6
This is the type of Man who will save the White Race and thus all of Humanity.
Bravo Jim Russell!
Posted by Harry at 9:27 PM on October 6
Everyone I’ve heard tells me what the ‘American people’ want to know. Except for the one thing I KNOW the American People want to know….
WHO’S GOING TO JAIL???
Posted by White Devil at 11:20 PM on October 6
I’d vote for him a pox on all incumbents.
Posted by pat at 11:47 PM on October 6
And he has three white kids. He’s doing his part.
Posted by at 6:36 AM on October 8
What’s funny about Westchester is that is predominantly White and a nice area, but if you travel to the near by Bronx, it is predominantly non White, gang controlled, delapidated, and 30% of the people have an STD. I am sure the Whites in Westchester can see the difference quite easily.
Posted by at 3:01 PM on October 8