But the dillweed in the US Senate who's supposed to be putting our face on the nation's political arena now is an embarrassment. He's a party-leaner and a liberal cheerleader and doesn't believe in upholding the constitution, unless the Democratic party says it's okay. He is Sherrod Brown.
The first sign of trouble came when he backed S.A.3, which would have labeled congressional watchdog groups as lobbyists. The groups you believe in: The NRA, the AFL-CIO, Focus On The Family, your local church, the Mid-Ohio Filmmakers Association... anyone who reports on an issue and tries to get their constituents to act by calling their representatives and senators would have been labeled a lobbyist, and S.A.3 was designed to mar them down in so much red tape that they would have either had to pay millions in fees, or just plain shut up. This was shortly after he was elected in late 2006 among the Democrat sweep that took control of the congress in those mid-term elections. This was a bill written by the Democrats as a measure to clean up lobbyists in Washington, which wasn't a bad idea in itself... but this sticking point grass-roots lobbying provision was thrown in there quietly to try to shut Americans out of the legislation process. Luckily it was caught and removed- but it had Sherrod Brown's support.
The second sign of trouble came as Washington DC began to fight back against an unconstitutional attack on their second amendment rights. Washington DC - one of our nation's most violent cities - and they enacted a ban against citizens defending themselves by making gun ownership illegal. I wrote Sherrod Brown - MY SENATOR - to ask him to defend the constitution by signing an amicus brief in an effort to persuade the Supreme Court to overturn the law. His response?
"In previous years, I have voted against any such legislation, which is vehemently opposed by the District's Mayor and Congressional Delegate, as well as various business and tourism interests in Washington DC. This legislation would infringe upon the sovereignty of the District by repealing nearly every facet of DC's locally enacted safety laws."
WHAT?! He says it right there: he's voting against the people and voting for government. He's voting against the Constitution, which is the document of law in our land. DC's ban on firearm ownership was flat-out unconstitutional, and he was willing to uphold that egregious law in violation on founding principals and federal doctrine. It was not a local issue. It was a federal issue and the Supreme Court agreed, thank goodness.
Then he decided to get front-and-center as Barack Obama campaigned for President and made an utter fool of himself, which of course made in onto CNN and Fox News. Say what you want about Bill O'Reilly, but it was Sherrod Brown who shied away like a playground sad-sack who couldn't think of an intelligent comeback. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMRdzgBLTiA
His rounds on the Obama campaign trail will filled with the same scripted hoo-hah and partisan politics.
Don't get me wrong... occasionally Brown says something intelligent, but it's normally when he's thinking with his own mind instead of engaging in Democrat group-think which is all too often where his mind goes off to wander.
GovTrack says this about Sherrod Brown (as of 11/07):
Listed as a liberal Democrat
Approval rating at 46% as of Nov.2007 (average is 53%)
Missed 285 of 6,271 votes from January 2007 to November of 2007.
We are in need of a strong force to upset Sherrod Brown's apple cart when his term comes up for re-election in 2012. Now is the time to cultivate that voice.
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