DON'T LET CIAMPA WIN!

[georgy.livejournal.com]

In September's Democratic primary, voters in Medford and Somerville selected Carl Sciortino as their new state rep. for the 34th Middlesex district, ousting longtime incumbent Vincent Ciampa. In response, Ciampa has launched a nasty write-in campaign, calling Sciortino a "one-issue candidate" because of his stand against the gay marriage amendment and recruiting an antigay Waltham organization (Article 8) to blast Sciortino as a member of the "homosexual lobby." Some of you may have seen a barrage of bulk mail from Ciampa and Article 8 (the Waltham group) in your mailbox -- as well as more campaign literature from Sciortino, who is pressed to defend himself against the Ciampa camp's charges.

Learn more about Ciampa's ill-motivated write-in bid here.

So, while some of you may feel like staying home on Tuesday because 'your vote doesn't matter,' it most certainly does for many local races, especially the 34th Middlesex race, where a campaign of hate and divisiveness is seeking to upend Sciortino's victory, which was won on a platform of concern for schools, health care, urban issues and a breadth of other issues that touch all of us.

So GET OUT AND VOTE (find out where to vote), and if you're in the 34th Middlesex district, don't let hate write its way back into the State House -- support Sciortino!

(BTW, I'm not affiliated w/the Sciortino campaign, I'm just a Somerville resident who's pissed off at Ciampa's dirty tactics... I actually called the number listed on his campaign materials to lodge a complaint with his campaign, and ended up having words with his wife!)

x-posted to medford_mass, b0st0n, and davis_square

Comments

Yes, yes, go vote!

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

That might be because he has made himself into an asshole and a sore loser. I voted for Sciortino already, but I'm damn sure voting for him again in two days, if only because the nasty Ciampa literature that arrived in my house made me want to Clorox surfaces. Ugh.

Re: Yes, yes, go vote!

[rdcf.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on that one...Sciortino has my vote if only for the way Ciampa has reacted to the situation.

Re: Yes, yes, go vote!

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

Seriously...all that "let the people vote" bullshit? The people DID vote. They voted for Ciampa's opponent.

words?

[tigerpaper.livejournal.com]

so what did his wife say?

Re: words?

[georgy.livejournal.com]

She was polite but curt, and when I said I didn't agree of her husband's smear campaign, she said Sciortino started it (which I didn't understand). Then she asked where I lived and for my name, and she said she'd tell her husband I called.

My thoughts - if you don't want phone calls from angry constituents, don't put your home phone on the mailings. 617-628-3123!