As a constituent and strong supporter of Rep. Pete Olson (R-22), it was very, very disappointing to see his vote FOR the Continuing Resolution passed by the U.S. House this past Tuesday. Siding with the House leadership team instead of doing the will of the vast majority of CD-22 voters isn’t the way to turn this country around.
Only five members of the Texas delegation did the right thing and voted NO:
- · Joe Barton
- · Louie Gohmert
- · Ralph Hall
- · Ron Paul
- · Ted Poe
Hard to believe, isn’t it?
The next time you get a piece of rhetoric in the mail from Olson, or Culberson, or Brady, or any other Congressman that claims they are fiscally conservative but can’t understand how dire the situation is, just toss it in the trash where it belongs.
If you live in a district represented by one of the five above, consider yourself lucky. And if you don’t, I’d like to tell you to work hard and defeat your guy in the primary but I can’t do that without letting you know that you are most likely wasting your time. Take a guy like Kevin Brady – he votes like this often and then campaigns as a fiscal hawk and people let him get away with it. How do you beat a guy like that? He has a ton of money to spend and lobbyists waiting in line to help. Good luck.
Rep. Olson, you have a chance to redeem yourself and help save this country from ruin. There will be another vote in three weeks – this time just say no. Please? For the children? I wish I knew what made you tick, if I did, I’d ask please for that.
Bummed in CD-22.
David,
And here I thought that Gene Green was your (and mine) representative.
Simple
WORD.
Ted Poe’s my rep. and one that I have been thoroughly pleased with. In fact, I never have to worry about how he’s going to vote on anything.
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So, you have a national debt clock in the lower right corner of the screen, David? Nice! That’s something all should see and watch it grow. It gives the observer a unique sense of reality.
” It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. ”
– C. Dickens
“It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to, than I have ever known.”
So, who is Sydney Carlton here?
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