DCCC RELEASES NEW AD - SCHILLING TEAM MAKES ROOKIE MISTAKE

As reported by THE CAPITAL FAX (which covers Illinois politics) the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee released a new "anti-Schilling" ad which plays on the same anti-employee/pro-export jobs theme as earlier ads. (The VIDEO of Schilling turning his back on the man asking the question about whether or not he supports legislation to discourage the export of jobs is a gift that keeps on giving as they say.)

http://youtu.be/nFftgAc4TqY

THE ROOKIE MISTAKE

The Schilling media people made a rookie mistake in their "Shame" ad (well, several mistakes, beginning with lying which was most likely not a mistake at all but the whole point). Seems as though there is a sticky little issue of federal campaign rules that say the candidate's photo must be included in the ad along with the "I approved this message" line. They didn't. The rub is that once you break a rule like that your campaign is no longer eligible for reduced advertising rates which makes your media buys more expensive. Compounding the problem is the disparity in fund raising - Bustos enters the home stretch with far more money in the bank than Schilling and has outraised him consistently throughout the campaign.

The Schilling people have taken that ad off the air already - most likely, in IMHO, because it was judged to be SHAMEFULLY MISSLEADING by FactCheck.org.

Bain threatens to close Sensata immediatly if the workers don't stop protesting

From the story on MSNBC, "The plant is slated to be closed in December, but top Bain Capital executives came to Freeport on Tuesday and threatened to close the plant immediately if workers continued to protest their jobs being outsourced."

More on Sensata HERE and HERE.

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Video of Oct 25 WTVP/C-Span 2 Debate

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"That's America that's being crated up" (and moved to China)

See the COMPLETE STORY HERE.

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Friday, Oct 19 Ed Show - live from Freeport / Bainport

One important thing to remember about Sensata - Mitt Romney owns hundreds of thousands of shares and is personnally benefiting by shipping these jobs to China
Or as one of his partners at Bain commented, "Let's not kid ourselves about just how cheap offshore labor really is."

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Bain is shipping my job to China. Ask me anything.

Blogging from Bainport (Freeport, Il). Workers at Sensata, a Bain company that is partially owned by Mitt Romney, are losing their jobs to China. To add insult to injury, they are being forced to train their replacements. A blogger is asking for questions HERE

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Bustos visits 'Bainport' - Schilling a no show

Freeport, IL – Residents of Congressional District IL 17 thanked candidate Cheri Bustos for visiting ‘Bainport’ today and for her continued support of Sensata workers’ fighting to save their jobs from outsourcing to China by Bain Capital. (NOTE: As a major shareholder in Sensata, Gov Romney is personally profiting by moving these jobs to China while American workers lose.)

Sensata has emerged as a flashpoint in the controversy over Romney’s ties to Bain with the company’s employees asking Mitt Romney to intercede on their behalf and save their jobs. Their cries go unanswered and Romney seems to be simply ignoring these workers.

For months, residents too have been calling on Rep. Bobby Schilling to stop the export of these U.S. jobs overseas and their pleas have obviously fallen on deaf ears.

“We now know firsthand what a Romney/Schilling economy looks like, losing good U.S. jobs,” said Deborah Johnson a voter in IL 17. “We need someone to speak for us in Washington D.C. and Cheri Bustos has shown us time and time again that she is a leader and speaks for the 99% instead of the richest 1%. Cheri needs to win this election and I will not rest until she is elected.”

In September, the workers began to camp outside the plant to protest Bain’s decision to ship their jobs to China and increase the pressure on Mitt Romney. Romney still receives income from Sensata Technologies. The workers say will they stay on-site in until they are heard and in the hope of illustrating the dangers of re-electing Bobby Schilling and of a Romney economy.

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The closing arguement

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National media discovers "Bainport" - and how Gov. Romney is making money by moving jobs to China during the campaign

The national media is discovering Bainport (Sensata in Freeport, Illinois). Bainport is a protest camp set up by Sensata workers whose jobs are being shipped to China by Bain Capital during the current presedential campaign. There is a good roundup of the national media attention on DailyKos. As mentioned previously, Mitt Romney is a large shareholder of Sensata and is profiting right now during the campaign by shipping these jobs to China.

Remember - Schilling supports:

• Free Trade deals that ship jobs overseas
• Tax break incentives for companies to leave the U.S.
• Hiding the number of jobs companies send overseas
• Cutting job retraining programs for workers whose jobs were lost overseas

Rep. Schilling, you said, "Americans Need Jobs Now" in the Argus Dispatch on September 23.1 Will you stand up for the jobs at Sensata Technologies in your district and tell Bain Capital that you do not support outsourcing those jobs to China? We demand an answer.

Tell Bobby Schilling to stand up for the jobs at Sensata by signing our PETITION

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More on Bain Capital/Sensata: Romney is making a killing from this deal.

In Freeport, IL, Sensata Technologies, a company owned by Bain Capital, is sending 170 workers' jobs to China. To add insult to injury, Bain is even forcing the Freeport workers to train their Chinese replacements. A group of the workers have organized to garner support for the "Bring American Jobs Home Act," a common sense bill that gives American workers an even playing field by replacing tax loopholes for companies that send jobs overseas with financial incentives to bring jobs back to America.

On Tuesday, the workers caught up with Schilling but the Congressman refused to answer their simple yes or no question and then walked out of his own town hall meeting to avoid further questions. The video is below.

Bobby Schilling can run from meetings but he can't hide from his record in Washington:

Schilling supports:

• Free Trade deals that ship jobs overseas
• Tax break incentives for companies to leave the U.S.
• Hiding the number of jobs companies send overseas
• Cutting job retraining programs for workers whose jobs were lost overseas

Join me in asking Bobby Schilling to take a stand on the Sensata Technologies workers plight:

Rep. Schilling, you said, "Americans Need Jobs Now" in the Argus Dispatch on September 23.1 Will you stand up for the jobs at Sensata Technologies in your district and tell Bain Capital that you do not support outsourcing those jobs to China? We demand an answer.

Tell Bobby Schilling to stand up for the jobs at Sensata by signing our PETITION

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Greetings from Bainport

More on Bain Capital/Sensata: Romney is making a killing from this deal.

The employees of Sensata, a Bain Capital company, have set up a tent city opposite the Sensata plant in Freeport, Illinois. (Sensata manufactures automobile sensors for companies like Ford and GM)

Update:Video of Schilling running away from Sensata employees asking if the congressman would support legislation that would give incentives to companies to RETURN jobs to the US. (A Schilling spokesman later told the group the, no, the congressman would not support legislation designed to bring jobs back to the U.S.)

Amy Goodman interviews workers from Sensata in the video below.

They have set up their tent city in an attempt to entice Mitt Romney to come to Freeport and to use his influence with Bain to stop the outsourcing of their jobs to China. They have also set up a web site, Greetings from Bainport to publicize their fight with Bain and to gather support – check out their site.

I have previously blogged about the Sensata outsourcing here.

Update - More on how Schilling helps to ship jobs to China.

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New Cheri Bustos Ad on Bobby Schilling's Love of Outsourcing

Cheri Bustos is out with a new add aimed at Bobby Schilling's love of outsourcing (see my post on Sensata, a Bain company in Freeport that is being outsourced this fall - to China of course.)

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Sensata Technologies - Freeport, Illinois - Schilling Refuses to Meet W/Workers

More on Bain Capital/Sensata: Romney is making a killing from this deal.

Sensata Technologies in Freeport, Illinois is in Bobby Schilling's district. The company that owns them, Bain Capital, is closing the plant and shipping the jobs to China, but not before the current employees get to train their Chinese replacements. (the way this usually works is that either you don't get your severance package and/or you are fired for cause if you don't which would keep you from getting unemployment insurance) People from the plant have tried to get Congressman Schilling's attention but he has ignored them and refuses to meet with them. People who work at the plant recently tried to hand deliver a letter to Romney's campaign office in Madison Wisconson (Freeport is in northern Illinois) but were locked out by the staff who then called the police. See for yourself if this woman looks threatening.

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