Posted by
Mark on Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:55:50 PM
Chaos continues in the California 4th Congressional District. Congressman Doolittle has caused most of his own problems. I tell my kids that you know a lot about a person by who their friends are. You can make your own judgment about Congressman John Doolittle’s friend, Jack Abramoff. I believe JTD would have an easy re-election if it were not for this friend. I do support JTD’s efforts to clear his name if he has truly done nothing wrong.
California Assemblyman Ted “in my pocket” Gaines continues to get publicity for his exploratory committee for his possible run in the Republican primary against incumbent John Doolittle. I wonder how many thousands of dollars ‘in my pocket” Gaines collected when he made that life altering sacrifice driving from his Roseville home, on Interstate 80 for the 20 mile commute to the state capital during the Governor’s special session of the legislature? Remember Mr. Davies (Ted’s Chief of Staff) comment, “IT IS A SACRIFICE FOR TED GAINES TO SERVE IN THE ASSEMBLY.” Mr. Gaines does not have the character to represent us in the 4th Assembly District. He definitely does not have the character to be a United States Congressman. He is more concerned about his sacrifice driving on Interstate 80 to collect his $175 a day per diem than representing his constituents. Mr. Gaines, what do you think our troops are getting for per diem in Iraq? Do you think you are making more of a sacrifice than our troops? According to your Chief of Staff you do.
Where is the Republican leadership opposing Ted Gaines efforts to unseat Doolittle? We know that Aaron Park, a member of the Placer County Republican Central Committee and Placer County Supervisor Bruce Kranz oppose Gaines. Does my party lack the leadership to say what most people believe? That Ted Gaines is an opportunist who lacks character.
Lets not forget about Eric Egland. Eric is another opportunist who supported John Doolittle and then decided not to support John Doolittle. While I respect Eric’s service to our country, I am tired of getting the emails that he is on Fox News or CNN as an intelligence expert. A lot of military officers that are guests on these news shows are just there to stroke their egos. I think Eric may fall into this category. I spent 22 years in the Air Force. I was an Electronic Warfare Officer on the B-52 during the cold war. I sat nuclear alert with our targets located in the former Soviet Union. Maybe I should go put on my flight suit, with the old Strategic Air Command insignia, and call CNN and tell them I am an expert on bomber and nuclear issues. I also flew the RF-4 tactical reconnaissance fighter. Maybe I should take the Strategic Air Command insignia off my flight suite and replace it with the Air Combat Command insignia, and claim I am an expert on a reconnaissance issues. That is how the opportunist Eric Egland thinks he is going to be elected to Congress. What does Eric really do in the Air Force? I would like to know what his duty code is. I saw a picture of him in Iraq with a gun. Maybe that was done just for show. Is he a military police officer? Will the real Major Eric Egland stand up? Besides showing up on CNN in his fatigues, where does he stand on the issues? Does he believe in charter schools? We know Ted ‘in my pocket” does not. Is he a fan of the teacher’s union? We know Ted ‘in my pocket’ Gaines is. Where does he stand on taxes? What about social security? I am sorry but an opportunist like Mr. Egland cannot win the primary or the general election by wrapping himself in the flag.
What are we going to do? The Republican Party is in trouble. Most of the local leadership has been silent. We have 2 opportunists in Egland and Gaines. If JTD is convicted of wrongdoing, he needs to go. If he did nothing legally wrong, I think he probably has learned his lesson on who are really his friends. One way or the other the Justice Department needs to conclude its investigation of JTD.
We do not want the 4th Congressional seat to fall to the Democrats. Even if JTD decided not to run, our options are limited between Egland, who thinks wrapping himself in the flag and ignoring issues will get him elected and Ted “in my pocket” Gaines who would rather line his pockets with our tax dollars. Maybe we can get Mickey Mouse to run. Anyone know if he is a Republican?