Reply #15: What I like about Sestak

[MH1]

He is liberal on the issues I care most about: environment and women's rights. For this primary he has been endorsed by NOW, NARAL, and Sierra Club at least (those are just the ones I know about). Oh and ages ago, a group called Council for a Livable World. You can also go to lcv.org to compare his and Specter's voting scores on the key environmental issues.

I've served in the military and I am no pacifist, but I despise war and wasteful military spending (not all military spending, just the obviously wasteful stuff). Sestak seems very much in tune with how I feel about the military. According to the boss he had prior to Mullen (the guy who re-assigned him), he was proposing strategic cuts and realignments in the Navy to make it more efficient and effective, and that pissed people off. That sounds about right, too, from how he talks.

One of his first acts in Congress was to author legislation (not passed, of course, sadly) to set a deadline and scheduled withdrawal from Iraq. But as a military guy he knows you can't pull out overnight. He also knows you can't withhold supplies from troops in the field when there is NOT a withdrawal plan. That got him in a lot of hot water with some activists who helped him get elected, but he held town halls with them and took their questions (and let's be honest, a few rants) for hours.

Sestak seems to have broad support from the LGBT community around here. He has been strongly in favor of ending DADT and repealing DOMA (which Specter voted for).

Of course I live in DelCo and have the pleasure to speak with him on multiple occasions, both as a campaign volunteer and as a constituent. I have met with him on environmental issues and found him VERY receptive.

He is also whip-smart and I just happen to like that in my representatives.

Well I could go on but I guess you get the gist. :)