Post #249 Richard Burr, Part Of The Problem

There is a political advertisement airing in this state about the re-election of Senator Richard Burr, a smiling Republican -- yes, I mean "smiling" in a negative way. I think Burr has out-smarted himself, tho.

The ad starts out by appealing to the populist 'Tea Party' sentiment against big government -- two ol' geezers straight out of central casting are sitting on front porch in rocking chairs and railing against politicians and the political establishment of D.C. A woman steps forward to calmly and quietly campaign for Burr.

My Dad didn't hear her. He was too busy railing against "that Damn Richard Burr... who ain't done squat for North Carolina." If Burr had his way. North Carolina would have been without $8.9 billion in stimulus money. Maybe we could have had tent cities and soup kitchens. [rolleyes]

I'd thought Burr would share the North Carolina value of not voting for something without paying for it -- the only exception is during a time of Constitutionally-declared war. But Burr fell in with the other smiling Republicans and voted for, as a Representative, George W. Bush's inflated and unbalanced budgets and, as a Senator, Bush's infamous Plan D for Medicare -- the largest expansion of government into health care since the start of Medicare, an expansion that wasn't paid for. And Burr blames President Obama for his own irresponsibility.

That's why the ad for Burr's opponent, Elaine Marshall, makes sense: "It's time for a change!"