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Joe Frederick for the 143rd

This little ditty is to support Joe Frederick who is a candidate for State Representative from the 143rd Legislative District.

Regular Joe Frederick for the 143rd

What we want for the House is a Regular Joe.

A guy who cares about us and the life that we ­­­­­know.

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Who farms and hunts and knows how to go

After clean water, good schools and local control.

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Pulchritude matters to a regular Joe

In a family with sisters and daughters and wife.

He’ll vote NO on bills that limit their right to choose.

He wants no wars on women and no women to lose.

 

Ms. Quinn has to answer to really big PACs

Thousands each year go into her stacks.

And why should they care about the One-Forty-Third?

‘Cause they call in their markers when issues are heard.

 

She claims that seniors come first and their needs must go through.

But insurance just loves her as somebody who

Will vote to cut services; limit damages for you

It's easy to see what they expect her to do.

 

Her behavior is just like Jekyll and Hyde

She flip-flops on issues like “fracking” for gas.

Says for local control it’s perfect and right,

Then does just the reverse in the Harrisburg fight.

 

Schools don’t matter much in Quinn’s local schemes

Her votes to cut funding end all kinds of dreams.

We lose a principal here, a great teacher there

And educational jobs are down everywhere.

 

She did nothing to defend the vote for us all

Even called for worse rules than the one now in play

But Republican Big-Wigs let her vote one O.K.

To help her look better for Election Day.

 

Our Regular Joe is a man of his word

He didn’t get where he is by expedient stands.

He is honest and strong and neighborly too.

You can count on him doing the right thing for you.

 

He has knocked on your doors and stated his case.

Now we need to reach out to the people we know

Tell them why it will matter so much to us all

That Harrisburg gets our Regular Joe.

 

                Ann Melby Shenkle, Doylestown, PA

                September 15, 2012

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