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Long-time cancer activist from Lisbon to run for 23rd Congressional seat

Posted 8/6/11

A long-time St. Lawrence County cancer activist says he plans to run for Congressman in the North Country’s 23rd district. Donald L. Hassig, Lisbon, says he has founded the Kick Ass Revolution …

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Long-time cancer activist from Lisbon to run for 23rd Congressional seat

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A long-time St. Lawrence County cancer activist says he plans to run for Congressman in the North Country’s 23rd district.

Donald L. Hassig, Lisbon, says he has founded the Kick Ass Revolution Party and will run on a platform of “good changes that will immediately spark the poisonous dislike of nearly all members of the corporate-government tribe.”

He will face incumbent Democrat Bill Owens of Plattsburgh and Republican Matt Doheny of Alexandria Bay, who plans to again seek the seat.

Hassig made his announcement in a letter to the editor. The complete letter follows:

To the Editor:

I have decided to enter the political arena for the purpose of demonstrating that a good person can not win in U.S. congressional races.

I am running on a platform of good changes that will immediately spark the poisonous dislike of nearly all members of the corporate-government tribe. I have chosen to step forward as a candidate in the 2012 23rd Congressional District race.

For the purpose of this run, I have founded the Kick Ass Revolution Party.

Here is my wonderful campaign platform: publicly financed political campaigns, strict new laws and regulations for eliminating the influence of corporations on government, free education as far as the student chooses to go, free health care for all people who can not afford to pay for it, no taxes on people who can not afford to pay them, pollution taxes and disease taxes on all corporations that release pollution to the environment, environmental bill of rights, quality of life minimum wage, accountability for government failures to warn public of poisoning of the Earth Mother and all of her children, elimination of nuclear power, prohibition of war, elimination of waste incineration, rejection of tar sands as an energy source, banning of shale gas exploitation, provision of all health records of union members to union leadership and establishment of an all volunteer federal government elected office holder rule.

The Kick Ass Revolution Party will demonstrate during the course of this campaign that it is impossible for a good person to win in the current political climate. Corporate money rules in federal electoral politics. Good people abhor corporate money. Good people lose elections in the United States. Viva the total, spiritual, environmental revolution! Our message to the corporate overlords and their government lap dogs is this, “Get out of our country. You have poisoned our Earth Mother and all of us. Many have gotten sick and died because of your greed. Get out now. Run.”

Donald L. Hassig, Director

Cancer Action NY