Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit Discussion
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Irregular Times Diaries: Unfit DiscussionIn a time of the spring, old paths are obscured and new growth begins.
Here’s a riddle for New Jersey Democrats: What happens when you allow an incumbent politician to go unchallenged?
Don’t worry. There’s no trick to this riddle. The answer is all too obvious: The politician loses all sense of responsibility to the people.
Rob Andrews proves the point. He’s the Democratic incumbent in the House of Representatives for New Jersey’s first congressional district. At the close of this autumn’s session of Congress, Rob Andrews served his constituents very ill indeed.
Rob Andrews abandoned the mainstream of the Democratic Party and voted for the Military Commissions Act. The Military Commissions Act does the following:
In essence, Rob Andrews voted to end American liberty and to give George W. Bush the powers of a dictator. That’s bad enough. What’s more disturbing is that he’s going to get away with it. I guarantee it.
How can I be so certain?
No one bothered to run against Rob Andrews this year. Not a Democrat in the primary election, and not a Republican in the general election. This year, voters in New Jersey’s first congressional district will have no choice but to vote for Rob Andrews or not to vote for anyone at all.
On his campaign web site, designed for his competition against no one at all, Congressman Andrews states that “I believe that the federal government should play a balanced role by protecting the rights of every citizen.” What he doesn’t state is that he believes that revoking centuries-old American freedoms as a “balanced” act by the federal government.
Representative Andrews ought to be ashamed of himself. He ought to, but he doesn’t. He has no reason to feel ashamed, because there’s no one in the Democratic Party or the Republican Party to hold him accountable.
For that, the Democrats and Republicans of New Jersey’s first congressional district ought to be ashamed of themselves.
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October 7th, 2006 at 10:04 pm
Mr.Wood , I know by your rhetoric that you have not served in The U.S.
Armed Forces. If you had served, you would know that under The Geneva
Convention any Armed Combatan found out of Uniform can under the
Articles of War be shot as a Spy. The fact that those Regutions of War are not being followed also show that, no one that has not earned the Combat Badge
should ever be Elected President. Mr. Bush is warm and fuzzy guy and
you think hes too macho. I suppose after having a draft evader before
him thats the way you see it.As far as N.Jersey having only 1
Candidate to Vote for. Thats how Fidel Castro has every Free Election,
You can vote for him or not , he allways wins.
October 9th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
That’s a load of bullshit, and you know it.