Virg Bernero will create jobs, Snyder outsources them

By Mark Brewer, MDP Chair
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

What an exciting primary election night. We had two great candidates running for the Democratic nomination for governor in House Speaker Andy Dillon and Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero. Both ran great campaigns and both should be proud.

Congratulations to Virg Bernero on his victory. It's time for us now to all rally behind him and win this November.

This election is going to be about jobs and Mayor Bernero has a record of creating jobs during his tenure in Lansing. He has made it a priority to fight for working men and women and middle class families in Michigan. He's the leader we need to move Michigan forward.

His opponent, GOP nominee Rick Snyder, has a history of outsourcing jobs overseas. At a time when job creation is our main priority, we can't elect someone like Snyder who will be a jobs killer.

Rick Snyder is 'Dick DeVos, Jr.', though his record is actually worse than DeVos'. While Snyder was an official at Gateway Computers, the company outsourced nearly 20,000 American jobs to China and other parts of Asia. But Snyder took good care of himself at the same time - cashing-out tens of millions of dollars in stock options while the lives of thousands were ruined.

Michigan needs a governor who will bring jobs from China instead of profiting from shipping jobs to China. Snyder's Wall Street ways helped create the economic mess in this country and he is the last person Michigan voters should hire as governor.

Virg Bernero is looking out for Main Street. He's the candidate who will fight for us and will fight for jobs in Michigan. Its time for us to stand together and send a message to outsourcers and greedy, corporate CEOs. It's time to make Virg Bernero the next governor of Michigan.

Sincerely,

Mark Brewer
Chair, Michigan Democratic Party