In 2008, Democrats worked to elect Ann Kirkpatrick because they were sick of the right wing politics of Rick Renzi. Voters of all kinds in the 1st congressiona district voted for Kirkpatrick because they thought she would be a departure from the kooky Republican agenda promoted by Renzi.
Now, in 2009, voters see that they didn’t get what they thought they were voting for. Ann Kirkpatrick has turned her back on the progressive activists who fueled her campaign, and gone off to the House of Representatives to vote as if she were the second coming of Rick Renzi.
U.S. Representative Ann Kirkpatrick has worked to support just about every cockamamie far right wing idea that’s run through the back halls of Congress: Flag burning amendments to the Constitution, protecting government torturers, Star Wars missile defense boondoggles, even agitation against clean energy legislation.
What was the point of rank and file Democrats working so hard to put Ann Kirkpatrick in Congress, now that she’s acting like a Republican? Voter disgust at this hard right turn is what motivates this bumper sticker: Progressive Arizona Against Ann Kirkpatrick
[...] has been growing all year, and finally progressive Arizonans are beginning to agitate against the politician they helped to elect. Will their anti-Kirkpatrick activism be enough to trigger a challenge from [...]
When are you Democrats and Republicans going to get it into your thick heads, AMERICA is and originally was, not about Political Parties. Who gives a HooteNanny!! I am sick and tired as an American and Veteran of you always pushing the little guys around, and thinking you know what is better for us. I am just as educated, and have more common sence, than most of your representatives. Just wait till President Obama takes more of your money, more of your toys, more of your liberties. You cannot expect the government to be your BB sitter. If you do, then you will get what you deserve, and thereby forcing those of us who disagreed with your agenda, and therefore, making slaves of us as well. It is time you studied History and take responsibility for your actions, Accountability for you and accountability for your wayward representatives. If you have not studied the issues in depth, then do us all a favor and do not Vote. And I say piss on your parties, because there is no difference in the two. We need a fresh Start, and that time is coming soon at your nearest ballot box. Time for the Granola, tree hugging Liberals and Socialists to go play, like they are a herd of Ostriches, with there heads in the sand. There are changes coming and We The People will not tolerate anymore of your wreck-less ideas, that border on insanity, and porkerize bills that spend us into oblivion. RP