143^rd Democratic Assembly District

Community Picnic

Sunday June 1, 2008

2:00 to 6:00 PM

Rain or Shine

Pennsylvania State Police Picnic Grove

82 Scott Rd, Perkasie PA  18944

Adults $40.00

Advanced Ticket Sales Only Deadline May 12

Email tickets@143democrats.com or call 610.847.2394

You will have an opportunity to meet our current democratic candidates Congressman Patrick J. Murphy, candidate for PA State Treasurer John Cordisco and candidate for State Representative Diane Allison.

Keynote Speaker, Mr. David Sirota

David Sirota is a political journalist nationally syndicated weekly newspaper columnist and bestselling author living in Denver. He is widely known for his reporting on political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties. The New York Times has called him a "populist rabble-rouser" with a "take-no-prisoners mind-set," while the Philadelphia Daily News labeled him "a progressive powerhouse." His weekly column, which was launched by Creators Syndicate in the Fall of 2007, now appears in newspapers with a combined daily circulation of more than 1.3 million readers. Newspapers running Sirota's column include, among others, The Denver Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The Idaho Statesman, The Everett Herald, and the Idaho Falls Post Register.

Sirota's writing has won praise from across the political spectrum. The liberal American Prospect said Sirota is "the kind of pundit you'd like to have on your side in a knife fight and wouldn't want to cross in a dark alley." Syndicated columnist Molly Ivins said, "Sirota is a new-generation populist who instinctively understands that the only real questions are 'Who's getting screwed?' and 'Who's doing the screwing?'" Even Barron's, the right-leaning business weekly, said, "Sirota may someday emerge as the left-wing's answer to right-wing heavy-weights Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter…he has the rabble-rouser's prerequisite sharp tongue, as well as a quick eye for his opponent's tender spots."

Mr. Sirota is being hosted by the 143^rd Democratic Assembly District Committee and Upper Bucks for Democracy.