Baron Announces Reelect Bid, Poses for Campaign Photos with Troops He Voted to Send to War But Now Refuses to Fund
As long expected, complete with the use of American soldiers as props in a campaign photo op.
From WISH TV:
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - Baron Hill wants to keep his seat in Congress. Monday morning he filed for re-election.
Hill currently serves southern Indiana. He went to the Secretary of State’s office on Monday to file the proper paperwork.
Hill and former Congressman Mike Sodrel have clashed for the 9th district house seat three times so far and Hill expects another strong challenge.
“You know one of the things that I want to do is elevate the level of discourse in this so it’s not so nasty as it was the last time. And I’m going to be reaching out to my opponents so that we conduct ourselves in a better fashion,” said Rep. Baron Hill.
Hill is now heading to Georgia to visit with Indiana national guard members who will head to Iraq soon.
How about Baron starts by conducting himself in a better fashion?
He can begin by not using Hoosier National Guard members as a backdrop for his reelection bid, particularly when he has a demonstrated history of not caring one bit about them.
I also find it hard to believe that Baron Hill wants to elevate the level of discourse in the 9th District and prevent things from being nasty.
After all, he proclaimed on television last time that “negative ads work.”
Take a look for yourself:
EDIT: I have heard from Hoosiers soldiers deployed to Georgia that they have met the enemy, err, Baron, and they were not impressed. He apparently spent the whole time walking around talking with a group of officers.
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February 19th, 2008 at 8:58 am
“I took a poll…I had to do something.” Such a revealing line. Baron Hill lives his political life by following the polls, he is a hopeless adict to power and it’s unfortunate that he should put his interests ahead of the interests of the American people.
I’m sure Baron focused his time on the officers because he was trying to gauge the situtation on the ground. Oh, wait, they were in Georgia, not Iraq. Well, nevermind, it’s always better to have your picture with officer so-and-so instead of with the regular enlisted men. Now, don’t get me wrong, I respect officers because it takes everybody to forge a successful military, but the good officers understand their men and take care of them. Apparently, Baron doesn’t understand that he needs to care about all of our troops, and not just the ones he feels most comfortable with.
If only those officers would tell us their thoughts on the man….
February 19th, 2008 at 9:13 am
“He apparently spent the whole time walking around talking with a group of officers.”
Well, sure. Why would the great and self-important Baron Hill sully himself talking with a bunch of front-line grunts?