Comment Rescue: “Why can’t Mike Castle talk to them to help us?”
Make no mistake; Mike Castle is the leader of the Delaware GOP. Now his greedy, self-satisfied chickens seem to be coming home to roost.
Dana Garrett // Feb 22, 2008 at 12:27 am
Great event tonight. I was there. Most of them in the room said they were Repubs. Some said they were switching parties to vote for Bullock in the primary & general. Others said they would vote for Bullock in the general. No one said they would vote for Castle. In fact, they all said, in angry terms, they have never once heard a word from Mike Castle about their issues. Not once during the entire time he has been in Congress. Not so much as a letter.
One retired lady said to me w/ tears in her eyes, “I can’t believe this happening. No one running for Congress has ever come to talk to us.”
Another person said, “It’s the Republicans in Dover who are keeping us from getting help. Why can’t Mike Castle talk to them to help us?” I resisted telling her ” The answer is two words, ‘Terry Strine’.”
The stories that came from this group–all retirees–of landlord intimidation and price gouging were some of the most heartbreaking tales I have heard in my life. I didn’t recognize what I heard as something that could occur in America. But it does thanks to the DE GOP. It takes a stone cold heart to support these wealthy landlords.
Here’s the thing: 18% of all affordable housing in DE is manufactured housing. As I thought about it, I realized how the Repubs have slit their wrists on this. Figure 2 voters per home–these people vote–most of them in Kent & Sussex (Castle’s base)…Castle does nothing for them as he protects Terry Strine’s interests. Bullock will win them–one entire voting constituency right in the heart of Castle’s stronghold. Them & all the people who sympathize w/ them.
Dana says there is more. I’ll be looking foward to hearing it. The DE GOP is like a case study in fuckupedness.
The DEGOP has lost its way.
….and can’t buy it back.
I am a manufactured home owner in Sussex! Mike Castle has done nothing for manufactured home owners, because he only looks out for the McMansion owners, the developers, the park owners et al. No surprise there.
Karen Hartley Nagle met with them in the last election. She understands completely what the problem is and has and will address it again. She discovered that the native americans in Sussex had to travel 1000 miles for health care. She arranged (after the election) to get Beebe Hospital to serve them. She called Castle’s office and asked him to make the calls necessary to seal the deal….he did nothing!