Posted on 07/01/2006 9:19:36 PM PDT by jfraziernwo
Jim Marshall vote’s for it after he votes against it
Takes the lesson out of John Kerry’s Election Playbook
(Warner Robins, GA)- Jim Marshall was recently ranked the 407th least effective member of Congress by Knowlegis, a government relations information management company, which surveyed all U.S. Senators and Congressman and ranked them in accordance with how effective they are in advancing a particular agenda.
Yesterday, Jim Marshall demonstrated why he deserves one of the lowest rankings in the House of Representatives.
The Timeline:
May 18th 2006 – Jim Marshall votes against the Poe of Texas Amendments which would have allowed for environmentally friendly drilling for oil off the shores of the United States and decrease our dependence on foreign oil. (House Roll Call Vote #164, 05/18/2006)
May 19th 2006 – Jim Marshall is criticized by Mac Collins Campaign for Congress for his willingness to put Georgia family’s money in the pockets of foreign oil sheiks.
A campaign statement reads: “Yesterday as gasoline prices are reaching $3.00 a gallon in Middle and Southern Georgia, Jim Marshall voted against a plan which would have allowed drilling for oil off the American Coastline. Marshall, voted with the environmental lobbyists such as the Sierra Club, to kill the Poe Amendment which called for a lifting of the long-standing moratorium on off shore oil drilling and helping decrease our dependence on foreign oil.”
May 20th to June 28th 2006 – Jim Marshall feels the heat from constituents who oppose him putting the wishes of Washington’s liberal elite ahead of the hard working families of Georgia who pay close to $3.00 a gallon for gasoline.
June 28th 2006 – Jim Marshall, in the tradition of fellow liberal John Kerry, flip-flops and votes for H.R. 4671, the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act, which allows for the drilling of oil off the United States coast. (House Roll Call Vote #356, 06/28/2006)
June 29th 2006 – Jim Marshall’s credibility continues to sink; while, Georgians can breathe a sigh of relief that Marshall has latched on to another one of Mac Collins’ steadfast policy positions; that before we depend on foreign oil sheiks and pay $3 a gallon at the gas pump we should use our natural resources to ease the burden on the American family.
How I'd like to see THAT list. :)
We don't want him to retain the rating, we want him to be retired by the voters in November.
Go Mac Collins !
What are the chances that this Rat can be defeated?
So, do you think that this election is going to turn on base intensity?
Maybe, but so far there is not much evidence of that in elections to date. Both parties' partisans are bored and estranged. In that sense it is different than 1994. But it is early.
Well now since I now live in Middle Georgia, gonna have to see if I get a chance to vote out this critter.
The rating better be retained by his replacement, then.
thanks. :) I started the thread when I saw that post!! This is some good stuff, ought to stir a lot of conversation!
RD
thanks. :) I started the thread when I saw that post!! This is some good stuff, ought to stir a lot of conversation!
RD
Why would you deliberately want a Republican Congressman having a high ineffective rating ? Don't get me wrong, if they were a liberal, I'd want them to be dead last in effectiveness, but for a Conservative furthering the movement, I'd want them to be near #1.
I think the environment is becoming more and more negative for the Democrats and less so for the GOP as the year progresses. Even Dubya is inching upwards.
I see your point... Although as a Conservative, I want to see effective leaders for the movement, there is much work to be done to undo the leftist/socialist/statist agenda. Leaving it in place as it stands just proliferates that agenda, and we have and can do better.
The checks and balances from the Federalist Papers - collision of ambitions, separation of powers, factionalsm - are no longer sufficient. It is proposed to add to them capacity, intellectual, and character limitations.
As for "doing better" - noone who ever started, did. All the crap in history started with the desire "to do better". Everything "better" happened more or less accidentally, as an afterthought or a byproduct, or by itself.
Whenever the" experts" talk about hgow the rat will retake the House they fail to mention which GOPers will lose. My list of 5 rat on the way to retirement has marshall on the top of the list. Only mollohan has a chance of bypassing him for the top spot if the WV rat doesn't pull a toricelli and replace him.
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