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Marion County Democratic Party: Keller and Stearns don't care about women receiving fair pay

Wow, Great Ad From Alan Grayson

Other candidates, you should be making ads like this one. Seriously.

Keller hates the Troops, Loves Flip Flops

In addition to a significant loss of life, the war in Iraq has cost the taxpayers of District 8 more than $1.5 billion. How does Keller feel about that? He's not sure. Some times he's in favor of the surge, sometimes he's opposed to it. He doesn't know what to think.

2.16.07: Keller voted for a resolution criticizing the troop surge [H Con Res 63, #99] - "Interjecting more young American troops into the cross-hairs of an Iraqi civil war is simply not the right approach. We are not going to solve an Iraqi political problem with an American military solution. And that’s my best judgment."

7.12.07: Keller voted against the Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act (HR 2956) requiring the responsible redeployment of American troops from Iraq to begin within 120 days and to end by April 1, 2008 - "At the time [in February], I felt more troops on the ground would not result in an Iraqi solution. Unfortunately that was accurate," Keller said. But he said he now thinks that if the U.S. leaves too soon, "Iran would exert its evil influence over a shaky Iraq government."

Keller Hates Working Families, Loves Big Oil

Ric voted against the "Use It Or Lose It" bill at a time when working families (like mine) are struggling to pay for rising gas costs. Republicans are touting drilling closer to Florida's coast as a way to bring prices down -- a claim that is ridiculous when the oil companies already have leases to 68 million acres they aren't currently drilling, apparently because they won't get big enough profits quick enough on those acres. The bill would've required oil companies to drill on the leases they already have or they wouldn't get further leases. Ric voted against that and for continued high prices for working families and potentially for oil spills on our beaches. Thanks, Ric!

Ric Hates the Environment

The League of Conservation Voters recently released scorecards for Congress. How did Ric do? Poorly:

Ric Keller (REP), 15%

Not only did all of the Democrats do better than all of the Republicans, With one exception, all of the Democrats did more than twice as good as all the Republicans. And most of the Democrats voted in favor of the environment more than four times as frequently as most of the Republicans.

I wonder how many of these Republicans own property that will be beachfront property when most of Florida is under water because of global warming? I'm just saying...