Posted on 10/14/2010 7:44:18 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
New York’s 20th congressional district has a problem.
It’s an R+2 district, one that Bush carried 54 percent to 46 percent in 2004, and one that Obama carried by 3 percent, a classic swing district. But their Democratic congressman, Scott Murphy, is one of those so-called “moderate Democrats” who are never moderate when it really counts. He voted for Obamacare, and staunchly opposes repeal. He voted against a ban on federally funded abortions. He voted for cap-and-trade. Murphy likes to talk a lot about his strong views on pay-as-you-go, but he voted to raise the debt ceiling. He voted for the giant omnibus appropriations bill and against an amendment that would have required larger down payments for Federal Housing Administration mortgages.
The solution for this district is Chris Gibson, a candidate whose résumé positively glows.
He graduated magna cum laude from Siena College while earning an ROTC commission there, and then spent 24 years in the Army, reaching the rank of colonel. He served four combat tours to Iraq, as well as deployments to Kosovo...
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
In this National Review editorial the VDH stands for Victor Davis Hanson - a military historian and writer for National Review.
Victor Davis Hanson July 7, 2010
“A Most unusual person”
“I don’t get involved in the particulars of promoting political candidates.....But in New York’s 20th Congressional District this year one of the rarest individuals I have ever met.....if we are going to save the country, we need leaders like Gibson, who has always lived the life he advocates.....”
http://pajamasmedia.com/victordavishanson/the-ministries-of-truth-weigh-in/?singlepage=true
Chris Gibson is a Reagan/Solomon Conservative
Help him turn this district back...to RED
http://www.chrisgibsonforcongress.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO_SzyqjbG4
Thanks for the links. We are fortunate to have such a remarkable man running in the NY 20.
A bump for Col Gibson
FYI, the NRCC just put out a poll:
# NY-20: Chris Gibson (R) 48, Scott Murphy* (D) 45
Our hard work is paying off!
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