"Truth-O-Meter, Vol. I, No. 13" The Nameless Campaign: So many Lies, So Little Time

"And the Truth shall set you free"

Fellow Truth-seekers,

I grow weary of constantly pointing out the lies, half truths, and shameless distortions that the Nameless Campaign continues to foist upon the good people of Indiana.

This latest tortured twist is beyond any thirty second response ad so please, get a cup of coffee (or a frozen blender drink) and sit back with the ol' wireless laptop as we explain what the McGoff people clearly don't understand.

Sometimes, when you sit at the "big-boys table" and you understand the Rules and Procedures of the House of Representatives, you have to do something that they affectionately call a "kitchen sink bill" - wherein, as the Chairman or Ranking Member of a Committee or subcommittee, you put every idea that everyone has in a draft bill that will act like a "discussion draft" so that everybody has a chance to speak on the issues that concern them and beat up on the issues that they don't agree with. It's the process.

So McGoff sends out a mail hit piece that attacks the Dan Burton on a bill that that he introduced as the Ranking Member of the Western Hemisphere subcommittee. (Note to McGoff campaign: All US Borders are within the Western Hemisphere)

That bill (HR 5456) was intended to start a discussion on the problem of illegal immigration. And it did that. The overwhelming message was that we need to be even tougher on illegal immigrants. So, in response, Mr. Burton replaced HR 5456 from the last Congress (the old bill McGoff uses to attack Our Congressman), with (today, in the real world) H.R.3549, a bill that seeks:

(1) To withdraw Federal funds from States and political subdivisions of States that interfere with enforcement of Federal immigration law... and

(2) SECURE THE BORDER!

(Note to Devoted Readers: Sponsor: Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5] (introduced 9/17/2007) emphasis added

The legislation was referred to the following Committees:

(1)House Judiciary

(2)House Oversight and Government Reform

The latest action (according to the LIS): 10/12/2007 (emphasis added) The bill was referred to Government Oversight and Reform subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees,Border Security, and International Law.

Ummm ... did anybody catch the 10/2007? By my public school math that was 7 months ago. Didn't McGoff's campaign bother to research that bill, or did they just selectively pick out the one thing that they could distort? (Obviously the latter.) It is just another example of the way the Nameless Campaign just shovels $h*t on the folks in the 5th district.

(Rumor has it that even the Republican Party has repudiated their obscene campaign tactics.)

Thankfully, this thing will be over in a couple of weeks. McGoff will be a footnote, the GOP can focus on electing our State Reps and County Commissioners and other worthy GOPers, and we'll get back to bashing the real opponents - The DEMOCRATS!

Stay-tuned my friends - it only gets better from here!