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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#0000BF" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="044005a0exvipq.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFCC33" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Eastside Republican Club"><U><B>Home</B></U></A><B>  </B><B> </B></FONT><B>  | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Copperplate Gothic Bold" ><B>Eastside Republican Club</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U><B>Events</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="eastside_republican_review_summary.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ERC Review"><U><B>ERC Review</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="michigan_s_13th_district.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Congressional District News"><U><B>Congressional District News</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="civic___governmental_links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U><B>Links</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><A HREF="erc_officers.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U><B>About Us</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Candidates' Forum</B></div> <div> <A HREF="link_to_michigan_gop.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michigan Republicans"><U><B><IMG SRC="05358580.gif" border=0 width="88" height="88" ALT="Michigan GOP" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.gophouse.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.gophouse.com/"><U><I><B>Michigan House GOP</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="erc_testimonials.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What Theyre Saying About Us"><U><I><B>Read what they've said about us</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="erc_meeting_dates.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Events"><U><B><IMG SRC="81b871f0.gif" border=0 width="135" height="31" ALT=">>Events" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div>  <A NAME="top_of_candidate_forum"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <U>Candidate Forum a Success</U></div> <div> <B>Rocky Takes Off Gloves in Aggressive Run for U.S. Senate</B></div> <div> Sounding an aggressive theme, "Rocky" Raczkowski boldly stated, “Carl Levin: You haven't done the job in 24 years, we're not going to give you another six!”</div> <div> His comments came during the Eastside Republican Club's candidate forum February 19, 2002. Also featured at the event was Terri Land, campaigning for Republican nomination for Secretary of State.<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><IMG SRC="4c10e5e0.jpg" border=0 width="270" height="350" ALT="Rocky Raczkowski and Terri Land were all smiles following the successful forum at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. ERC chairman, McCleary (center), shared their excitement. Click for even more ;-) " ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="3"></FONT></div> <div> Raczkowski, just eight years old when Carl Levin was first elected, remarked, "I'm a young candidate with energy and enthusiasm!" "I can win!” he declared.</div> <div> <B>"Rocky" Favors Strong Defense</B></div> <div> Running hard for the U.S. Senate, Raczkowski favors eliminating taxes on Social Security, and supports the military, the Bush stimulus package, road funding, and the proposed missile defense shield. “I happen to be in the military, and wear the uniform proudly." He characterized Levin as one who has done virtually nothing for the military, saying, "he's never worn a uniform. In fact, Levin even pledges to cut military spending.”</div> <div> “After 24 years, it's time to buy him a gold watch and send him on his way!”</div> <div> <B>Land Pledges Customer Service</B></div> <div> Land's campaign is built on her pledge to continue Secretary Candice Miller's legacy of improved customer service, and running fair and accurate elections.</div> <div> She also proposes taking advantage of the magnetic strips on new Michigan licenses to speed up lines at the polls, and to cut down on voter fraud. In addition, she offers creative ideas for facilitating the disposal of abandoned/junked cars.</div> <div> Land and Raczkowski both answered questions from the audience following their remarks at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial. >><A HREF="forum_with__rocky__and_land.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocky Presses Hard!"><U><I>See more photos</I></U></A>. <A HREF="forum_with__rocky__and_land.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rocky Presses Hard!"><U><IMG SRC="4370f0f0.gif" border=0 width="15" height="15" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="#top_of_candidate_forum" TITLE="Candidates Forum"><U>back to top</U></A></div> </td> </tr></table></body>