Gilchrest Screws Republicans Again
Nov 12, 2008 Political
Wayne Gilchrest represented Maryland’s 1st Congressional District for 18 years. During his tenure he aligned with Democrats about as much as his own party. Gilchrest is a RINO who lost his bearings and needed to go. I communicated with him several times and in the last year have received about a dozen letters, most condescending, explaining his positions or telling me that I don’t understand the process.
I worked very hard to see Gilchrest defeated in the primary and State Senator Andy Harris ended up victorious. Gilchrest, ticked at the loss and ever the RINO, endorsed the Democrat running against Harris. Gilchrest campaigned for Democrat Frank Kratovil and the DNC pumped in about 2 million dollars to pick up the normally safe Republican seat.
Andy Harris, a physician and former Navy reservist, conceded the race today after it became obvious that the outstanding absentee ballots would not be sufficient to help him over the top. Kratovil, a lawyer (just what we need) will now represent a traditionally Republican district (though there are more registered Democrats here).
I wanted Harris to win. I have met him and he is a decent man who has very good conservative values. I am sorry to see him lose but if Gilchrest had won the primary I would have voted for Kratovil in the general. I asked others not to vote for an incumbent and I was not going to either (even if I like Gilchrest).
I do not align with Kratovil’s policies but if I am going to be represented by a liberal I want it to be one who is not afraid to say he is one.
As for Gilchrest, I am sure he backed Kratovil out of sour grapes but I am also certain that he wanted the Democrat to win so that he [Gilchrest] would be able to run for his old seat in two years. Gilchrest is fairly well liked but many people backed the real conservative in the primary and Harris wins that contest hands down. In the general, where Democrats can vote, they chose Kratovil in no small part because of the Gilchrest endorsement and the millions of dollars pumped in by the DNC.
This year belonged to Democrats anyway so it is no real shock that one was able to win the race especially given the support of the RINO Gilchrest. Now Frank Kratovil has to live up to the expectations of constituents who are more conservative than his pals in Congress would like.
I wish him well and will support him so long as he keeps his liberal leanings in check. If not, he will need to go the way of Gilchrest and I will be more than happy to help take him down as well.
As for Gilchrest, he can forget a run in two years. His days are done unless he formally switches his party affiliation. He has been a Democrat for a long time culminating in his endorsement of Kratovil. All he needs to do now is make it official and change his registration.
Thanks Wayne you low life slug. I hope you sleep well at night knowing you abandoned your principles and your party.
I might not like the outcome but I still smile knowing I helped take your miserable butt down.
And Andy, thank you for running an honorable campaign. If you run again I will be more than happy to support you.
Tags: first congressional district, gilchrest, harris, kratovil, Maryland
E J Pipkin Deceives in Campaign Mailer
Jan 19, 2008 Political
Maryland Senator E. J. Pipkin is running for the 1st Congressional Seat in Maryland. Pipkin has been a state Senator for a while and he has run for the US Senate several times once and I voted for him. He decided to jump into the race against Congressman Wayne Gilchrest relatively late in the game after seeing that Gilchrest was vulnerable and getting a fight from State Senator Andy Harris. Competition is good so it was good to see choices for a change. Gilchrest is liberal, Pipkin is more Conservative and Harris is the most Conservative. I put my support behind Harris long before Pipkin got in but wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. I can now say that E J Pipkin will NOT get my support and he will not get my vote. If he or Gilchrest win the primary then I will vote for the Democrat in the general election.
Pipkin has been sending out mailers. I received them, looked and recycled. He has been running commercials that accuse Andy Harris of voting to give Illegals in state tuition. His latest mailer states that it is time for change and in it he takes the Maryland Governor, Gilchrest and Harris to task as soft on Illegals while Pipkin will be the knight in shining armor to save us. Pipkin’s mailer states that Harris voted yes for HB 253 on 3 April 2003 which reportedly gave illegals in state tuition. Yes, Andy Harris voted for that bill. The web site indicates he voted for the bill with amendments. Those amendments give the tuition rights to members of the military and added language to exclude illegal aliens. The amendments excluding illegals were not adopted and the FINAL reading of the bill, HB 253 was on 5 April 2003. Andy Harris voted NO on that bill, the same vote that Pipkin registered.
This is important because it shows that Pipkin is deliberately misleading people and making them believe that his opponent voted in a fashion that he did not. In Maryland a bill must get three readings and it is not final until then. On the third reading of this bill Harris voted no. If the bill had the language excluding illegals then Harris probably would have voted for it because it contained language to provide a benefit for our troops (probably a ploy to get it passed). In any event, this is not a “Real Change” as Pipkin states we need. Politicians lie and distort their opponents records all the time. Politicians claim more than credit than they actually deserve and politicians grand stand all the time. Pipkin did all three of these so how is this Real Change?
Pipkin’s website states that he sponsored a two pronged approach to take on illegal immigration during the special session. That special session was called to address a budget problem and the bill Pipkin introduced had no action taken on it. The same is true of his bill to establish how much illegal immigration costs. Both bills are touted as some great thing but there was no follow up and they were not acted upon.
There is one thing that is undeniable. Pipkin voted for Governor O’Malley’s inflated budget in 2007 and Harris voted against it. E J Pipkin voted with the Democrats for an overinflated budget all the while calling himself a Conservative. Andy Harris voted against that budget, you figure out who deserves the vote.
Pipkin talks about supporting the troops and being Conservative but Andy Harris is one of the troops. He is a physician and serves in the Naval Reserve and served During Desert Storm. Harris understands what it means to fight the war on terror and he understands what it means to be Conservative.
Pipkin and Gilchrest do not match up…
If you live in Maryland’s First and you want real change, not Pipkin’s definition of change, then vote for Andy Harris.
Tags: gilchrest, harris, maryland 1st district, pipkin