WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS EXPECT MR. BARNATT TO SHOW UP SOON IN ONE OF THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGNS ADS THAT PANDER TO RACISTS SOON! ROTHFUS HAS MADE POLITICAL HISTORY IN PA BLACK-FACING THE IMAGINE OF SITTING CONGRESSMAN. MAYBE THE DESPARATION OF THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN WILL FORCE THEM TO MAKE MORE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN HISTORY!

WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS DECLARE BLACK-FACING, WHITE FACING OR BRONZE-FACING YOUR OPPONENT IN YOUR CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AS UNACCEPTABLE AND REPREHENSIBLE POLITICAL BEHAVIOR IN WESTERN PA! WE DENOUNCE THE KEITH ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN FOR THIS PANDERING TO RACISTS IN OUR DISTRICT. LIKE THE CZECH DISSIDENT VACLAV HAVEL WE BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THE WORD. WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS REFUSE TO BE CENSORED BY THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN, THE TEA PARTY OR RIGHT WING RELIGIOUS EXTREMISTS! HAVEL SAID ONE OF THE GREATEST SINS OF INTELLECTUALS WAS TO UNDERGO SELF-CENSORSHIP! WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE OUR FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THE WESTERN PA MIDDLE CLASS!

ROTHFUS IS BLACK-FACING THE IMAGE OF CONGRESSMAN MARK CRITZ IN HIS CAMPAIGN’S MAILERS! WHY IS THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN BEING GIVEN A FREE PASS FOR PANDERING TO “RACISTS AND REDNECKS?” ARE DESPARATE CAMPAIGNS ALLOWED TO DO DESPARATE THINGS AND HAVE THEM GO UNREPORTED?

IN THEIR FIRST MAILER THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN MAILER BLACKFACES CONGRESSMAN CRITZ: WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS HAD A TEAM STUDYING THE ROTHFUS MAILER WHICH WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION ON FRIDAY! TO OUR SHOCK, IT SUBTLEY MAKES CRITZ LOOK AFRICAN AMERICAN. WE FIND THIS MAILER FROM THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN REPULSIVE. FIRST, IT IS TOTALLY RIDICULOUS! ON A GOOD DAY CRITZ IS AS WHITE AS CASPAR THE GHOST AND WOULD WELL BE ADVISED TO USE THAT GOP YOUNG GUN CONGRESSIONAL BRONZING STATION THAT BOEHNER FREQUENTS. SECONDLY AND THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT, THIS CHARACTERIZATION OF CRITZ APPEALS TO THE WORST INSTINCTS OF VOTERS. WE ENCOURAGE THE JOURNALISTS WHO WENT TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL TO PURSUE THIS ISSUE. IN 2008, MURTHA, CRITIZ’S OLD BOSS, WAS TAKEN TO THE WOODSHED FOR HIS COMMENTS ABOUT VOTERS IN OUR REGION NOT BEING ABLE TO VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE THEY “WERE RACISTS AND REDNECKS!” NOW, WE HAVE THE ROTHFUS CAMPAIGN OPENLY PANDERING TO RACISTS AND REDNECKS! WE ENCOURAGE YOU JOURNALISTS WHO WENT TO JOURNALISM SCHOOL TO CALL THE ROTHFUS OFFICE AND SEE THE MAILER IN LIVING COLOR! IF YOU CARE ABOUT OUR DEMOCRACY, YOU WILL BE AS SHOCKED AS WE CITIZEN JOURNALISTS!