Jon Powers has taken a significant amount of campaign cash from the Council for A Livable World. And sitting on the council’s National Advisory Board is Roger Fisher, who advocated that the United States negotiate with the Taliban — less than a month after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

An op-ed written by Fisher titled “Getting to yes with the Taliban” was printed on October 5, 2001, the op-ed began:

The media say that the Taliban wants to negotiate. Great! What we want is high level people in Afghanistan to make a decision. Both a stick and a carrot can help.

It’s nice to know where Powers is getting his campaign cash from. I wonder how the people of his district feel about negotiating with terror groups? Powers talks about leadership by example like a broken record, so what kind of example is he setting by taking money from such a group? Not only has he taken their money, but he’s the featured candidate on the council’s website, and has produced a video encouraging support for Powers.

Clearly, Jon Powers is more interested in accepting money from crazy liberals than in representing the people of Western New York.