Posted on 11/01/2010 12:42:00 AM PDT by darrellmaurina
LAQUEY, Mo. (Oct. 30, 2010) — Republican congressional candidate Vicky Hartzler earned her reputation as a Christian conservative during a successful statewide campaign in 2004 in which voters decided by a 71 percent margin to amend the state constitution to bar gay marriage. She’s been blasted by a national liberal magazine which asked if she is the “most anti-gay candidate in America,” and conservative Christian themes were brought up several times during her Saturday morning veterans rally at VFW Post 3168 next to the Laquey ambulance base. Hartzler attacked incumbent Congressman Ike Skelton for his role as chairman of the House Armed Services Committee in which he allowed a hate crimes bill to be attacked to the federal defense authorization, and then using foul language to criticize U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, a fellow congressman from Missouri with whom Hartzler served in the Missouri legislature. Responding to questions on other social issues such as retaining the current “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” ban on open homosexuals serving in the military and possible federal constitutional amendments addressing gay marriage and abortion, Hartzler said she doesn’t want to see homosexuals in the military and would like to see both abortion and gay marriage barred by the constitution.
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Ike "Red" Skelton reminds me of Ron "Red" Dellums (Socialist CA) who waited about 20 years to become chairman of the Armed Services Committee only to be so disappointed when Republicans took the house that he retired to Oakland, CA.
Looks like "Red" Skelton's chairmanship is doomed one way or another.
Remember, Tom Foley (Socialist WA) was Speaker of the House when he was voted out of his job in his district during the original Contract With America Republican takeover by the House in 1994.
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Time for Ike to retire...
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