The congressional race in my district causes me no end of dismay. As some may remember from awhile ago, Mason and I sent a letter to our US representative expressing our displeasure with his performance and pledging not to vote for him. He's nauseatingly conservative, a fact amerliorated only by the fact that he's a follower rather than a leader whose big leaderly push is a law that would require all future legislation to include a section detailing exactly which section of the Constitution authorizes the legistlation. Wow. That's what I call an urgent national priority.
I'm gonna keep my promise, but there's really no one to vote for, so I'll have to leave that section blank.
OK, so that's not entirely true. He does have one opponent, Mark Yannone. Even if I didn't find his ideas hopelessly unworkable (which I do), I find his entire attitude entirely unbecoming someone who aspires to be a publicly elected official. Read this news release from Mr. Yannone. Really. Read it.
Real statesmanlike, Marky boy.
I've done Web searches on the guy before, and this is entirely in character. He really acts like a petulant know-it-all who's never gotten over being bullied in high school. For the record, I'm a know-it-all, but I'm not terribly petulant and I got over being bullied.
So clearly I can't toss my vote there. What to do, what to do ...
* Standing back now to await Marky's nastygrams. I'll post any here if I get them.*
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Thank you for calling attention to Shadegg's violations of his oath of office.
Since that day, Shadegg has continued his acquiescence to the Bush administration's desire to enslave our population. His vote for the REAL ID Act, matched by every Republican House member from Arizona and by both Republican Senators, is typical.
John Shadegg still has another year and a half in which to cater to Bush's insanity. His behavior appears so irrational that I have to attribute it to fear for his life or that of his family. Nothing else makes sense.
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