Ric Hates America, Florida, Loves Eternal War

Ric has endorsed John McCain, the man who opposes a national cat fund and said that he had no problem staying in Iraq for 100 years. Thanks, Ric, for advocating a president who, while not as bad as the other Republicans, would be horrible for America (and Florida).

Keller Hates His Family...Well, the First One

Harper's:

Keller—whose office did not reply to requests for comment for this story—ran for Congress in 2000 and won strong support from evangelical leader James Dobson. According to the Orlando Weekly, Dobson “ran radio spots for Keller and campaign literature quoted him saying that Keller was ‘the obvious choice for those who care about the biblical values upon which our nation was founded.’” Keller also ran as an outsider and mortal enemy of Washington, D.C., and was strongly backed by U.S. Term Limits (USTL) because, unlike his opponent, he vowed to serve no more than eight years in the House. USTL hailed Keller as “a true citizen legislator,” saying it was tired of hearing “empty term-limits rhetoric” from career politicians.

But that was then. Since winning office, Keller has divorced his wife and married a young woman who worked on his congressional staff. I spoke with four people, each of whom would only speak with me on condition of anonymity, and each of whom told me that Keller’s relationship with the staffer began while he was still married. In addition, just weeks after winning re-election to his fourth term last fall, Keller decided that term limits weren’t actually such a good idea and declared that he would run again in 2008.

Does Keller have an honest bone in his body?

Keller Hates Telling the Truth

Like many other Republicans who claimed to support the concept of term limits, Keller pledged to leave office but wasn't honest about it.

Nonsensical Analogy

Not sure if you caught this one before:

Let me give you an analogy. Imagine your next door neighbor refuses to mow his lawn and the weeds are all the way up to his waist. You decide you’re going to mow his lawn for him every single week. The neighbor never says thank you. He hates you and sometimes he takes out a gun and shoots at you.

Under these circumstances, do you keep mowing his lawn forever? Do you send even more of your family members over to mow his lawn? Or do you say to that neighbor, ‘You better step it up and mow your own lawn or there’s going to be serious consequences for you’?

This was something said by an actual member of Congress. Really.

Americans United For Change's Anti-Keller Ad

This should be more than enough to inspire you to help out one of Keller's numerous Democratic challengers.

Ric Loves Bush

Pushing Rope notes the percentage of the time Florida Republicans vote in line with President Bush, one of the worst presidents in American history. Not surprisingly, Ric loves Bush:

2007 - 75%
2006 - 95%

Everyone Hates Keller

Even the Republican Party is targeting Ric:

A new group whose supporters include former White House spokesman Ari Fleischer is launching a $15 million ad campaign to pressure Republicans to continue supporting the war in Iraq.

Among Freedom Watch's targets: Central Florida's Rep. Ric Keller, who incurred GOP wrath when he spoke out against President Bush's push for a troop surge.