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The US Senate is set to vote on the Cap and Trade bill. Both of Minnesota’s Senators are co-sponsoring the bill. One of the is a liberal Democrat, so there’s no surprise. But the other is a Republican, so one would have hoped he’d see through the socialism and oppose the productivity cap. Not only were we wrong, he actually believes the Al Gore hype.
So, I guess I will do all I can to help explain to him just why this Cap and Trade bill is so bad.
I have only a limited amount of time and resources to help candidates this election cycle. Since Senator Coleman is helping to implement the most destructive policy ever on our economy, I just can’t use my limited time to volunteer for his reelection campaign.
I will instead trade the time I should be helping him as a BPOU leader and Republican activist to other candidates. Yes, that means I will not help with lawn signs, lit drops, or phone calls for Senator Coleman . I will help Rep. Bachmann and my 2 local House candidate TIm Sanders and David Balcom.
This wasn’t a decision that I made lightly, but it is all I can do to show Sen. Coleman my disgust with his decision to vote with the liberal Democrats and against the best interests of America. I’ve tried to lobby his staff for him to change his mind, but the idea of the Senator changing his mind was unwelcome.
I’ll spell this out as clear as can be:
Senator Coleman,
If you vote for the Cap and Trade bill, I will not be working to get you reelected. Energy and economic policies are way too important to me to forget my principles. I understand you are not a carbon copy of the Democrats in your voting record, but on this most crucial issue, you are.
There is a lot of talk from Republican Party leaders about how we should abide by the Reagan rule of 70% conservatives are good enough, but I think that scale is weighted. Sometimes the 20 to 30% that we disagree on is far more important than 70 to 80% that we agree on.
Energy and economic policy is one of those cases.
If you vote for this bill, I will not help your campaign. My time helping you get reelected will be capped at the 1.5 seconds it takes to fill in the bubble next to your name on November 4.
With great disappointment,
Andy Aplikowski
SD51 GOP Chair
Anoka County Vice Chair for CD6 GOP
PS, The same goes for you too Sen. McCain.
A vote for this bill is a vote against my support.
I got a voicemail last night asking me for ideas on how to really get through to the Senator in ways other the emails and calls. The person was looking for something meaningful that would send a real message that the Senator, his staff, and his campaign might actually get. This is about all I can think we can do from the activist level to send a message that might change the mind of the Senator.
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