Republican gripe and advice


Published on Sunday, August 17, 2008 1:40 PM MDT



Editor:

According to the latest TV campaign ads, Obama received $400,000 in campaign funds from Big Oil with no strings attached.


On the other side, McCain received $2 million, but in return, McCain promised to give Big Oil $4 billion in tax cuts.

In my arithmetic book that equates to a minus $3.998 billion, and immediately a red flag goes up.

I don’t know about you, but, I’m sick and tired of hearing all about the experience plus the leadership and trust McCain has after 26 years on the Washington scene.

With all that experience, etc. , why can’t McCain add or subtract and see that he is only pandering to Big Oil?

He will always be indebted to them but evidently he does not care!

And, he has the gall to ask us to trust him?

Most of us are not stupid! Finally, would somebody please tell me exactly what positive bills or laws McCain proposed and had approved that were beneficial to all of us?

Please tell me, please do.

McCain claims to be a maverick, an independent or free thinker, for the blue collar working class, but in reality he is a clone of Bush as he favors Big Business and the rich elite.

That should not surprise many of you, as it’s a matter of record that he married a rich beer baroness worth roughly $100 million, so why wouldn’t McCain support the rich? He is one of them!

I say it’s time to unload the old garbage in Washington. After eight years of lousy Republicans rule, our budget deficit is six to seven trillion dollars and does not include the entire cost to date of the fiasco created by them in Iraq.

How’s that for fiscal responsibility?

I will vote for a complete change in management and sincerely hope you do the same.

It’s time Americans voters get some vision and guts instead of being as complacent about the mess our brilliant Grand Ole Party put us in!

Joseph Miller

Rio Rancho


Comments

2 comment(s)

    Joe wrote on Aug 19, 2008 11:49 AM:

    " Lets get the facts straight Gary..this 110th Congress the democrats may have the numbers...HOWEVER....
    The 49-member Senate Republican minority has done something no Senate minority in American history has ever done: they’ve filibustered more bills than any Congress ever has with 4 more months to spare! Lets see the some facts on what the REPUBLICAN MINORITY has obstructed:
    – Ending the disastrous occupation of Iraq.
    – Providing health insurance to millions more kids.
    – Taking away handouts to Big Oil so we can invest in renewable energy.
    – Investing more in fighting poverty and training workers. "

    Gary Simpson wrote on Aug 18, 2008 11:18 AM:

    " Hmmmmm. Haven't the Dems had control of both houses in recent years? Has Joseph Miller forgot about Pelosi and Reid? What has Pelosi and Reid done besides taking trips since assuming leadership. Nothing! And they have the votes to override any veto. The President can have an agenda and chart a course but in the end it's up to both houses to go along with it!!! Duhhhh. If Joe is serious about a change in management then he should be getting rid of the Democrats in both houses since they have been in charge. "

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