Wal Mart Republicans

In response to my friend Michael Sorocazk of Muscle Shoals who recently penned a letter to the Times Daily, (Yes the same Times Daily who declined to run this response). Mickey's assertion that the Republicans “Only care about money and power.” Is offensive, Mike, given the money and power of my opponent in this race - my friend, this is oscar-meyer-baloney-whitewash. (You, my gentle reader, may fill in what I really wanted to say)

Having first voted for Richard Nixon, and often repeating the line “fool me once shame on you – fool me twice, shame on me”, I too, have in times past regarded myself a Democrat. I usually voted in the Democratic primary because that is where the local candidates ran. But my Alabama Conservative roots always ran deep.

True, the Wall Street Republicans have given main street a lickin' in the past decade. Rich bankers and lawyers lived in obscene excess while while Alabamians struggled to feed the family. The Democrats that I supported in years past were the Alabama Conservatives who bear little resemblance to the present day Democrat/Socialist Party.

The last presidential election saw the emergence the Wal-Mart Republicans with presidential candidate Mike Huckabee. I supported, and was at the victory party for Dr. Robert Bentley. He, like Huckabee, represents a new kind of grassroots common man approach to government.

The New Republicans are Ex-democrats and conservative Christians who expected universal health care and got Obamacare, who wonder in amazement who is going to pay for the b-b-b-bailout, people who wonder how long can we as a nation can continue pouring money like rain out of a boot to any project that will provide “stimulus”. And people like me who are just “Taxed Enough Already.” These voters are now the face of the New Republican Party. A party with which Mike Hubbard and Official Alabama Republican Party is seemingly completely out of touch. At least if the money they threw at Byrne while they turned their backs on Bentley is any indication.

We are going to support real job creation instead of empty buildings and sewer systems for goat farms. We are going to remove the cronyism of the present triad of democratic senators that campaign with your tax dollars and keep you in the dark about where those $500 checks come from. (And keep you dancing like a trained pig to get them.) Mike, some of the candidates, like Bentley and myself, are in this race to end the culture of corruption and bring jobs and much needed relief to the people of this district. I will thank you, if you please, to know the difference between the Wall Street Republicans and the Wal Mart Republicans. Try not to paint us all with the same dingy whitewash brush.