{"id":13738,"date":"2009-08-18T08:26:25","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=13738"},"modified":"2009-08-18T08:31:35","modified_gmt":"2009-08-18T13:31:35","slug":"elitist-arrogance-in-the-flesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=13738","title":{"rendered":"Elitist arrogance in the flesh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in my home state, in my home congressional district, they’ve elected a Democrat to Congress for the first time in my memory. His name is Eric Massa. Here’s a screen shot from his website;
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See that line in his welcome letter? The one that says “…my #1 priority is serving you. This is your Congressional Office and your Congressional staff and your opinion on the critical issues facing Western New York matters.” Looks and sounds nice, doesn’t it? Well, his tone in person seems a little different.<\/p>\n

During a discussion with a constituent, he was quoted by a Rochester, NY TV station<\/a>;<\/p>\n

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MASSA: I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful. I will vote against their opinion if I actually believe it will help them.<\/p>\n

Monday night, Massa spoke one-on-one with News 10NBC and residents in Honeoye Falls. We asked the Congressman if he would have made those statements in his own district.<\/p>\n

“Absolutely,” he replied. “I’m saying it here now. I stand by my comments. I mean what I say, and I say what I mean. Being independent sometimes means not being popular.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

‘If I THINK what I’m doing…”, “…if I actually BELIEVE…” I think “being independent” means being independent of your party, not independent of the people what brung ya.<\/p>\n

I hope they play that quote over and over during the next campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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