“Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.”
— Thomas Paine
Several months ago, Rep. Larry Kissell wrote a lengthy article in the Daily Journal explaining in great detail his “principled” reasons for opposing Obamacare. He stated that he could not support the legislation because of the added costs to consumers and the effect it would have on Medicaid and Medicare. He promised when he ran for office that he would do everything he could to protect seniors.
That was his stated “principled” reason to oppose the bill. Congressman Steve King of Iowa has introduced bill HR4972 to repeal Obamacare. It is being blocked by Nancy Pelosi from coming to a floor vote. Mr. King then issued Discharge Petition 11, which needs 218 House member signatures to FORCE a floor vote. In July, I emailed Mr. Kissell and urged him to sign it, since he so adamantly, and on principle, opposed Obamacare.
I checked in late August and in spite of having 170 signatures, Mr. Kissell was not among them. I emailed him again, urging he take a stand on his principles and sign the petition. As of 9-15, he still has not signed. Everyone is already beginning to see the effects of Obamacare. Rates are going up, services are going down and seniors will be most affected. Larry has failed to show any courage and stand for his so-called principles. Just another politician trying to pull the wool over the voters eyes for the sake of re-election. Let’s remember “our” principles come November and kick another Washington insider out of office.
Tim Seigla
Rockingham
Larry Kissell is only gonna do what Pelosi tells him to do and that's the bottom line.More liberal hogwash.
If Harold Johnson is elected and doesn't live up to his word, vote him out next time too. I'm tired of all the lying politicians, both Democrats and Republicans. If they don't live up to their word, turn them out of office. That's fair all the way around, regardless of political affiliations.
The man who is running against Larry Kissell, Harold Johnson, is the puppet for Robin Hayes who is funding his campaign. Robin Hayes is the same man who vowed to the people in the 8th district in 2005 that he would vote against the CAFTA agreement. However that would not be the case. Around midnight Hayes changed his no vote to a yes vote to appease the factory owners in NC who wanted to move production off-shore. The rest is history with the closing of all the plants in Kannapolis, Salisbury and across NC.
REPEAL,REPEAL,REPEAL!!!
I would also like to thank those who call. The call that I just received a few minutes ago came at just the right time. It was very encouraging.