Request to our bloggers

If you'd like to comment here - please do so with facts, logic and reason. Please rant and rave elsewhere.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

My Ongoing Dialogue with My Senators

I'm not sure why I keep doing it, since my Senators are so incompetent and uncommunicative, but for some reason I feel compelled to at least attempt to get through to them. The latest effort is below:


Senators Warner and Webb,

We begin another day with more talk from the democrats, but no leadership and no solutions.
Are Obama and Senate democrats actually capable of anything but ceaseless sniping and demagoguery?
Let's review some facts:
  • ·         You both voted for Health Care " reform", after a process during which Republicans were literally locked out of meetings. This was a fine example of how you democrats define "compromise" - and a major contributor to our current economic woes.
o   on a side note, can you tell me where I get my waiver from Obamacare, since you all seem to be passing those out like candy to your pals?
  • ·         The Senate has failed to meet its Constitutional  duty and pass a budget for well over 2 years.
o   Obama did submit a "budget" - but it was so reckless and irresponsible it didn't even get a single vote in the Senate. Not even from you two - which is saying something given your records of voting for every statist solution he has put forth.
  • ·         The House has passed a budget, which Harry Reid refused to allow a vote on in the Senate
  • ·         The House passed Cut, Cap and Balance, which Harry Reid refused to allow a vote on in the Senate.
  • ·         The House has passed the Boehner bill, which Harry Reid refused to allow a vote on in the Senate.
There seems to be a distinct pattern here. Democrats propose no specific answers or solutions, refuse to even listen to Republicans, denigrate alternative solutions and palaver about the need for "compromise" (which is apparently defined in Obama-world as doing exactly what he and Senate democrats want) and then take their ball and go home when they don't get exactly what they want.

To quote Obama - it is time to act like adults. Do your jobs. Stop spouting useless nonsense about your pursuit of "economic fairness and social justice" - goals you can't even define in any way you can be held accountable for  but which I'm sure make you appear noble to people not paying attention to what you're actually doing - and get to work. You democrats have created this mess. Since you took over Congress in 2007 the debt and deficits have skyrocketed, accelerating our collision with the debt ceiling and contributing mightily to the debt crisis. You are part of the problem. Asking Virginians to believe you can be part of the solution is patently absurd. So if you can't be part of the solution, at least get out of the way so you don't continue to exacerbate the problem.

I wrote you both a couple of days ago asking if you could provide me with the specific details of the "plans" Obama and Reid have for reducing the debt and deficits. I am of course shocked that neither of you replied. Probably tough for you to answer though, I suppose,  when there is no answer to give.

I'm not holding my breath on getting responses, but if I do I'll post them.