A political ad by an incumbent Democrat U.S. representative in Michigan shows how Democrats are running from their so-called legislative “accomplishments” as they seek re-election.
“I must ask myself 10 times a day, what is Washington thinking?” Rep. Mark Schauer says in the campaign ad.
What he does not mention is that like the vast majority of Democrats in both the House and Senate, he voted for the counterproductive $862 billion “stimulus” and for ObamaCare socialized medicine. So whatever “Washington was thinking” when it passed that destructive legislation, Rep. Schauer must have been thinking the same thing.
The trouble is, the American people did not want – and still do not want – the big “accomplishments” that Democrats and President Barack Obama imposed in the form of ObamaCare and the “stimulus.” And we certainly do not want additional unproductive “stimulus” and tax increases at the end of this year, as the president is seeking.
Considering how poorly those legislative priorities are going over with the public, it is no surprise that a headline on a recent New York Times article read, “Democrats’ ads keep the party at arm’s length.”
Democrats are finally recognizing the unpopularity of the policies with which they have saddled the American people, and they realize their House and Senate majorities are in danger.
But the American people should not be fooled. Democrat incumbents who now suggest that they are “anti-big-government” but who voted for ObamaCare or other big-government programs should not be allowed to run from their records. Voters should pay attention to how lawmakers voted – not to their campaign rhetoric – when they cast ballots on Election Day.