Barbara Ann Radnofsky on the new "I work hard" meme:
We are preparing for another multi city tour, staying on the phone and reading info, including what appears to be my opponent's "Lowering Expectations Tour". She offered excuses for why El Paso may not get the disaster relief it should receive, why Texas missed out on hurricane relief and Rita remains the forgotten hurricane, why she has buried a South Texas VA under "studies" and why veterans should learn to live with less than promised by the government they served, why she proposes we waste money studying weather change now, as she has rubber-stamped wrongheaded administration protestations that global climate change is not happening.
Now she has a new theme, which papers have been printing: she works hard.
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She's been out-worked in the senate by everyone who voted along the lines of their constituent's needs. She's voted with the president
95.6 percent of the time.
She's been thwarted by her own party, exemplified by her failure to lay the groundwork for and gain acceptance of her flawed Wright Amendment proposal. She's given in to special interests repeatedly, and has accepted
more oil interest campaign cash than anyone in Congress. It shows, in her voting record.
The new claim of working hard by my opponent, after more than 12 years of doing nothing, may be questioned by her constituents. For 12 years she's rubberstamped her party leader. She skipped work at the end of June, missing appropriation bill markups totaling at least
119 billion dollars. She moved her family to Virginia after her husband revealed
that they thought it unfair that the Senator previously had to commute to Texas on the weekends.
The next three months should be exciting. This is the first time my opponent has had to work in more than 12 years, and she has announced that she plans to start. I've not seen evidence of her in the past 468 trips I've taken, so perhaps now she'll respond to the many calls for debate, if she has indeed engaged.
On a different topic, Barbara Ann was interviewed by Bush's hometown newspaper.
Take a look!
Update:Polling numbers:
This is the latest polling from Zogby in late July.
KBH 52. BAR 37. That's before I started my radio ads in August.
BAR leadsamong moderates 50.2 to 39.4.
The month prior Kay Bailey was barely ahead among moderates 43% to 41.5%, but the July poll showed BAR ahead 50.2% to 39.4%. BAR gained in every party and religious category, is ahead in 'Large City', shaved the gap in 'Suburbs' from 26 points to 11 points, and holds steady among 'Rural' voters.