Keller's Opposition

You know, Charlie Crist has been raising money for Ric Keller and the party is considering high level support for his campaign...last time around he won against Charlie Stuart with 53% of the vote.

I am supporting Charlie Stuart and am hosting a livingroom meeting with him on Tuesday, May 6, at my home, 37009 Calhoun Road, Eustis, 32736. 6:30 pm, rsvp to 352-205-1621. This is in the unincorporated area of Eustis, off 44A just east of Thrill Hill Road. I'd love to meet some of my neighbors and want to let everyone in this area know about Charlie's campaign www.charliestuartforcongress.com

This is NOT a fundraiser; it's an opportunity for you to speak directly with Charlie and get answers to your questions. I hope you'll consider coming. The coffee will be magnificent and the company will be fun. Especially if you're there!

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...

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.