So Paul Gillmor is possbly one of the least well known of the Republican lap dogs, but is extremely consistent in voting for the Party's agenda --- he has a huge COH advantage and has startd a minimal ad buy in the area --- I get sick to my stomach thinking about how this turd represents me in Congress --- below the fold, find my my LTE to the local paper --- comments/suggestions would be welcomed --- and of course, any of you who want to show some love to his competition,
Robin Weirach, it would be welcomed.
It looks like we have our own little Chihuahua in the House of Representatives. He's short on assisting his district, has a mean bark, but ultimately huddles in the lap of business while snuggling under the protective blanket of his Party.
Consider Representative Gillmor's cash. He received $339,437 from business and industry this year and one only need to look at the special interest grade reviews to see who is on his mind: in 2005 Representative Gillmor supported the interests of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce 92 percent and Business-Industry Political Action Committee 92 percent the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council 100 percent and the National Federation of Independent Business 100 percent. That's great, right? Well, it would be if it were helping our communities but let's take a look.
Personal bankruptcy filing in 2002 in Wood County was 2.95 and last year it was 8.76. In Henry County in 2002 it went from 2.91 to 8.62 in 2005. From Van Wert 10.6 to Huron 12.65 and from Crawford 10.9 to Williams 10.83, bankruptcies have increased significantly since 2002. Gillmor yips out some weak commercials on jobs, but the numbers tell us a different story.
Meanwhile he blankets himself with his Party with a highly partisan agenda that doesn't reflect or assist his diverse constituency. He's such a good little puppy, he votes consistently for whatever the Party tells him to support: Torture, ok. Tax cuts for the rich, ok. Surveillance on American citizens, ok. Iraq, ok. Making it harder for average people to declare bankruptcy and wipe their slates clean, no problem. Meanwhile, Gillmor has not denounced any of his republican brethren for their malfeasance - not even those convicted of various crimes including Abramof, Delay, Cunningham, Ney, Noe, or even the sexual predator, Foley. I know he is proud of his sexual offender legislation, so I called his office twice to get his response to Foley and the republican leadership's subsequent lack of action even after knowing about his reprehensible behavior for 5 years. Both times his office took my information and said they would contact me. No bite. Guess that little dog is afraid of these pesky moral questions.
The Chihuahua is amoral and has only one loyalty and that's to its owners. We know who owns Gillmor. Had enough? Then, check out Robin Weirauch -- http://www.robinforcongress.com/
and as per Bower's wonderful suggestion -- BOMBS AWAY:
--AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl
--AZ-01: Rick Renzi
--AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth
--CA-04: John Doolittle
--CA-11: Richard Pombo
--CA-50: Brian Bilbray
--CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave
--CO-05: Doug Lamborn
--CO-07: Rick O'Donnell
--CT-04: Christopher Shays
--FL-13: Vernon Buchanan
--FL-16: Joe Negron
--FL-22: Clay Shaw
--ID-01: Bill Sali
--IL-06: Peter Roskam
--IL-10: Mark Kirk
--IL-14: Dennis Hastert
--IN-02: Chris Chocola
--IN-08: John Hostettler
--IA-01: Mike Whalen
--KS-02: Jim Ryun
--KY-03: Anne Northup
--KY-04: Geoff Davis
--MD-Sen: Michael Steele
--MN-01: Gil Gutknecht
--MN-06: Michele Bachmann
--MO-Sen: Jim Talent
--MT-Sen: Conrad Burns
--NV-03: Jon Porter
--NH-02: Charlie Bass
--NJ-07: Mike Ferguson
--NM-01: Heather Wilson
--NY-03: Peter King
--NY-20: John Sweeney
--NY-26: Tom Reynolds
--NY-29: Randy Kuhl
--NC-08: Robin Hayes
--NC-11: Charles Taylor
--OH-01: Steve Chabot
--OH-02: Jean Schmidt
--OH-15: Deborah Pryce
--OH-18: Joy Padgett
--PA-04: Melissa Hart
--PA-07: Curt Weldon
--PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick
--PA-10: Don Sherwood
--RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee
--TN-Sen: Bob Corker
--VA-Sen: George Allen
--VA-10: Frank Wolf
--WA-Sen: Mike McGavick
--WA-08: Dave Reichert