A few minutes ago, Doug Tudor, the most excellent candidate running to represent the citizens in FL-12 sent out an email alerting his supporters to the ridiculous, insulting, despicable comment from his opponent, Congressman Adam "Opie" Putnam, about this afternoon's silliness by a "band" of GOP Congressmen. How dare they compare themselves to the brave World War II soldiers who liberated Europe from the Nazis.
More after the flip...
From Doug's email:
As they do every August, the House of Representatives adjourned today for a five-week period. This allows the members to go home to reconnect with their constituents and to campaign. The House does this every August, including each of the eight Augusts that Adam Putnam has been in office, including the six years he was in the majority.
To try to make a political point, Congressman Putnam and 24 other Republicans stayed in the Chamber after adjournment making speeches to an empty chamber. In his own words, he said "This band of brothers here is staying late to make a point to the American people: We want to work."
Maybe I'm just too close to this campaign right now, but I take issue with this non-veteran using military terms – Band of Brothers -- while pulling a political stunt. As I said in my previous post, the Republicans were the majority in the House for 12 years, and Congressman Putnam was in office for 6 of those years. They did not have an energy policy during that period, with the exception of ensuring billions of dollars in tax give-aways was routed to Big Oil. Big Oil returned the favor, though, having given Mr. Putnam $70,000 throughout his career.
Band of Brothers??? Hardly! Instead of that misnomer, I believe a better name is "Gallery of Rogues."
Hurry home, Congressman! You're in the race of your career, and you don't even realize it!
For those unfamiliar with Doug, he recently retired from the U.S. Navy where he achieved the highest rank of an enlisted man. He is military to the core, as is his wife who is still a member of the U.S. Air Force. Please check out his website and donate if you can. We have to show Adam Putnam that we won't tolerate this kind of behavior and comparison to true heroes any longer.
BTW, Doug Tudor is a real hero also--a hero in the FISA fight. Check this out: http://firedoglake.com/...
Updated: Howie Klein at DownWithTyranny writes about Doug here.