The name ADAM SACKRIN is going to be one of three choices on the August 30 Democratic primary election ballot in Florida’s 27th congressional district. If you live in FL-27 and are registered to vote as a Democrat by August 1, I promise you will not regret voting for me this year.
To everyone else, please hear me out:
FL-27 spans an awesome section of my hometown of Miami-Dade County, and we are long overdue for some new blood in Congress. The representation hasn’t changed since 1988, the year I was born (I’m 28, I’m an attorney, I voted for Obama twice and I’ll answer any other questions you may have below/later). Many of the vibrant communities in this big wonderful district are progressive blue (55% for Obama in 2012), and 2016 is the year we come from out of nowhere to flip this seat and prove it.
If you know anyone from Miami, you know we have an opinion on everything, and it’s usually a loud one. But you’d never know it from a look at our congressional delegation. The truth is, they’re all beholden to Big Sugar, Big Alcohol, Big Banks and other shady special interests, and they’ve been voting their interests over ours for years. These are elected officials who see record heat, toxic algae and rising sea levels in South Florida, then vote for fracking and drilling in the Everglades. They don’t represent us.
We deserve a new, younger, louder voice fighting for our interests in D.C.
Our current leadership is not getting the job done, and it is not safe or reasonable to consider voting GOP for any office this year. The bold initiatives we need can’t be done incrementally; the future is now. The longest-serving Republican woman in Congress will be a necessary friendly casualty of the rise (and fall) of the Party of Trump. Moderate and beloved as she may be, she enables the Paul Ryans and Mitch McConnells to push their do-nothing, out-of-touch, discriminatory agendas. The most repugnant Presidential ticket in American history is both the result of and the punishment for years of their congressional obstruction, defiance, and incompetence. We cannot give them a pass for this.
#OurRevolution is now. She’s got to go. I’m the candidate to make it happen.
I’m Adam Sackrin, and I stepped up and got my name on the ballot this year. You probably don’t know me (yet), and likely can’t vote for me (yet), but I hope you’ll agree with me on at least these few points:
- The U.S. House of Representatives—“Congress”—is the body of our federal government closest to the people, one Representative from every district, apportioned geographically by population. In Congress, the House is the voice of the people, and the Senate is the voice of the states. This is all in the Constitution, and is the foundation of our representative democracy.
- Campaigns to run for Congress are expensive, and they get more expensive every year. Especially in larger markets, where media and advertising are especially pricey. Fortunately, as a result of goodwill from voting their interests in Congress over time, incumbents are able to win reelection at a comfy 95% rate, thanks to their generous corporate donors.
- Money raised is the standard of political legitimacy, and the candidates who favor—and have favored—the rich, naturally, have more of it. Every person gets one vote in an election (allegedly), but corporate and special interests have nearly all the votes in Congress.
- As a result of the foregoing, all or a significant portion of Congress is not truly of the people. Some members of Congress have a price, and democracy compromised anywhere is democracy compromised everywhere. It is unacceptable. We have to do everything we possibly can, for as long as it takes, to fix this fundamental flaw in our government. Only then can real change — PROGRESS — be possible.
Now that we’ve got that out of the way, I am asking all people — individual, U.S. citizen people over 18 — who are reading this to click here and donate $1 to my campaign for Congress in Miami, and in turn I promise to never accept any dollars from those corporate special interests, because they would expect me to favor their interests over the people and I would not do that.
After you donate a dollar, follow my campaign, like and share, tweet and retweet, blast every link and tidbit you can find, and ask others to do the same. This is free stuff anybody can do to show that the power of the people still works, and you don’t need a SuperPAC full of dark money to get a good, honest message out there. I’m not a career politician, but my committee is getting off the ground. Every little bit is so important to an insurgent campaign like ours. I promise you won’t be disappointed, and you’ll be back to donate again.
If you are interested in learning more about me, my campaign, the district, and the issues that are really affecting Americans today (beyond what the mainstream media spews), check out my website (your generous donation helps fund the fancy new site we’re rolling out next week), follow me on Twitter @AdamSackrin and Facebook Adam Sackrin For Congress, and ask me any questions personally! This KosSACK is excited to meet you all, and if you #FeelTheBern get ready to #FeelTheSunBern and look for regular posts from me, starting this week (teaser: I received a “federal candidate survey” from a “dark money” anti-abortion group and prepared a meaningful open response, against my advisors’ better judgment #SackrinFailsASurvey).
I would appreciate your support on the netroots in any way you are able, as internet promotion is free and virtually unregulated by the F.E.C. (IT’S TRUE).
Above all else, don’t let the Presidential election distract you from what the real issues are, or discourage you from participating. That race is a distraction. This fight is one worth waging. Stay passionate, stay informed, and stay involved. Follow the money. Some of the biggest issues facing us today and the ones we will come to face in the future require action from Congress, and they cannot even begin to be addressed until we fix democracy first.
Our next President will be a Democrat, and will appoint exemplary judges to the Supreme Court, I am certain. Two-thirds of our federal government should be in good hands, but I have no confidence in our legislative branch as currently comprised, and if you’ve been paying attention, you don’t either. We need a cooperative, competent, uncompromised Congress. Give me a dollar.
-AS