He’s a uniter! Parker Griffith for Middle East Peace Envoy!
Congressman Parker Griffith has done the unthinkable. He has brought together polar opposites and given them a common cause: opposing Congressman Parker Griffith. His fundraiser with House Minority Leader John Boehner this coming Monday has brought together conservatives, liberals, tea partiers, and labor unions in protest. For example, two of the individuals opposed to the fundraiser are Linda Haynes and Hugh McInnish. Haynes is a self described socialist and organizer of the North Alabama Peace Network and North Alabama Health Care for All (among other such groups). McInnish is a former Republican congressional candidate, member of the county Republican Executive Committee, and runs the conservative websites SuppressedNews.com and CurbAEA.com. If Griffith can get people like Haynes and McInnish to agree on anything then he ought to be in the Middle East negotiating peace with the Israelis and Palestinians!
HUNTSVILLE, AL– Not long after invitations were sent out for a Rep. Parker Griffith fundraising event, headlined by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH), several local organizations from both sides of the political spectrum announced plans to protest the event. Planned for March 8, 2010 at the Space & Rocket Center, starting at 5:00 pm, the protest will include members of the Huntsville Tea Party, Left In Alabama, Athens-Limestone Tea Party Patriots, AAMU Democrats Student Club, The Dale Jackson Show, North Alabama Healthcare for All, Madison County Republican Executive Committee, and the Limestone County Republican Executive Committee. AFL-CIO will be holding a press conference at the Marriott Hotel near the Space & Rocket Center in protestation, before the protest event and the fundraiser. Organizers invite the public to attend.
“We are sending a message to the national Republican establishment: stay out of our primary. We also want to support the true conservative candidates that Tea Party activists and the local GOP have gotten behind, Les Phillip and Mo Brooks. We’re pushing back against the political machine,” said Christie Carden, founder of the Huntsville Tea Party.
“Bipartisanship is not dead. People of all political persuasions see that Parker Griffith is an opportunist who cannot be trusted to keep his word. As such, he is not – nor can he ever be – an effective representative for North Alabama. Griffith gave up critical committee assignments at a time when the 5th District is fighting for federal transportation and space dollars, clearly demonstrating that he cares more about his reelection prospects than his constituents. Now, Congressman Boehner is displaying the same indifference to local concerns by meddling in the Republican primary. Such behavior deserves no reward,” said Sherry Walker, publisher of Left In Alabama blog, who is encouraging her readers to attend the protest.
That’s right – no one likes Parker Griffith! Democrats despise him because he’s lied to them repeatedly. Conservatives oppose him because he is an unprincipled life long Democrat who is only adopting conservative positions out of political expediency. And area Republicans don’t take kindly to the national party meddling in a local race.
More details at Left in Alabama. They also sent out this handy flyer showing you where you can (and can’t) park and where protesters are allowed to stand. One good suggestion I heard is to bring a camera with a telephoto lens to take pictures of those attending the fundraiser.
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I’m not an oscar watcher but reading about the event this am made me think there’s a comedy in le affair parker. maybe steve martin playing parker as the bumbling politico who thinks because he knows how to be a rip-off businessman he knows how to legislate. mon’iqe (i have to see the movie she won the award in because of her) as his little sweetie tucked away in a luxurious apartment on capitol hill … you fill in the other roles.
Martin Short as campaign manager… just because I like the Martin Short/Steve Martin vibe