When Congressman Phil Gingrey voted against the bailout rescue bill in congress, I wrote him to express my appreciation for him standing up against a bad idea, even though it meant going against his party’s leadership.
Earlier today, Congressman Gingrey replied to me. In his email was this quote (emphasis his):
I could not support a bill that aimed to save our free-market economy by sacrificing the very free-market principles that sustain it.
See that? He gets it. He understands why this was bad legislation. Saxby voted for this bill – he voted to sacrifice the free-market principles of our economy. He doesn’t get it. Saxby Chambliss followed his party in this issue and insists that this bill is what our economy needed.
With an election on the horizon, Saxby Chambliss followed his party and voted against the best interests of Georgians. Phil Gingrey, on the other hand, did what was right. This voter appreciates Gingrey’s stand for what was right and will be voting for Gingrey (and against Chambliss) on Election Day.
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All Saxby cares about is being a rubber stamp for Bush. He cares about a miniscule percentage of his base. I have written him over and over again and I know that it is true. He is a walking Bush talking point and I am sick of his “representation” of the common decent people of this state.
Of course he voted for this pathetic bailout bill, what did we expect, that he would listen to his constituents for once?