Fire Saxby Chambliss

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I saw this post from Brett Bittner that gave a really good, concise list of some of Saxby’s recent votes in the Senate.  Much thanks to Brett for letting me post it verbatim here.

1. Voted FOR the bailout.
2. Voted FOR the farm bill.
3. Was among the Gang of 10 energy boondoggle, raising taxes after taking the “no tax pledge”.
4. Voted FOR the FISA bill.
5. Voted FOR subsidies for “clean” energy.
6. Not present to vote to honor fallen soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan (but was able to vote on other bills the same day).
7. Voted TO allow telecoms to keep immunity for spying.
8. Only Senator NOT TO VOTE on habeas corpus for those held at Guantanamo Bay.
9. Voted FOR mixed-gender only marriage.
10. Voted TO re-authorize the Patriot Act.

Yes, some of these issues are preference. You may agree with the way Saxby voted on some of these, but some of these non-preference points are pretty big deals.  Support for the bailout rescue bill is enough for me, but these other 9 points are worth considering if you need a little more convincing that Saxby is bad news for Georgia.