In one of CD-11′s hardest fought primaries in it’s history, David Harmer has come out victorious
coming in first place in the East Bay and a strong second place in the valley.
Brad Goehring, a valley resident, won San Joaquin county by a healthy 12% margin but it wasn’t enough. Harmer had strong name recognition in the East Bay after running for Congress in a special election last year against John Garamendi.
Both David Harmer and Brad Goehring were probably equally hurt by the third and fourth place vote getters, Tony Amador and Elizabeth Emken who roughly brought in 19% and 16%.
David Harmer now faces an uphill battle trying to unseat McNerney who is a resident of the 11th Congressional District and Harmer is not. You can bet that McNerney will use this to his advantage as David Harmer tried to in his race against Garamendi.
It was a hard fought campaign and hopefully most of the accusations have been tossed out there and answered in the primary and will not have to be brought up in the general but we’ll have to wait and see.
Congratulations to David and Elayne Harmer and the Harmer for Congress campaign.
In what appears to be a last act of desperation, David Harmer is asking his supporters for 1% of their yearly GROSS income.
When I really didn’t think this CD-11 campaign could get any stranger I get proven wrong! I received an email forwarded from someone on David Harmer’s donor list and started reading. If you can recall I wrote about the cult-like attitude amongst the Harmer supporters and how they were gulping the Kool-Aid by the gallon and this is yet another example.
In the letter, Harmer tells his supporters that if they make $50,000 per year then they should give $500 to his campaign. If they make $100,000 per year they should give $1000 to his campaign and so on. He sort of sounds like a televangelist the way he tries to guilt people into spending their hard earned money don’t you think? After receiving this letter, I wonder how many of his supporters ran to grab their checkbooks. After-all, he did compare this race to what the founding fathers endured when fighting for our nations independence! Are you kidding me? Who writes this crap? That is an INSULT to our founding fathers in my opinion. It is an INSULT to our nation’s independence in my opinion.
He goes on, “Think of what American soldiers risk every day to keep us safe. Think of what the Harmer family is enduring in this campaign…Sometimes it’s those who have the least who give the most.”
I’m sorry David Harmer but you are NOTHING compared to our good men and women serving this fine country! It seems like you are insulting their service and their sacrifice to compare your third political campaign to the risks and struggles that they have endured and continue to endure for us. And in my humble opinion, you and your campaign has reached a whole new LOW! I really can’t believe that you would try to convince “those who have the least” to donate “the most” to your campaign. Are you getting that desperate? Why don’t you file for some more unemployment! After-all, that is taking from the least…from those who need it the most.
Let me finish with this: If Harmer is having no problems asking for your money now and asking for you to give what little money you may or may not have, what is to stop him from voting for tax increases as a way for us citizens to “sacrifice” and do our part? Doesn’t that sound a lot like the liberal Democrats?
In 2007 House speaker Nancy Pelosi blasted President Bush for not asking Americans to sacrifice with tax dollars.
And also in 2007 John Edwards said that if he was elected president, he’ll “institute a New Deal-like suite of programs to fight poverty and stem growing wealth disparity. To do it, he said, he’ll ask many Americans to make sacrifices, like paying higher taxes.” – The Concord Monitor
Mr. Harmer you are sounding an awful lot like a Democrat!
Written by John Heida
Originally posted at http://www.rtamerican.us and written by John Heida. John Heida is not paid by any campaign and is not paid by Conservative New Media. He is only a guest author and has his own opinions which you can find on his website at http://www.rtamerican.us. The views expressed in this article are John Heida’s personal opinions only and are meant for informational and entertainment purposes only. John Heida does not allege any facts, cast aspersions on anyone, or make any claims about what he says here, or in any of his other columns on Conservative New Media or on his site. Again, these are only John Heida’s own personal opinions and his First Amendment protected exercise thereof. These opinions are not necessarily the views of Conservative New Media and Conservative New Media does not endorse or represent or warrant any of the content of his articles in any way and is not responsible for them.
Brad Goehring gazing over the crosses that symbolize our fallen heroes.
It’s interesting to me the differences that are emerging between two of the CD-11 candidates Brad Goehring and David Harmer.
I’ve been watching the Harmer campaign for quite some time and I notice that David Harmer rarely speaks for himself. Whether it’s through his facebook page or his campaign mailers, David Harmer keeps a distance. I’m not sure if it’s because his handlers are afraid that he’ll make a mistake or what. He has ran his entire campaign so far on being a “Reagan Republican”. That and “true conservative” or “real conservative” are really what all Republican’s are running on this election. But for David Harmer, it’s more than that. He is running on the quotes and words of Reagan and top Reagan officials but not his own. His facebook page is littered with quotes from Reagan, Ed Meese or the like.
Contrast that with Brad Goehring who talks with his facebook “friends” almost daily and has original posts and status updates quite frequently. Brad Goehring isn’t afraid to make himself available to the public even if that means strong ridicule from the extreme left which happens on a daily basis.
David Harmer uses great quotes like:
“Ronald Reagan would be disturbed about the expansion of the power of the federal government, the intrusion into people’s lives like this Obama health care program, appalled by the increase in federal spending…” – Edwin Meese
Quotes like that are great. I totally agree with Edwin Meese. The idea is to put up quotes like this so people continue to associate Harmer with the Reagan crew. I think for a lot of kool-aid drinkers it works. There are a lot of people who are great at working people’s minds like this…can you say Hale-Bopp? Can you say Branch-Dividians? I’m not saying that Harmer is a cult leader…so don’t start twisting my words. What I am saying is certain people know how to get into people’s minds to get them to feel all warm and fuzzy inside and I believe this is what Harmer is doing. I could write you a great article telling you where I was exactly when Ronald Reagan gave one of his well known speeches. I can tell you how great I felt at the time and I bet you that I would have you feeling warm and fuzzy inside by the time you finished reading it. The bottom line is I’m not Ronald Reagan and neither is Harmer. Harmer is his own fallible guy….so stop drinking the kool-aid and wake up.
“So who is the true Harmer,” you ask? Take a look at my past articles and you may start seeing who he is. In fact my last article called “The David Harmer Puzzle” puts a lot of his pieces together. An interesting thing that has recently come to mind is their patriotism. I’m not questioning Harmer’s patriotism but he doesn’t wear it on his sleeve like someone who I want representing me. I’ve watched all four of the candidates all memorial day weekend. As of 8pm on Memorial Day, all of the candidates EXCEPT Harmer wrote something about our fallen and thanking them for their sacrifice. When it comes to the two top candidates, here is what I’ve seen with regards to their facebook updates.
On Saturday, in his own words Brad Goehring posted:
“We live in the land of the free ONLY because of the brave!”
On Saturday David Harmer bragged about an endorsement he received (but failed to mention that it was drawn out of a hat). If you don’t believe me about the hat read the South San Joaquin Republican President Frank Aquila’s letter that just went out on 5/31/10. Or you can read my article that exposes the CRA shenanigans that took place.
On Sunday Brad Goehring spent his entire day celebrating our nations heroes at Woodward Park in Manteca. I know this because I was with him watching him talk to vets and making himself available to the voters. Before leaving for the celebration, Brad Goehring posted:
“I will fight socialism with our Constitution relentlessly to ensure those who sacrificed with their lives in the name of freedom and liberty were not sacrificed in vain! WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!”
Brad didn’t even brag about the fact that he was going to the Memorial Day celebration and I am glad he didn’t. Memorial Day is not something to politicize.
On Sunday David Harmer’s wall was blank.
On Monday (Memorial Day), in his own words Brad Goehring posted:
“I was humbly honored yesterday to stand beside the gold star father of Michael D. Anderson Jr – U.S. Marine Corp May 1983 – Dec 2004. His son wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America with his life. THAT IS HONOR! During a ceremony he whispered to me that each morning he wakes up he is reminded it is …Memorial Day. May God bless the men and women and their families in service.”
On Monday David Harmer took the opportunity to brag, in my opinion, about the fact that he finally made it to a Memorial Day celebration…but still nothing about the fallen:
“At the Danville Memorial Day Celebration! Come say hello.”
David Harmer couldn’t you have at least found a great quote from Reagan regarding Memorial Day? After all Memorial Day is one of our greatest holidays.
This is the San Joaquin GOP booth but with the three Harmer signs you would think it was the Harmer booth. One in the front, one hanging on the left side, and one in the back that would make it's way to the front later on in the day.
We would have NO OTHER holidays if it wasn’t for our brave! Is it because you don’t know how to talk about such great things or because you are afraid that if you did win the primary that McNerney would somehow paint you as a patriot in the general?
I want to appeal to you the reader. This election is critical. We have a guy who is running on the coat tails of Ronald Reagan but we don’t know what he really thinks himself? He is also relying on the backing of the local GOP because they recruited him and that’s who they decided they want. (See photo) You gotta love the big party establishment right? And then there is a great patriot in Brad Goehring who knows what to say and when to say it. And when he says it, it shows the true character of BRAG GOEHRING. Not of some other guy. He is a farmer from this district who has always lived here. He is someone who loves God and touts his pro-life stance. I overheard him telling someone: “I’m 45 years old but have been going to my church for 46″. He doesn’t need a soundbite from Reagan or a quote from Edwin Meese. He is a genuine guy who puts his pants on one leg at a time like both you and I. He touts his pro-gun stance by proclaiming that he is the only candidate to have a concealed carry permit.
I actually just started laughing out loud thinking about David Harmer shooting a gun.
(Updated: Since writing this David Harmer finally penned something as Memorial Day was coming to a close. In the interest of fairness I needed to add this update. But it wasn’t until 9pm on Monday night that he finally wrote something halfway patriotic. 9pm? Really? It’s almost as if it was an after-thought. Was it?).
Written by John Heida
Originally posted at http://www.rtamerican.us and written by John Heida. John Heida is not paid by any campaign and is not paid by Conservative New Media. He is only a guest author and has his own opinions which you can find on his website at http://www.rtamerican.us. The views expressed in this article are John Heida’s personal opinions only and are meant for informational and entertainment purposes only. John Heida does not allege any facts, cast aspersions on anyone, or make any claims about what he says here, or in any of his other columns on Conservative New Media or on his site. Again, these are only John Heida’s own personal opinions and his First Amendment protected exercise thereof. These opinions are not necessarily the views of Conservative New Media and Conservative New Media does not endorse or represent or warrant any of the content of his articles in any way and is not responsible for them.
