I heard reported on the news last night and then again this morning that my congressman, Jim Matheson (D) of Utah's second district has been invited by the president, along with some of his blue dog Democrat colleagues to the White House this evening. Purportedly this is so President Obama can use his charm and charisma to persuade these blue dogs into supporting the un-Constitutional radical health care bill.Now this is fine, and well within the purview of the president to do so. The problem is that it was further announced that Scott Matheson, brother of my congressman Jim Matheson, was just chosen by the Obama administration to sit on the 10th circuit court of appeals in Denver. This, of course, is a lifetime appointment to the bench. The fact that Obama chose to announce this at exactly the same time that they have invited Congressman Matheson to the White House certainly provides the appearance of impropriety, whether there is any or not.
The radio commentator this morning made the comment that Blue Dog Democrats are supposedly the ones that proclaim to be conservative when back in their home districts and then they go to Washington D.C. and vote like the commie-libs that they truly are. In other words, they got the name Blue Dogs because they act like dogs that blew off their constituents' wishes.
Now as far as Democrats go, Matheson is far better than most and I do respect some of the stands he has taken in the past. My biggest problem is that the very first vote of each new congress being seated, he has voted for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. THAT is a huge problem considering she then sets the legislative agenda and wields incredible power in the government. That power is used in ways that are decidedly not even close to being in our nation's best interest.
I certainly hope that this latest "coincidence" of a seemingly quid pro quo is just that... a coincidence and nothing more. Congressman Matheson, you can continue to show your sense of integrity and independence by voting NO on the upcoming health care bill. A vote in the affirmative will likely confirm that you are indeed for sale, whether that was the case or not.
Utahans in your district will be watching closely, as will the rest of the nation, I suspect, sir.
2 comments:
You know, ragging on a Democrat for voting for a Dem for Speaker (who ran un-opposed) is kind of silly. If he voted for someone else, the way Congress works - in both parties - is that he would never get a good committee assignment, etc. It is foolish to expect that he would vote for John Boehner (who would be infinitely worse than Nacy Pelosi, I assure you).
And the new made up conspiracy about Matheson's brother has already been de-bunked by Orrin Hatch himself who put his name up for consideration.
I understand a Democrat by necessity must typically vote for a Democrat for Speaker.
I did not mean to imply that this was my only issue of which I was at odds with Congress Matheson. This was simply the biggest reason why we do NOT need a Democrat in Utah's 2nd district.
As for Hatch, he is a RINO himself and with any luck will be finished after his current term too.
As to whether or not the conspiracy is true or not, well I'll withold judgment until I see how my congressman votes on this travesty of a health care bill, sir.
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