Etheridge’s Priorities Don’t Match NC-2 Priorities

In a letter Bob Etheridge sent to voters last week – at taxpayer expense – he stated:  “The issues that matter most to North Carolinians are Bob Etheridge’s priorities.”

According to a poll of Second District voters done in June by Survey USA , 55% to 38% voting in our district disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as president.

Bob Etheridge has voted with Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama 97% of the time in Washington.  He has voted for every major item of the Obama agenda.

He voted for ObamaCare – and voters in the district disapprove 53% to 34%.

He voted for the Wall Street bailout – and voters disapprove 61% to 16%.

He also voted for Obama’s so called “stimulus” bill and trillion dollar deficit. The result:  North Carolina’s employment figures are some of the bleakest in the country:

• February 2010: North Carolina unemployment hit a record high 11.2%.

• Only nine states had unemployment problems that were worse than those in North Carolina.

Bob Etheridge’s solution to our economic problems is to spend taxpayer funds to tell voters he’s fighting for us in Washington.

But what he’s really doing in Washington is raising taxes and raising spending and raking in contributions from Wall Street special interests.