What Does the POTUS Put First?

We all go to the polls and vote on election day and hope we are voting in the best candidate to do the job, one whose values will line up with ours and one that will listen to what the people of their district is saying to them on what we would like to see accomplished while they are in office.

We all know we are not seeing out of the POTUS what we want, what we feel will better the country and what our founding fathers had as a vision for the future of America.

His recent trip overseas spending $200 million + is a prime example of the things we have not seen other Presidents do when over sears trips.  How many times have previous Presidents rented whole hotels, taken battleships, 6,000 people with them on a trip?  There has already been an announcement that he is working on an agreement to increase possibly 50,000 jobs in the future for overseas trade.

No matter the announcement, it is one of those things I will believe when I see it.  Some where in the middle of this trip, I am sure we will see it is a vacation for him and the Mrs. and all of their family and friends.

After finishing the book "Spoken from the Heart" by First Lady Laura Bush, I am more proud of the Bush family than most people would have ever said while either President Bush was in office.  The following is an excerpt from pages 420 and 421:

"There is also a larger picture to consider.  No one, not even a president, is going to make the right decision every time.  Presidents may have more information on which to base their decisions, but they do not have the benefit of hindsight.  They mus be prepared to take risks for what they believe is right.  And they must try to anticipate the future, not just two years or four years out but what consequences will be decades ahead.

George believes, and I believe as well, that the presidency is larger than the men who are in it.  The Founding Fathers, who in the spring of 1787 wrestled with this issue, designed it that way.  Each president's responsibility is to the office, the sole national institution that speaks for all Americans, regardless of their party or class or home or age.  George always believed that it was his responsibility to treat the office with great care.

Presidents are not always right, but history tells us that our core values are right and that our country is good.  Those are the values that guided George, the touchstone by which is measured what he did.  George knew that in the heat of the moment, presidents tend to get much of the blame and little of the credit.  Not all of his presidents to make decisions solely on the basis of their personal popularity, or poll numbers, or daily headlines.  The challenges we face are too great for that.

I am proud that, as president, George acted on principle, that he put our country first and himself last."

Is this the same values we see from our current president?  No I do not believe it is!  He is putting himself and his agenda first, not that of the American people.

The Hurt Campaign Calls On Congressman Perriello To Come Clean Once And For All About Sending Anonymous Mail Pieces Promoting The Third Party Candidate

It is now becoming increasingly clear that in the most cynical attempt to win an election, Congressman Perriello is willing to deceive voters by promoting the third party candidate through anonymous mail pieces.  

This is a pitiful attempt by an increasingly desperate candidate who knows he can’t win on his own failed record to trick the people of the 5^th District by using the third party candidate as his pawn. Central and Southside Virginians deserve better than a Congressman who will say or do anything just to get elected and who proactively initiates, partakes in, and approves of this kind of dishonest, classless, and devious style of campaigning.

The Hurt campaign is calling on Congressman Perriello to immediately admit to and come clean about his role in sending these anonymous mail pieces. These kinds of political mail pieces without a disclaimer are in direct violation of FEC law.

The Facts:

·         Congressman Perriello uses a union shop to print his franked mail. Note the union bug in the corner of page two on the attached piece. It is identified as shop No. 14. The websites attached demonstrate that Union Shop No. 14 is MV Print: 3229 Hubbard Road Landover, Maryland 20785.
·         A number of anonymous mailers have been showing up in the 5th District. While they bear no disclaimer, they do show bulk permit number 2856 from the Merrifield, VA Post Office. It has been confirmed that MV Print is bulk permit number 2856.
·         Why is a mail shop that does Congressman Perriello's official mail pieces for his Congressional office, paid for at taxpayer expense, doing anonymous mail that would benefit Congressman Perriello in the General Election? It seems to be a rather strong coincidence.

Flashback:

The Hill: Perriello Sets New Standard For Cynicism

Obama to Stump for His "Independent" Little Mini-Me

OK after I finally stopped giggling, I decided that I had to share this. The word has been released that Obama is going to head to Charlottesville to stump for his little compatriot. Now, I wonder what little Tommy will have to say about all of his campaign ads that portray him as his own man. Right...

Tom Perriello, who can't seem to tell a straight truth out of any side of his mouth... or his backside... is now going to be hosting the great Obama. This smacks of even more desperation, not just for Perriello, but for the DNC as well. News has revealed that the DNC has pulled money and efforts out of various, Democratic campaigns around the country in the past week; but in it's last moments, after casting little Tommy to the side, the big kids on the block want to come down and play in Tommy's sandbox. How nice.

After releasing his most recent commercial over the weekend, Perriello is pulling out all of the stops in his desperation. Using the words of fellow Republicans from during their own campaigns against Robert Hurt is really stooping to a new, ever more ridiculous low.

And, what's with all of the ads saying "we've had enough Hurt." Tommy's even trying to confuse voters with who's actually the incumbent here. He knows that there's such a backlash against incumbents, especially the Democratic incumbents, that he's even trying to confuse the fact that Robert Hurt has not been the one serving at the federal level. This was Tommy at the federal level, voting for Cap & Trade, voting for the stimulus, voting for Obamacare. This is a matter of the fact that Tommy's running scared and trying to throw all of his garbage out of his bags as he runs.

Seriously, "Mr." Perriello, is this again how little you think of your own constituents? It hasn't been enough to portray them as hicks. It hasn't been enough to distort every truth surrounding your votes and your motives for casting them (remember the handshake and the pat on the back right before you sold out your own stance on abortion?). Now, you want to attempt to confuse your voting constituents with whether or not you're even the incumbent?

Well in advance, I just want to say thank you for bringing the Big O to the 5th district and giving your constituents the real truth about where you really do stand in the shadow of the big boys. Those are going to be fantastic photo ops!