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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

US House, MD-1 – Andy Harris

Incumbent Rep. Frank Kratovil had his two years in the sun and we’re paying for it. Voting for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker should be reason enough to fire him; add PORKULUS and “Cap & Tax” to the mix and Kratovil should feel blessed that the good and tolerant folk of Queen Anne’s County will let him continue living there.
Almost ANYONE would be an acceptable replacement for Blue Dog Frank. Fortunately, we have an alternative that more closely reflects the values of the Eastern Shore – Dr. Andy Harris.
Harris has served the people of Maryland well in the State Senate. While colleagues seldom hesitated to compromise their professed values in order to gain a little pork, Harris has been one of a few who stands firm; putting principle before base political motives. Anyone who has paid attention to Washington since January, 2009 understands that we not only need Andy Harris representing us in Congress – we need a whole lot more just like him!
Kratovil partisans may argue that Frank received the endorsements of groups such as the NRA and the US Chamber. True enough. However, given that no serious gun related bill came up in this Congress, it was a given that Kratovil (as the incumbent) would receive the NRA nod. As we have noted in the past, the US Chamber reflects corporatist, not free market, values. As far as we’re concerned, they deserve each other. Even Kratovil’s vote against ObamaCare was little more than OBVIOUS political pandering to an Eastern Shore electorate that was adamant in their opposition to it. What did Kratovil do? Vote against it, refuse to support any move to repeal it, and has refused to meet with constituents in any setting other than a tightly controlled one.
We need someone who will listen to us; someone who will stand firm; and someone who will be accessible. That man is clearly Andy Harris.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Kratovil should have acted/voted like a Democrat that is why we elected him. Instead he panders to the right who will never vote for him anyway. At least with Harris you know what your getting, it is not what I want, but it is honest.

Anonymous said...

Any one who says "Obamacare" in my opinion is highly unintelligent.

Anonymous said...

"given that no serious gun related bill came up in this Congress"

But you told us Obama was hell bent on taking away our guns.

G. A. Harrison said...

Anon 1110 -
Honestly, I don't remember making that statement and can't find it anywhere on SbyNEWS. That said, there was no way that Pelosi could hold on to power if she tried to ram a bunch of anti-gun bills through. More Dems would get hammered than are going to lose already.

G. A. Harrison said...

Anon 1036 -
My apologies. What piece of jargon does the left prefer? I'll still be using ObamaCare, but I was just wondering.

Anonymous said...

GA, the left would prefer if the whole healthcare Obamacare thing would just disappear into thin air.

Anonymous said...

Obama will allow the UN to "backdoor" the abolition of the 2nd Amendment. Hillary has been meeting w/ UN officials about it for months! The UN is having a power grab of it's own and it will ALL circumvent and blow holes through the US Constitution! As far as I am concerned, fire ANYONE that supports the UN and do not hire Wargotz- he is in favor of keeping membership w/ the UN!

If you do not like Nancy Pelosi, please vote for Andy Harris. If you do not want to be re-districted, please vote for Bob Ehrlich. Cheers!

Anonymous said...

Ahhhhhhh the Eastern Shore.....still the land of fruits and nuts.