PRESS RELEASE from Our Country
Deserves Better
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: JOE WIERZBICKI jwierzbicki@rmrwest.com - OR - KELLY S. EUSTIS
kseustis@eusatrix.com
MICHIGAN CAMPAIGN TO
OPPOSE OBAMA/BIDEN TICKET:
ANTI-OBAMA PAC
UNVEILS $500,000+ CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT OBAMA/BIDEN TICKET IN THE GREAT
LAKE STATE
October 6, 2008 – The battle for Michigan’s 17 electoral votes in the
presidential race is far from over, as an aggressive new effort to
defeat the Obama/Biden campaign in the Great Lake State has been
announced.
The Our Country Deserves Better Committee (website:
www.OurCountryDeservesBetter.com), a registered federal political
action committee, is launching a $500,000+ effort against Obama’s
Michigan campaign. The effort will combine a statewide television
advertising campaign with a “Stop Obama” tour across the Upper and
Lower Peninsulas that will include pro-McCain/Palin and
anti-Obama/Biden rallies in 8 Michigan cities including: Detroit,
Lansing, Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Alpena, Sault Ste. Marie,
Marquette and Iron Mountain.
The Our Country Deserves Better PAC is launching efforts against the
Obama/Biden campaign in support of the McCain/Palin campaign in several
key swing states including: Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado,
Missouri, Wisconsin, Ohio and Pennsylvania. But Michigan has become the
committee’s #1- priority, in the wake of the McCain campaign’s decision
to pull resources from the state.
OBAMA
DOESN’T STAND FOR CHANGE IN MICHIGAN
“Senator Obama doesn’t represent change at all for Michigan. His
high-tax, anti-business policies have already been implemented by the
failed regime of Democrat Governor Jennifer Granholm, and we don’t need
any more of that,” said Howard Kaloogian, Chairman of the Our Country
Deserves Better Committee.
“Is it any wonder that the person who advised the Obama/Biden ticket on
how to sell the same failed liberal policies in their debate prep was
none other than the Tax Queen herself, Gov. Granholm? To think Obama
and Biden had Granholm playing the role of Gov. Sarah Palin in their
mock debates, when Palin is a popular governor who has overseen
economic growth, tax cuts, and prosperity for the people of Alaska,
while Gov. Granholm has presided over a exodus of people, businesses
and jobs from the state of Michigan,” said Kaloogian
“We’ve seen the disaster that Michigan’s Democrat Governor, Democrat
Lieutenant Governor, two Democrat U.S. Senators, and corrupt Democrat
Mayor of Detroit have brought to the state. The tax-andspend,
anti-business policies have helped to create a one-state depression,
which we cannot allow to be turned into a national depression under the
same policies supported by Barack Obama,” Kaloogian said.
STRONG
RESPONSE TO EFFORT TO “SAVE MICHIGAN” FROM OBAMA
“There has been an outpouring of support from people across the
nation to save the campaign in Michigan, and Michigan’s citizens have
stepped up to offer their own financial support for this effort,” said
Kelly S. Eustis, e-Campaign Coordinator for the PAC. “All of them,
whether Republican, Democrat, or independent, understand what is at
stake in Michigan and what we must do to stop the dangerous liberal
policies of Barack Obama and his fellow liberals.”
The Our Country Deserves Better Committee has raised hundreds of
thousands of dollars for the effort in the past few days alone and will
conduct a 24-hour web-a-thon on Tuesday, October 7th to raise money for
the campaign in Michigan online at: www.OurCountryDeservesBetter.com
COMMITTEE’S
STRONG TIES TO MICHIGAN
Several of the key individuals involved in the Our Country
Deserves Better Committee’s efforts against the Obama/Biden ticket have
strong ties to Michigan.
Howard Kaloogian is a Michigan native, born in Detroit in 1959 who now
works with Hillsdale College. He attended Michigan State University
after having worked at the Chrysler Jefferson Avenue Final Assembly
Plant in Detroit where Newports and Imperials were made. He also worked
at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant, while his brother worked at the
Hamtramck Final Assembly Plant. Kaloogian’s sister attended the
University of Michigan, and Kaloogian’s father currently lives in Troy.
Joe Wierzbicki, the PAC’s Campaign Coordinator was born at St. Mary’s
Hospital in Livonia, and grew up in Brighton, Michigan – attending
Hornung Elementary and Maltby Middle schools. His family spent
weekend’s camping throughout the state and he still calls himself a
proud Lions fan. His sister graduated from Michigan State University.
Wierzbicki said it was vitally important to rally Michigan’s
McCain/Palin supporters to redouble their efforts in the Great Lake
State, especially in parts of the state where polls show Obama’s
campaign being rejected.
“I grew up in Livingston County, and hope that we can add a campaign
rally in Brighton or Howell, during our Michigan campaign swing, so
that we can provide an outlet for activism among those who know that
our country, and this state, can ill-afford the dangerous, ignorant,
far-left policies of Barack Obama,” Wierzbicki said.
Additionally, Sal Russo, Chief Strategist to the Our Country Deserves
Better Committee, sent his son to Hillsdale College.
NATIONAL
“STOP OBAMA” TOUR: OCTOBER 15th – 29th
The Our Country Deserves Better Committee will conduct a
national “Stop Obama” tour from October 15th – 29th, crossing the
nation with rallies in 35 cities in key swing states, such as Michigan.
Leading the effort will be Military Mom Deborah Johns, whose son has
served 3 tours of duty in Iraq. Johns appears in two of the anti-Obama
ads being run by the Our Country Deserves Better Committee; Mark
Williams, a radio talk show host and television news/politics analyst,
and Llyod Marcus, a conservative black activist and singer who has
penned the song “Sarah Smile” in honor of vice presidential candidate
Sarah Palin that he will be performing at the campaign rallies.
Individuals are asked to bring American flags and their resumes to the
rallies.
The resumes will be collected at each rally stop, to underscore the
point that so many Americans have far greater executive/managerial
responsibilities than Barack Obama. At the conclusion of the national
tour, three individuals who submitted resumes will be selected by the
committee and flown out at the committee’s expense to a Washington,
D.C. national press conference where they will be made available for
interviews with the national and international press corps.
Obama ads being run by the Our Country Deserves Better Committee; Mark
Williams, a radio talk show host and television news/politics analyst,
and Llyod Marcus, a conservative black activist and singer who has
penned the song “Sarah Smile” in honor of vice presidential candidate
Sarah Palin that he will be performing at the campaign rallies.