Sometimes it just seems no matter what the American people do Congress doesn’t listen. In November, Americans voted overwhelmingly against Obama-nomics, Obama-care and Obama-deficits – handing Obama, Pelosi and Company the worst mid-term election defeat in decades. After the election, Republicans convened in Washington and voted to end all earmarks – period – and to [...]
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Ellmers-Etheridge Debates Air This Weekend
Today watch the NBC 17 Debate between Renee and Bob Etheridge at 2 p.m.
Tomorrow (Sunday, October 24) the WTVD Debate between Rep. Bob Etheridge and Renee Ellmers will air at 12:00 p.m. Click here to watch online now.
Watch and compare what Bob Etheridge says in the debates to get reelected – to how he votes.
For example, when asked about the Bush tax cuts Etheridge said he wished they could have taken care of that before Congress adjourned. But he cast the key vote for adjournment. He voted to adjourn – and it passed by 1 vote.
He bragged about voting to balance the budget under Clinton, but he actually voted against final passage of the bill.
He bragged about voting to support Veterans, but did not mention how he voted against sending our troops reinforcements when they were fighting in Iraq. .
And he just completely dodged answering why he has voted with Obama-Pelosi 97% of the time.
Pay attention to these and all the other differences between what NC Bob says when campaigning at home and what DC Bob does when he is in Washington.
Shoveling
President Obama and those in Congress who voted for the stimulus bill spent months telling us about how the bill would stimulate the economy because the money would go into “shovel ready” projects. Now, over a year later, he has determined that “there’s no such thing as shovel-ready projects” and even admits that perhaps he [...]
Expect More Budget Busting Votes
During our debate on WTVD earlier this week, Congressman Etheridge told voters that he voted to balance the budget 13 years ago, in 1997, and added, “I look forward to working across party lines again. We did that to balance the budget … I cast the first vote. I went to Washington to help balance [...]
Supporting Veterans
You may remember the curt exchange between Bob Etheridge and a U.S. Marine at a town hall meeting in Lillington last summer, when the Marine asked Congressman Etheridge a question about Obamacare. By comparison, during our debate, Congressman Etheridge was courting veterans and bragging about his support for the military. But veterans live in the same economy as the rest of us and – as the Marine’s question showed – ‘DC Bob’s’ votes for stimulus spending, Obamacare, cap and trade, bailouts and trillion dollar deficits hurt them just like everyone else.
For example, ‘NC Bob’ promised seniors he wouldn’t cut Medicare but, then, ‘DC Bob’ voted to cut Medicare half a trillion to pay for Obamacare. That didn’t just make life harder for seniors. It affected their children and families.
Finally, during our debate – while ‘DC Bob’ was pandering to veterans – there’s one vote he never mentioned: How, when our troops were fighting in Iraq, he voted with Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi against the surge. Our troops were making the sacrifices that are now allowing us to leave Iraq with honor – but when it came to sending them reinforcements Congressman Etheridge voted no.
Please keep this in mind the next time you hear Bob Etheridge talk about his support for veterans.
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