Posted on 10/17/2013 7:27:37 AM PDT by DestroyLiberalism
I've fired off the following e-mail to my Congressman, Mike Kelly, of Pennsylvania regarding my intense displeasure with his vote to completely surrender to the Dems last night. Just thought I'd share it... Hopefully other FReepers will do the same for their RINO representatives who capitulated.
Dear Congressman:
As a constituent who donated and voted for you in the 2012 election and wholeheartedly supported your previous efforts to vote to defund Obamacare, I regret to inform you that I am highly upset and disappointed with your decision last night to join the congressional Republican establishment in its complete and total capitulation to Obama, Reid, and the Democrats in the C.R./debt ceiling fight. Debt ceiling or not, the federal government is already bound by the Fourteenth Amendment to not question the payment of our public debt, so any fears of "default" really aren't valid as far as I'm concerned.
But Congressman, the desire of the majority of Americans to not be subjected and shackled to the oppressive tyranny of Obamacare IS a stark reality and all measures should've been vigorously and proactively taken by you and the entire GOP to ensure its delay and dismantling. And as a member of the House of Representitives, you are bound by the U.S. Constitution to responsibly manage the nation's purse strings and not allow the Treasury to fund any law that brings great financial and personal harm to the American people, such as the case with Obamacare. After all, the implementation of Obamacare will financially cripple millions of American families, allow unprecendented federal government intrusion into our lives and our personal health care decisions, destroy jobs and cut back labor hours, create severe doctor shortages and health care rationing, and add trillions more dollars of crushing debt that will almost certainly bankrupt our already fragile economy.
Unfortunately, Congressman, you quite simply failed in your duty yesterday. As your colleague Senator Ted Cruz has eloquently pointed out, a vote to not repeal or defund Obamacare is tantamount to a vote IN FAVOR of Obamacare. Furthermore, I had once thought of you as a conservative member of the House, though Heritage Foundation's Action Scorecard seems to indicate otherwise as evidence of your current dismal 59% rating you've received from them regarding your legislative voting record as a conservative. Giving rousing speeches on the House floor is no longer going to be enough, Congressman. I will be watching closely to see how you vote in the comprehensive immigration reform/amnesty battle about to be foisted upon the House and the American people. I will also be closely monitoring how you vote in January when the next budget/debt ceiling battle reignites. Should you betray your conservative base once again in either of these areas which are extremely critical to our nation's future, Congressman, I'm afraid I will be left with no choice but to support a more conservative candidate in your next primary election bid in 2014. I quite frankly have never been more upset with the GOP as I am now with its unwillingness to provide any substantive opposition to the imperialism and aggregious big government statism of Obama, Reid, and the Democrats.
For the record, I will be sending PA Senator Pat Toomey a thank you e-mail for being one of the 18 Constitutional Patriots to deliver a NAY vote on the Senate floor yesterday.
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Well done! Excellent letter.
This RINO has already proven that he needs to be sent packing. No more chances for this hypocritical, two-faced Elitist.
Actually, a more concise and potent statement would be:
“Dear Soon-to-be-Former Congressman,
Your vote yesterday was a disgrace to a free America. I avidly look forward to making you “Primary Dead Meat” come your next run-up to Congress.”
F@ck You Very Much,
John Q. Citizen”
So if an election were held now, all other things being equal, would you vote for Mike Kelly? Fine letter, but the question does seem to be out there.
most excellent
Psssst. There’s a black Suburban parked across the street :-) you said “dead”
The republicans are the democrats’ “bitch” now..
That’s why I put “Primary” in front of it......:^)
Consider this:
ALL Texas Republicans in Washington voted “no”.
Every.single.one.
Am I bragging?
Hardly.
Cornyn was among the nays.
Meaningless.
When Cruz and Lee were up, Cornyn voted FOR cloture.
Now he has ads all over Texas airwaves about how conservative he is and how many times in the past he voted against obamacare.
Meaningless.
Yup, he needs to go. I can't stand his ads about how conservative he is.
Too polite. I told McCain and Moran they were a disgrace
Colonel_Flagg wrote:
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So if an election were held now, all other things being equal, would you vote for Mike Kelly? Fine letter, but the question does seem to be out there.
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If his re-election were held today, the answer would be unequivocally NO. With that said, I’m hoping maybe he’ll feel a little more pressure to “right the ship” going forward by giving him a stern ultimatum. Even though I’m highly upset with Kelly, we’re stuck with him for the time being and urgently need to him to hold the line for our side between now and next November, especially with amnesty appearing to be heading back to the table. We’re going to need every vote we can possibly muster to beat back this Marxist march.
yldstrk wrote:
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Too polite. I told McCain and Moran they were a disgrace
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I appreciate what you’re saying and don’t disagree with your sentiments. By the same token, if you were in the Congressman’s shoes, would you be more receptive to: a) a constituent calling you a disgrace and vowing to never vote for you again, or b) a voter politely expressing previous support but now threatening to jump ship with one more screw-up?
obviously the dude doesn’t give a rip about constituents
You may well be right. We shall see.
I was surprised to see everyone rep from Colorado, Dem or Rep voted yes to this.
I expect a lot of RINOs to have primary challenges.
Excellent! And a fine letter you wrote!
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