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July 28, 2006
Political Party Worship
U.S. Congressman Ernest Istook (R-Oklahoma) is running for the office of Oklahoma's governor.
The way that he is campaigning is tempting me to eliminate my affiliation with the Republican Party.
Simply put, Istook is making false statements about his Democrat opponent.
His opponent is incumbent Governor Brad Henry, who has done a good job as Oklahoma's governor.
According to a survey conducted by SurveyUSA (Link), Governor Henry has a 67% over-all approval rating among Oklahomans, with a 62% approval rating among Oklahoma Republicans.
One reason that Gov. Henry has such a high approval rating is because he gets along well with Oklahoma's Republican Speaker of the House. For example, earlier this year the Governor and the Speaker worked together to get Oklahoma's income tax lowered.
If Gov. Henry were a Republican instead of a Democrat, then Istook would be running for re-election to Congress, because there are no serious complaints against Gov. Henry.
However, since the Governor is a Democrat, Istook is trying to create political mud to throw.
There is something wrong with a Republican politician who acts as if a good Democrat politician were a myth.
Such a Republican politician isn't serving his constituents. Instead, he is worshipping at the alter of his political party.
Cross-posted at Dodo World.
Posted by Dodo David at July 28, 2006 02:15 PM
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I think it's very interesting how less partisan people seem to be regarding state level government. You have a number of democrat governors in red states and republican governors in blue states.
I personally think if a person is doing a good job, then I would vote for them. But on the federal level, numbers matter more. Losing control house or senate to democrats would be disasterous. Losing control of a state house of government does not have the foreign policy, judicial or defense consequences.
Posted by: aaron at July 29, 2006 12:55 PM