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2nd District poses tough choice for local voters
Published Sunday, November 2, 2008
Local political observers are having a hard time predicting the outcome of the 2nd Congressional District race.
“I think there are a lot of issues that are unknown,” said Sam Shelton, associate professor of political science at Troy University.
While Republicans traditionally have held the congressional seat for the district, the Democratic challenger has a real shot of winning the seat this year, observers have said.
Republican Jay Love, who bases his campaign on strong conservative views, and Democrat Bobby Bright, who has campaigned as a conservative independent, will present a difficult choice for some local voters.
“I’m really torn,” said Terry Hassett, of Troy. “I really like Bobby Bright, but I’m concerned about the Democrats having the super majority.”
And, Hassett said he thinks many of his peers are facing the same issue.
“I think that’s a very popular opinion among Pike County because they like Bobby Bright and his record,” Hassett said.
Others, however, said they already have made up their minds.
“I’m voting for Bobby Bright because of the ads Jay Love puts out against him,” said Joy Harvard. “He totes Christian records, and I was taught if you were a Christian you don’t treat people like that.”
Voter turnout, and whether voters vote straight ticket or split ticket will play big roles in the election’s outcome, Selton said.
“I think Pike County is one of the counties that tends to be fairly evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats, but the district itself has a lot of people who tend to be Republican over Democrat,” Shelton said. “This could be a disadvantage for Bright but an advantage for Love.”
But, Shelton said still, some people who are voting for John McCain may take time to mark all the candidates individually, which could be an advantage for the Montgomery mayor.
“It’s the first time … in a long time where there is a prospect that a Democrat could win this district,” Shelton said. “I think the election is very close as far as people’s preferences.”
Local party chairs, on the other hand, both said their candidate will be the one of choice for Pike County.
“As far as the congressional race goes, I think we have a real choice between a strong, conservative Republican and a Democrat who’s supported by the liberal leaders in Congress,” said Pike County Republican Party Chair Adam Drinkwater. “I’ve seen a really strong base of support in Pike County for Jay Love, both in number of signs and the personal conversations that I’ve had with people who are planning on getting out to vote for him.”
The county’s Democrat Chair Jerry Williams, however, said he thinks Bright will win more local votes.
“I think he’s going to win Pike County,” Williams said. “Historically, Pike County has voted for the candidate, not the party, and I think you’re going to see a lot of people cross the party lines and vote for Bobby.”
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Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 2:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
awkward that the Republican party chair couldnt even win his primary for county commission...
Posted by Henderson_Hillbilly (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 8:41 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Looks to me that you have only one choice unless you want Bobby Bright to run our town down the way he has Montgomery.
VOTE JAY LOVE
Posted by turtle (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 9:03 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The areas that are "run down" in Montgomery were run down long before Bobby Bright was mayor. When people choose to live in ghetto and continue to keep it ghetto rather than put the trash where it belongs and stand up to the law breakers, that is their choice not the mayor's. He brought business to Montgomery.
All of that aside for me, it is simple. Shiftingshadows said it correctly. Jay Love is a hypocrite. Both his "I am Jay Love and I approve this message" ads and those of the Republican Committee have been blatently negative and false, whereas Bobby Bright's endorsed messages have had nothing negative about them. The Democratic Committee's have attacked Jay Love but not a single one of Bobby Bright's endorsed ads have been. Jay Love ran negatively against Harrie Anne Smith and set his tone so even if I were republican I wouldn't vote for him. I'm not a democrat either, I vote for the person not the party.
Posted by Henderson_Hillbilly (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 9:42 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I don't know where you are listening to these ads at but I have heard just as many negative ads from Bobby (OBama) Bright.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 9:49 a.m. (Suggest removal)
find one negative ad from Bobby Bright about Jay Love.... you obviously have no amount of intelligence otherwise you'd fail to follow a republican candidate like Jay Love so blindly... this guy has no clue what hes talking about, Bright is in touch with the economic and values of this area... Jay Love was born in a Country Club...
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 10:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
ok that sounded mean... Im sure you are smart... did not mean to insult your intelligence... however... I've talked too Bright and Love several times, Bright was on top of issues, knew what he wanted to do and talked to me about it... Love had to ask me what several things meant like waterboarding, and didnt seem to have a clue about anything he wanted...
Bright's ads are completely geared to what he wants to do, the message says "vote bobby bright"
Love's ads are completely geared at Bright being liberal, a scare tactic to cover up his lack of knoledge on issues... his messages say "don't vote for bobby bright"
any negatives toward Love were not endorsed by Bright, the DCCC paid for a few other them, other than that Bright has been clean.
Posted by Ramsey (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 1:10 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@ trurtle & shiftingshadows
You are both right on target. Jay Love has lied throughout this campaign; the Primary, Primary Runoff, and now the General Election. He has failed to talk about issues that are important to us as residents of District 2.
Posted by Thunderstick (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Even if you don't like Jay Love and therefore vote for Bobby Bright, you are supporting a pro abortion, pro gay, anti gun, higher taxes party affiliate and when he is in Washington he will be expected to tow the party line re these issues.
Posted by turtle (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 3:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thunderstick, obviously you don't know Bobby Bright. He is pro-life not pro-abortion as you call it, and he is for the second amendment which is not anti-gun. There are democrats who do not follow the democrat beliefs to the line, just as there are republicans who are pro-choice, etc. I'm not telling anyone who to vote for, that is YOUR CHOICE and I hope you exercise that choice. For me, I just prefer Mayor Bright.
As to the ads, again pay close attention when you watch them. All ads mentioning Jay Love in support of Bobby Bright are paid for and endorsed by the Democratic Committe NOT Bobby Bright himself. Mayor Bright's endorsed ads are the ones where he states what he stands for (and never mentions Jay Love) and the one I love has Little Miss Prisspot and Little Mr. Bullyman and he talks about working together instead of fighting just because of party lines.
Also just because someone is pro-choice does not mean they are pro-abortion. As a woman I simply feel it is no else's right to tell me what I can and cannot do with my body. That doesn't mean I am for abortion.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 2, 2008 at 11:38 p.m. (Suggest removal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0waTokRo...
Posted by trojanfan99 (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 5:23 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I can tell you from experience a lot of people have kept Bright in office because they are afraid of how bad the other choices might be (yes, I lived there for almost 20 years). Montgomery is not known for rocking the boat when it comes to most mayoral elections. Bright has done a good job, don't get me wrong. But you also have to look at a few things. He did help raise the sales tax in Montgomery to 10% from 8% (I said "help", not that he did it on his own). Also, the attacks about Jay Love not offering health insurance to some of his employees... they worked at Subway! Most of the people who served me at his franchise locations looked young enough to still be on their parent's insurance. I am not promoting either candidate (frankly, I don't like either one) but these are two things I think people forget. I guess I should say something else positive about Bright... Eastchase would be my answer to that... and I suppose all of the riverfront development.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 5:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
they worked at subway but he owned 16 and is an over the top multi millionaire, he uses double standards attacking Bright for taking money from democrats but then he doesnt want to take the same crap about the chinese investors and casino owners... or the guy that got his thousands to give to love from a casino strip club.... the alabama christian coalition even denounced him for not denouncing all his dirty money.... as for helping it get raised to 10%, please explain how... im sure you have an explaination id just like to hear it... from what i understand the county raised the tax not Bright or the city... Love's campaign says he endorsed it but the advertiser says he didnt... and after Love's record of lying and raising taxes himself... id have trouble believing him...
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 5:47 a.m. (Suggest removal)
we also know Jay Love took $14,300 of allowance because he had to drive 8 miles from his house to the state capitol
Posted by trojanfan99 (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 6:10 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The city raised the tax originally, but the mayor is not able to vote on it, therefore I said he "helped" raise the tax (by 1%). However, Bright designed a budget for the next year which accounted for the increase in revenue and stated the he was supportive of the tax increase (I am not arguing that we didn't need more money in that town). There was also an increase in the lodging tax, but that was to fund the riverfront development. The county did later raise the tax which brought the total sales tax in the city to 10%, one of the highest in the nation. I obviously have missed Love raising taxes ( I hope you are not referring to the vote for Amendment 1 which allowed the PUBLIC to vote on it, not for the state to actually raise taxes... I assume he wanted to allow the public to decide if they wanted the tax increase or not). Like I said, I don't particulary like either candidate. I just want people who don't know anything about Montgomery or about the candidates to have an opinion from someone who isn't going to support either candidate. I don't trust political ads and I am talking about the things I know about, not what I have heard from someone else.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 6:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Love has voted to raise taxes on several things, income tax, car sales, sales tax, etc... some of the same things he voted yes too he later put out ads accusing Harri Anne Smith of voting yes too... how can you vote for something then say oo oo she voted to do that! yeah... as for the 1% the city raised tax on (i believe your talking about in 2002) i understand it too be help bring in Hyundaii and whatnot... created lots n lots of jobs...
however Jay Love did vote to give exxon mobil 12 million dollars back they had already paid to alabama in taxes... bob riley responded to it like this....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahy4okIPr...
why give tax breaks too exxon who continues to have record breaking billions and billions of profit and then vote to tax the alabama people?
Posted by GlassHalfFull (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 7:20 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I am thankful that tomorrow isTuesday and all of this will be over soon. It has been a CRAZY political season. If everyone in this state got as excited about REAL ISSUES as they do about politics and football, we wouldn't be in the mess we are in now. Whatever happens tomorrow, let's continue to care about what these people do as much as we do now. Let's continue to hold them accountable for their actions. We don't need to just say, "well you're elected, do whatever you want to now." We have serious issues and we need serious answers, not just bandaids on the problem. Good luck to all of the candidates.
Posted by OldSchoolPike3Worker (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 9:14 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I agree with ThunderStick. Of course Bobby Bright is going to be pro-gun and anti-abortion. This is Alabama and he wants to get elected. You guys don't actually think he is going to get to Washington and vote against his party do you? Get real, if you want a pro-gun and anti-abortion congressmen, then vote for the Republican. Jay Love does not have to run against the views of his party leaders in order to get elected. If you listen to what Bright is saying, he is trying to sound like a Republican. He should change parties and be a Republican if he wants to run as one. All of you voting for the man and not the party are going to regret it when Pelosi is able to get all of this liberal legislation passed by a narrow margin. If you are really conservative, then vote for Jay Love. Jay Love's party will support the values that we stand for. I just can't see the Democrats going along with anything that Bobby Bright is claiming to support.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 9:22 a.m. (Suggest removal)
LOL there are alot of democrats that don't go with party lines... old school please... Love is going to vote for whats best for him and his las vegas and chinese investors not whats best for this district... he took 14,300 dollars for driving 8 miles back and forth to work... for the same distance and going to jury duty for the same amount of days Love went to the state capitol a person would get a total of around 260 dollars... Love unfairly took 50 dollars a day and then supports paying juror's who have to serve 5 cents a mile... good one... even the Alabama Christian Coalition has denounced Jay Love... tells you something since he runs as a "christian conservative"
SAY NO TOO COMMUNIST CHINESE INVESTORS RUNNING OUR CONGRESSMAN, VOTE BOBBY BRIGHT.
Posted by tellitlikeitis (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
In recent years I have been absolutely amazed by the issues that seem to cause the most problems in the fabric of our great and prosperous nation. The fact of the matter is, these hot button issues are not going to change no matter who gets in office. Abortion will never go away; gun rights will never be taken; and we will always pay taxes. The point that I am making is that these issues do more to divide us than unite us.
I would rather we spend our time talking about why Alabama only graduates 60% of its high school seniors (which is below the national average); why a family of four making $21,000 is paying a greater percentage of their income in taxes than a corporation that decides to set up shop in Alabama; or why wages in Alabama, on average, are the lowest in the nation? These are the questions that we should be asking our politicians. These are the issues that we should be holding them accountable for!!! You have the right to know this information and you have the right not to allow them to blind side you with words like abortion, gun rights, etc. DEMAND MORE
Posted by Virtuous (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 3:49 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@tellitlikeitis
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 3:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Bright is the only one in touch with this area enough to help any of these problems
Posted by OldSchoolPike3Worker (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 5:18 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I understand all of your frustration. But, I would ask everyone to consider what it means to send one more Democrat to Congress. That is one more vote against what we stand for down here. Sure, Bright is running as a conservative, but if he really was a conservative, he would have changed parties and become a Republican. The bottom line is he is not a conservative. I lived under his regime in Montgomery for 2 years and I have met him on several occasions. I'm telling you, district 2 is about to be represented by an activist lawyer who is right at home with the concept of government solving all of our problems. He got into politics to help people by using government, not helping people by making government smaller and less intrusive in their lives. This is what activist lawyers do. All of you conservatives that are voting for Bright are having the wool pulled over your eyes in a major way. The way I see it is that the only sure way to get a conservative is to vote for one who has built his fortune in the business arena, not in a courtroom. Jay Love is the true conservative in this race. Sure, he wasn't my first choice but that's life. I would take 10 Jay Loves over 1 Bobby Bright anytime.
Posted by turtle (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 5:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It isn't a vote against what *I* stand for so I'm not in that "we" OSP3W. I do not appreciate anyone telling me what I can and cannot do with my body, especially a man who holds just as much blame for unwanted pregnancies as a woman does. Now that does not mean I am pro-abortion, just I am for having a choice as to what to do instead of the government telling me what I can and cannot do. We have had a republican president for 8 years and look at we got LOL. I saw a great sign the other day. "Stop partying, vote independent". I refuse to say I'm a democrat or I'm republican when to be quite honest, all politicians are full of manure and liars anyway.
Posted by Thunderstick (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 6:36 p.m. (Suggest removal)
turtle - what did u get the last 8 yrs? Much of the blame Pres Bush gets is for policies/actions that were set into motion before he got into office. If it is the war you are concerned with, then you can also thank Dems who voted for it. The war was/is a just cause and I haven't seen any additional terrorist attacks since it began (on American soil anyway).
Re abortion. What you call choice a dead baby would call murder (if it had the chance to speak before being murdered). It is a womans body and she made her choice when she had sex, as did the man as you point out. The government didn't tell the lady to have sex, so you are right they can't tell her what to do. However, if you are a Christian then you cannot support abortion and be a believer of the Bible.
Posted by regis (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 6:53 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, Turtle, we may disagree on a couple of things but this ain't one of them. You have pretty much said everything I would have said had I jumped in this thread earlier. I loathe Jay Love. He is a complete phony and, frankly, he gives me the creeps. For some reason, I can just see some scandal coming out about him and Troy King after the election. Not that there is anything wrong with that. Whatever cranks his tractor. And let me clarify that there is absolutely NO substance to my suspicions. Just my personal observation from previously being around people of similar...attributes.
On the other side, I find no fault in Bobby Bright. I have met the man and he seemed very real and decent.
I am not voting party lines. My votes tomorrow will be split between the two parties. But there is no way in H-E-double hockey sticks I am voting for Jay Love.
Posted by regis (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 7 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Thunderstick...clarify "on American soil" all you want, the war on terror began a lot longer ago than that. So who has failed to address it? How about the strike on the Hezbollah called off by Caspar Weinberger during the Regan administration because of the fear it would drag the country into a quagmire? Or how about the Mujahadein aided by Americans under Bush senior. Did you forget who was a member of that organization? Here's a hint: his initials are OBL.
Posted by route29 (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 7:35 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You may not like Jay Love's ads, but Bright's are no better. He may not be on camera trashing Jay Love, but he's allowing the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to run attack ads on his behalf. So Jay Love is owned by the Chinese? Get real.
Remember, it was Harri Anne Smith who started the attack ads against Love during the Republican runoff. The same Smith who was commended by Bright for crossing party lines and endorsing him. Kind of makes you wonder...
As for Bright, I find no reason to support him. As mayor, he has spent a lot of money and run the city into debt - just the kind of thing we don't need more of in Washington. All his ads show are him riding in a truck with his dog. He never says what he's going to do if he gets elected. Meanwhile, Jay Love is talking about energy independence - something that actually matters.
I'm sure Bright won't forget where he came from. He'll be thinking about south Alabama - when he votes for Nancy Pelosi for Speaker of the House.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 7:45 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Old School stop ignoring what i say and address the issues... Jay Love - took 50 dollars a day of our tax money for driving 8 miles to the capitol... Jay Love voted to raise our taxes several times but voted against taxing exxon mobil... Jay Love was denounced by the Alabama Christian Coalition(casting shadows on what his campaign really means "christian conservative values"), He took money from Corporate Casino Owners one of which is the biggest investor in Communist China, and then took money from Pete Sessions a congressman who raised the money in a Las Vegas strip club...
Alabama Christian Coalition said "its obvious where Love's values stand, its with the las vegas casinos and supporting the communist regime in china"
Bob Riley has also stepped out of party lines too say how disapointed he was with Love's voting record...
btw, Bright is pro life, pro gun rights, for being hard on illegals, against raising taxes, and he fought corporations who tried to cheat montgomery..
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 7:48 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Jay Love failed to make the "freedom watch" ads attacking bobby bright stop and still accepted attack ads from the RNCC so why should Bright stop the DCCC ads? doesnt make sense.. your logic has failed again :)
as ive pointed out before, Smith didn't start the attacks... Love started it way before the runoff... he was attacking her for voting the same tax raises that he voted for and all of this was in the Primary when there were 7 of them... again, get the facts before arguing with me.
Posted by route29 (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 8:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
You missed my point, which is that Bright is not running a "clean" campaign when he allows the DCCC ads to run. Whether it says "Paid by Bobby Bright" or not, the effect is the same.
I don't understand how come if Bright is such a great candidate and is his "own" man.
BTW, it was Smith who attacked Love on the tax issue. June 26 Montgomery Advertiser. Maybe you should get your facts straight.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk14UFqtK...
Posted by Ramsey (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 8:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I will say it again, Jay Love lied during the Primary Election; he lied during the Primary Run-Off; and he has lied during the General Election campaign. He does not represent the values of District 2. He is not the best choice.
@route29
Where exactly has Mayor Bright run the City of Montgomery into debt? Are you talking about the downtown revitalization? Montgomery has a number of problems, but I don't believe they were created by Bobby Bright!
Posted by route29 (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 8:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ramsey, it appears that those problems are getting worse instead of better under Bright. And we are being told that it's his leadership that makes him the better candidate for Congress.
Posted by Ramsey (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 9:02 p.m. (Suggest removal)
@route29
The debt in Montgomery has increased, but I believe that if you check the reasons, they are the downtown revitalization project which cleaned up a significant portion of downtown Montgomery and brought a number of jobs to the area; assistance to the Montgomery Public Schools for the construction of new schools, again cleaning up areas of Montgomery; and Hyundia to Montgomery that also brought jobs. I don't mean to imply that Bobby Bright did all of this himself, but he was heavily involved in the process.
The other feature that stands out to me is that Bobby Bright works with all of the individuals that are involved in government. Jay Love is only willing to work with and for Republicans. As a state representative he signed a pledge to run as a Republican that he would always back the Republican leadership regardless of if it benefitted his constitutents. I want a congressman that is working for me, not a party!
Having said all of that, I respect your right to choose the other candidate, I just believe that Bobby Bright will better represent our district in Washington.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 9:24 p.m. (Suggest removal)
I never said Harri Anne Smith didn't attack Love, however buddy you are wrong about who started it... and even if She did, which she didnt.... what does that have to do with Bright? Smith only recently endorsed Bright... your double standards of reporting no facts is again falling apart... RNCC and Freedom Watch are attacking Bright, yet Love wont denounce them and you expect Bright to denounce the DCCC ads? dont know if you noticed but double standards usually arent seen as fair.
Once again, get facts before you come back talking to me.
Posted by route29 (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 10:56 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Well, shifty, it's just that Love is getting beaten up for running attack ads, and it is being said by enlightened people like yourself that we should all support Bright because he doesn't run attack ads.
I do think it's interesting that Harri Anne ran an "It's wrong, Jay" ad during the runoff, and now the DCCC is running an ad using the very same catchphrase.
Ramsey, I also respect your right to choose a candidate. However, I don't understand why people have such a problem with Republican candidates being asked to pledge to support other Republicans when nobody seems to have a problem with the Democrats asking everyday people to pledge to support the Democratic candidates in the general election in order to vote in their primary. One wonders why a man who claims to put people ahead of party would choose to run with a party that makes the voters pledge to support the nominee whether it is the best candidate for that office or not.
Jay Love is a Republican running as a Republican. Bright is a Democrat trying to hide that he's a Democrat. Shouldn't we be questioning Bright's motives?
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 11:03 p.m. (Suggest removal)
lol, no tell me in a public primary how do the democrats make anyone pledge to vote anything to vote in their primary? when you walk in you tell them if your voting republican or democrat, its that simple they dont make you pledge anything the simple fact that your making this up is enough to discredit your entire opinion... as for the rest, your lies have proven you untrustworthy enough :)
also, if Bright voting for Republican Mike Huckabee in the primaries then yes, hes so being controlled by democrats, good one.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 11:08 p.m. (Suggest removal)
President - Ralph Nader/Matt Gonzalez - Independent
Congress - Bobby Bright - Democrat
Senate - Jeff Sessions - Republican
Now... why not be bipartisan? :)
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 3, 2008 at 11:15 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Why do you keep ignoring the fact that Love unfairly took 14,300 dollars for travel expense from his home to the state capitol for a total of 8 miles...
Or the fact that Jay Love has been denounced by the Alabama Christian Coalition?
Or the fact that he took dirty money raised in a casino strip club(Sounds like Christian Conservative Values to me)
Or the fact that he hasnt told Freedom Watch or RNCC to stop attacking Bright as you claim Bright should stop the DCCC... why? if Love wont even do it for the 2 organizations running the attacks on Bright...
Or the fact that Love's top contributor is the biggest communist chinese investor in the world who is a top las vegas casino owner
Or the fact that Love voted to raise our taxes several times but when it came too it voted against taxing exxon mobil for oil taken off the shore of alabama
Or the fact that Riley called his voting record "unconsciounable"
Posted by Ramsey (anonymous) on November 4, 2008 at 8:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
@route29
Sorry for not responding sooner; I am not talking about pledging an endorsement of or for Republican candidates, I am talking about support for issues/legislation within the Alabama Legislature. Republicans don't independently go out and support legislation without their leadership's permission. That is wrong because it takes away their ability to represent the people within their district. I want someone representing me who is willing to cross party lines and make decisions that are in the best interest of the people in my district. As we look at Congress, I believe that Bobby Bright offers us that vote!
Posted by Jack_Bauer (anonymous) on November 4, 2008 at 9:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
I voted 3 times today for OSP3W. Thank you ACORN for hooking me up!!
Posted by OldSchoolPike3Worker (anonymous) on November 4, 2008 at 9:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Jack, I'm not running for anything. You guys go ahead and vote Bright in office and see how many times he votes against the liberal legislation that the democratic majority will produce. I'm guessing that will be few if any. In any case, my comments here won't change any minds.
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 4, 2008 at 9:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)
your right they wont change any minds but you ignored the facts i presented... once again...
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 4, 2008 at 10:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
off too park memorial too vote Bobby Bright :)
Posted by shiftingshadows (anonymous) on November 5, 2008 at 12:09 a.m. (Suggest removal)
looks like our boy took it home :)
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