March 16, 2010
An open letter to Larry Kissell
Below is an excerpt from a letter written by James Protzman — someone who had no small part in Kissell’s successful election bid. I don’t want to steal the entire letter, so you should go to BlueNC for the complete version.
Dear Larry.
I remember our first conversation like it was yesterday. You called me to ask for advice about your campaign, and also to ask for money. I gave you both. I told you to dump the ridiculous orange t-shirt you were wearing and put on a tie. I asked you to always tell the truth.
My wife and I maxed out in contributions to your campaign. I opened my house to you for a major fundraiser. I got one of my best friends to do the same. My friends and I collectively raised tens of thousands of dollars, all based what you told us.
You stood on the back deck at my house when you promised to be a thoughtful representative in Congress. You promised you would put the people of North Carolina first in everything you did. You told me you would fight for what is right and fair for regular people, people who weren’t getting a fair shake, people who were suffering because of the aftershocks of years of government by special interests.
You called me three times to thank me for my help. You said you couldn’t have done it without me. You told me I could count on you to keep your word.
Kissell has discovered that it’s tough to do the right thing during election season. But it looks like his friends aren’t going to fight for him if he isn’t willing to fight for them.
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Smarmy, self-important, asshats against the grain rule my life.
What other advice does James? Boxers or Briefs.
It’s total commando until some guy from Chapel Hill tells a Congressman from somewhere else what underwear to wear and what real people in NC-8 want.
Relevance. Get some.
The only thing “Kissell has discovered” is you don’t matter Adam Linker.
FAIL.
I doubt Kissell ever thought I mattered.
What Kissell does think matters is money, because without that the sad fact is you can’t run a Congressional campaign these days. And if your biggest fundraisers are this angry with you, that’s a sign that you are in deep, deep trouble.
Yup, people on the internet from somewhere else are BIG fundraisers. So key to re-election campaigns.
Good luck with all this self importance.
http://www.dcpoliticalreport.com/NC.htm
Oh, I get it now. You think James is a fundraiser?
Here’s a clue. Campaigns lie. When they say you raised $10,000. You raised $10. Apply that to your logic.
God, you progressives will believe anything.
It’s all clear now.
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So what else does James say?
I have a pencil.
God, you guys suck. Couldn’t drive a full court press if the other team was on break, could you?
Better luck next generation.
Crush, if Larry shouldn’t care what a Chapel Hill guy thinks, he shouldn’t have used that Chapel Hill guy to launch his campaign. I was there, and he used me too.
And you got a 96 percent Democrat instead of a 12 percent one in the deal, didn’t you Scharrison?
Grow up.
If he votes NO I will donate to his next campaign.
I want the same Health Care Plan you have Mr. Kissel ‘Alll the little people’ of this state are paying for yours and we can’t afford to cover ourselves. Say “Thank You little people”!!
I propose a new verb: to “kissell off” means to take money from someone and then abandon them when they need you most. If you get sick and your insurer cancels your insurance, then you have been “kisselled off”.
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Let’s not make the same mistake. I’d been working since the “near” win in 2006.