Chuck Schumer email supporting John Walsh

Just a quick comment: Senator Schumer has been a politician all his adult life, and has never worked in the private sector. After graduating from college, he was elected to the NY state assembly in 1974, the US House of Representatives in 1981, and then to the US Senate in 1998. 

He has been in the majority party for nearly all of his career, with the exception of the Senate from 2000 to 2007. The nation has been governed by leftist principles during his entire tenure, despite a Republican senatorial majority for those few years. Never in modern history have conservative principles been in operation, nor have conservatives controlled the government. His perspective, his ideology, his political worldview has prevailed for 80 years. But for some reason Senator Schumer can only name the Tea Party for the nation's woes, and group that has never held the reins of power. 

He then writes, "The decline of middle-class incomes and the barriers to average people to get good-paying jobs have overtaken the deficit as the number one problem facing our political economy today. We can focus on issues like job creation, minimum wage, and unemployment insurance -- but only so long as good Democrats like John Walsh help us keep the majority." Apparently Senator Schumer is either unwilling or unable to recognize that these problems happened on his watch, and are due to the policies he supports.

Senator Schumer, it's your fault.
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From: Chuck Schumer
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 7:53 AM
Subject: Welcome to the Senate, John Walsh!

Hi, Good news -- John Walsh, the Montana Democrat running to help keep our majority this fall, was just sworn in as the newest United States senator! President Obama nominated Montana's incumbent senator as an ambassador, and that means John now has the opportunity to serve the people of Montana until the election in November. Together, we can help make sure John Walsh wins that election and serves another six years. Welcome John Walsh to the Senate today with a contribution of $5 that will help him win the election in November. As a soldier, John was adjutant general of the Montana National Guard. He courageously led more than 700 Montanans into battle in Iraq And as Montana's lieutenant governor, John helped make historic investments in education, create good jobs and opportunities, and protect a woman's right to make her own healthcare decisions. We need that courage in Washington. But John's opponent is a real threat. While in the House, he was endorsed by the Tea Party Express, supported the Paul Ryan budget that would have voucherized Medicare, and led the charge to shut down the government. That's why we need to make sure we keep John in the Senate this November. Contribute $5 today to help John Walsh defeat his tea party opponent and preserve our Democratic Senate majority. The decline of middle-class incomes and the barriers to average people to get good-paying jobs have overtaken the deficit as the number one problem facing our political economy today. We can focus on issues like job creation, minimum wage, and unemployment insurance -- but only so long as good Democrats like John Walsh help us keep the majority. Thank you for your support, Chuck Schumer