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Whew.

I heard a bit on the local NPR station that Ron Barber will be voting against the Obamacare repeal. I’m glad to hear he’s not running away from it.

I still don’t get the over-caution from him. The district he’s running in now is even more Democratic than the one he skunked Jesse Kelly in. I’m still perplexed by the Eric Holder vote and the explanation that by half voting for what he’s acknowledging is a partisan witch hunt he’s striking a blow for civility is a bit much. And I don’t think the “split the baby” stand will win over any Republican or independent that’s on the fence about the guy.

If it was some way to make sure that the NRA doesn’t give him a bad rating, good luck with that. I don’t think they are in the habit of giving endorsements to high profile gunshot victims. The existence of people like Barber tend to ruin their thesis.

Anyhow, I like Ron a lot, I’ve just been getting frustrated with a couple of his votes. His willingness to be on the right side on the ACA is reassuring.

Written by: Tedski
This was written by Tedski. Posted on Monday, July 9, 2012, at 9:08 pm. Filed under GLBT, New CD 2 (Old CD 8). Tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

6 Comments

  1. jodi wrote:

    Whine whine, piss and moan…

    Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 9:36 am | Permalink
  2. Georgia wrote:

    I agree with you, Tedski.

    Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 9:45 am | Permalink
  3. Tedski wrote:

    Jodi-

    Your constructive criticism is always welcome.

    Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 5:00 pm | Permalink
  4. jodi wrote:

    Then don’t let a couple of his votes get your panties in a was. You have to fully support him for this fall, just like I have to fully support President Obama this fall even though I didn’t like his move on the Dream Act or the removal of the BP agreement.

    The big picture is what’s important and I’m not going to sweat the small stuff that bothers me.

    Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 9:33 pm | Permalink
  5. Georgia wrote:

    Actually we have two choices in the Democratic primary this fall for CD 2. Matt Heinz is not going to just walk away into the sunset.

    Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at 9:59 pm | Permalink
  6. Richard Grayson wrote:

    “His willingness to be on the right side on the ACA is reassuring.”

    Isn’t it the very *least* you would expect?

    Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at 7:52 am | Permalink