An Open Letter From Bob Parker to Representative Jo Ann Emersom MO 8th District
Dear Editor,
Following is a letter sent today by Republican Candidate Bob Parker in Missouri's Eighth District to U.S. Representative Jo Ann Emerson.
More information is available at: www.electbobparker.com
Sincerely,
Pamela K. Grow
P.O. Box 1171
Rolla, MO
(573) 465-0061
pam@electbobparker.com
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Honorable Jo Ann Emerson
2440 Rayburn Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mrs. Emerson,
On Monday, August 31, 2009, an editorial piece by you titled, "The Government Just Keeps on Growing," appeared in the Rolla Daily News. Some inaccuracies appeared in the article, and the good people of Missouri's Eighth District deserve to know the truth.
In lamenting the large expenditures made by the new Congress, you mention that they voted to pass a stimulus bill ($787 billion), to approve more lending authority under TARP ($350 billion), and to pass an omnibus appropriations bill ($410 billion.) You go on to state:
"Each time I voted against these measures, I did so not just because the amounts of spending were so enormous, though that would have been a good enough reason in my book. I also opposed these measures because they represented an expansion of bureaucratic government which are [sic] very difficult, if not impossible, to reverse."
The $410 billion in spending referred to would be the Omnibus Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year ending 9/30/09, H.R. 1150, which passed the house on 2/25/09 by a vote of 245 "Yeas" to 178 "Nays". You voted yes, in company with only 15 other Republicans, and were the only Republican Missouri Representative to do so. These facts are irrefutable--they come from the Library of Congress website, roll call vote 86 on 2/25/09. Your vote is not a matter of debate.
Secondly, you lament the issuance of more lending authority to the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program (another $350 billion). What you omitted was the fact that TARP, H.R. 1424, was passed into law on October 3, 2008, by a vote of 263 "Yeas" to 171 "Nays". You voted to pass this bill, and this information, within roll call vote 681, is a matter of public record.
The good people of the Eighth District deserve an explanation for this vote, if, as you state in your article, you have an aversion to expanding the size of bureaucratic government, since that expansion is hard to reverse. Why did you create the program, then, in the first place?
Lastly, you mention that Treasury Secretary Geithner "is expected to ask" for an increase in the public debt limit, which now stands at $12.1 trillion. Examining recent history, roll call vote 536 on 11/18/04 shows that you voted to increase the public debt ceiling by $800 billion. Has something changed? Do you feel at this time that you can refrain from conceding to an increase in the debt limit?
The hard working citizens of this District do not want their history rewritten. It is time to correct the record.
Sincerely,
Bob Parker
Republican Candidate for Congress, Missouri 8th District
PWND
Hard.
btw....
Dear Bob....
I think your letter is way too nice.
Simply call her a traitor and a liar.
You need to grab a headline.... send a short, terse
letter to the editor of Rolla News...
keep it simple and be a rottweiler!
get MAD Bob.
Cheers.
G.
I double checked your HR1424 Oct. 8, 2008 record...
with my list of Traitorous Republican Reps who voted FOR TARP.
There are 61. Yep.... she's there allright.... at # 31.
1. Rep. Spencer Bachus (R) Alabama
2. Rep. Jo Bonner (R) Alabama
3. Rep. John Shadegg (R) Arizona
4. Rep. John Boozman (R) Arkansas
5. Rep. Mary Bono-Mack (R) California
6. Rep. Ken Calvert (R) California
7. Rep. John Campbell (R) California
8. Rep. David Dreier (R) California
9. Rep. Wally Herger (R) California
10. Rep. Jerry Lewis (R) California
11. Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. (R) California
12. Rep. Buck McKeon (R) California
13. Rep. Miller, Gary (R) California
14. Rep. George Radanovich (R) California
15. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R) Colorado
16. Rep. Mike Castle (R) Delaware
17. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R) Florida
18. Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R) Florida
19. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R) Florida
20. Rep. Mike Simpson (R) Idaho
21. Rep. Judy Biggert (R) Illinois
22. Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R) Illinois
23. Rep. Mark Souder (R) Indiana
24. Rep. Hal Rogers (R) Kentucky
25. Rep. Dave Camp (R) Michigan
26. Rep. Vernon J. Ehlers (R) Michigan
27. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R) Michigan
28. Rep. Fred Upton (R) Michigan
29. Rep. John Kline (R) Minnesota
30. Rep. Roy Blunt (R) Missouri
31. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R) Missouri
32. Rep. Lee Terry (R) Nebraska
33. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) New Jersey
34. Rep. Brian Higgins (R) New York
35. Rep. Pete King (R) New York
36. Rep. John M. McHugh (R) New York
37. Rep. Howard Coble (R) North Carolina
38. Rep. Sue Myrick (R) North Carolina
39. Rep. John Boehner (R) Ohio
40. Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) Ohio
41. Rep. Patrick J. Tiberi (R) Ohio
42. Rep. Tom Cole (R) Oklahoma
43. Rep. Mary Fallin (R) Oklahoma
44. Rep. John Sullivan (R) Oklahoma
45. Rep. Greg Walden (R) Oregon
46. Rep. Charles W.Dent (R) Pennsylvannia
47. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R) Pennsylvannia
48. Rep. Bill Shuster (R) Pennsylvania
49. Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (R) South Carolina
50. Rep. Henry Brown (R) South Carolina
51. Rep. Bob Inglis (R) South Carolina
52. Rep. Joe Wilson (R) South Carolina
53. Rep. Kevin Brady (R) Texas
54. Rep. Kay Granger (R) Texas
55. Rep. Pete Sessions (R) Texas
56. Rep. Lamar Smith (R) Texas
57. Rep. Mac Thornberry (R) Texas
58. Rep. Zach Wamp (R) Tennessee
59. Rep. Eric Cantor (R) Virginia
60. Rep. Frank Wolf (R) Virginia
61. Rep. Paul Ryan (R) Wisconsin
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Free_Mind_4_Liberty I have a
Question. I'm not so sure I want him to succeed. Do you work for this candidate. With such a short time on this site I was just wondering. Lord knows we need Liberty candidates but, we will not support someone that just jumps on the Liberty bandwagon. Until this guy contacts the Dp I would NEVER give my support. Anyone can talk the talk but not everyone can walk the Ron Paul Walk.
I will be awaiting your response and hopefully you can show me he is a freedom candidate. I know we need more but I will not give my support to anyone that hasn't proven their love of the Constitution.
1976-1982 USMC, You can thank me for my service by voting for Dr. Ron Paul, President 2012
Joanne Emerson is a piece of worthless crap.
Not only is she a dried up ugly bitch, but she is the height of political corruption.
How she keeps getting reelected is beyond my comprehension.
The good old boy network keeps her from a real challenge by a Republican, and then the voters pick her as the lesser of two evils in the general election.
But then, when has there been anyone before who was not another political worthless piece of crap hack to challenge her?
"The deepest sin against the human mind is to believe things without evidence." Thomas H. Huxley
Bob Parker for 8th Dist. Congressman!
It's unbelievable that our own trusted congresswoman is in the habit of blatant dishonesty regarding her votes, but the facts are the facts. Jo Ann definitely does not represent this Missourian! We need someone willing to be genuine and truly principled in the applcation of true conservative values for the job of representing our district. Bob Parker definitely is that candidate!
Nice... :)
Keep the light on coackroaches like Emerson.... eventually they will have to scuttle away.
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you nailed it
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