Democrat Congressman Tom Perriello didn’t get it when confronted by his constituents in town hall meetings last summer. And he still doesn’t get it. Responding to the decisive, stunning victory of conservative Scott Brown in taking the Senate seat filled by liberal icon Ted Kennedy, Perriello said, “What people are upset about is a lack of leadership and a lack of solutions—not doing too much.”
Wrong, Tom. The people are upset because your Democrat gang in Washington is doing way too much. Your team has engaged in history’s largest spending spree. In just 20 months, you guys will add as much debt as President Bush ran up in eight years. You will double the national debt in five years and nearly triple it in 10.
And all your reckless spending has failed to fix the economy. We were told that if the stimulus bill passed, unemployment wouldn’t rise above 8%. It is now 10%.
Now Perriello’s team is telling us that they will focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” Given their track record of fiscal failure, heaven help us. With these guys running things it seems like the safest time to be an American is when Congress is in recess.
Perriello – WRONG AGAIN
Edward W. Clark, Jr.
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Tom Perriello’s assessment of the Brown victory is self serving. He could not have stated otherwise given the rank example of his voting record. He is young and apparently quite naive. In his situation I fear it is truly a case of the blind leading the blind. Tom needs to decide which master he is going to serve, Pelosi or the 5th District. The two are diametrically opposed.
Although I am happy Tom Perriello (Representative, 5th district) voted in favor of Congressman Bart Stupak’s pro-life amendment to the House Healthcare bill, I must say I am skeptical about his motives. I say this because an examination of his voting record to date shows his allegiance with far left Democratic Party politics. My guess is his vote on the Stupak amendment was an effort to appease the pro-life segment of the Democratic Party, while maintaining approval with the far left segment.
If Mr. Perriello is truly interested in serving the will of those of us in the 5th District of Virginia, he would have voted no on the Senate version of the Healthcare bill. This would have killed the legislation and cleared the way for candid, transparent deliberation and a genuine two-party effort to craft a bill in alignment with the continually stated wishes of not only the voters of the Fifth district, but of the majority of the American people.
Any health care bill must preserve existing federal policy preventing federal dollars from paying for elective abortions. That policy delivers what most Americans want – no tax dollars for abortions. Congress can achieve this by incorporating Congressman Stupak’s language in the final version of the bill.
Any bill increasing government control is not reform, and is a slap in the face to those who trusted Mr. Perriello to represent us in Congress. A very clear message has been sent to Congress from the American people. We do not want this healthcare bill. We do not want it rammed down our throats. Nancy Pelosi may be content to “just pass anything”, but we, the people, object and will fight its passage to the bitter end.
I encourage Mr. Perriello to serve the will of the people of the Fifth district rather than the will of Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party.
TP voted for that amendment so he could live up to his “promise” to not vote for any legislation that contained funding for abortion. He is a fraud and if you watch some of the town hall videos you can see how he has no regard for the people and in fact looks at them with contempt and disdain.
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Thanks, Julie
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