rssIt’s No Fun Being Parker Griffith
Monday, December 28, 2009 at 1:18 pm
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Party-switching Rep. Parker Griffith (R-Ala.) is getting whacked again for his life-long record of supporting Democrats, this time from Tea Party-backed Republican challenger Les Phillip, who’s taking aim at Griffith’s donations to 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). From his statement:
We definitely believe these contributions are fair game. Dean and Reid want to socialize medicine, attack American values, raise taxes and capitulate in the war on terror. When Parker Griffith wrote these liberals big campaign checks, he told everyone that they represent his values. He can do that if he likes, but I can tell you this: Reid and Dean do not represent the values of the people of this district.
As I reported last week, Republican and conservative activists hardly gave Griffith a hero’s welcome when he joined the party. After Griffith failed to start a stampede of Democratic party-switching, and as his past Democratic affiliations have gotten media traction, he’s quickly become just another Republican congressman with a fishy (for conservatives) voting record — a prime target for people like Phillip.
And here’s the mailer Phillip is sending out:
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Comment posted December 28, 2009 @ 10:38 pm
One major error in Les Phillip's news release should be pointed out: Phillip is not backed by any of the four Tea Parties in the Alabama 5th Congressional District. I just attended a meeting of the four Tea Parties and Les Phillip's representation (if in fact he made it), is not true.
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Comment posted January 3, 2010 @ 3:53 pm
Les promised to be a new type of politician and immediately engages in mudslinging. Seems we know what to expect from him…
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 7:33 am
“Attack American values” is a catchphrase that makes no sense. Who is attacking American values and who establishes these values. If the teabaggers are the authors of these values, then they aren't values, they are biases and opinions that deny equal rights to whole segments of our society.
Comment posted January 5, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
“Attack American values” is a catchphrase that makes no sense. Who is attacking American values and who establishes these values. If the teabaggers are the authors of these values, then they aren't values, they are biases and opinions that deny equal rights to whole segments of our society.
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