Although I have not been very vocal for some time about it, the election of Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler is one that I have opposed in 2010 and in 2012 stayed out of. I did not hide my views in the 2010 primary that she was not suited for the job.
And she has proven me right more than once.
Of late, after some 15 days of the recent partial shut down of the government, she issued a letter calling on everybody to “face reality” on Obamacare and subsequently surrendered by voting to accept Obama and the Democrats terms, leaving the rest of us standing strong with egg on our faces.
The local Republican Party, under new leaders then when it firmly backed her against strong conservative candidates in 2010, to the point of actively undermining a candidate that previously held positions in Washington D.C. with the Veterans Administration and Department of Homeland Security, has issued an open letter expressing their disappointment with Ms. Herrera Beutler.
That letter says in part,
“Once again, it was a minority of Republican Representatives that voted with all 198 of Democrats that allowed passage of this resolution. Of the 232 Republican Representatives voting, a majority of 144 voted no on this Resolution. And how disappointing it is that not one from Washington State decided to stand for the citizens of Washington State. House Speaker John Boehner said yesterday, ‘We fought the good fight. We just didn’t win.’ We submit all 87 surrendered.”
I wholeheartedly agree. While I understand Ms. Herrera Beutler has her hands full with the premature birth of her first child and medical complications, we in Washington State’s 3rd Congressional District deserve strong presentation of our views. She was not elected to return to the D.C. party circuit and sell out those who voted for her.
Her surrender will not endear her to the Democrats and likely will cause primary challenge against her, if she decides to run again.
For far too long now, Republicans have surrendered every chance they get and if their effort is to build a more positive view, it fails. The lamestream media will not embrace Republicans and will only twist their words to see them ousted.
Surrender is not the most effective strategy. Outnumbered and confronted with a written request from German General Luttwitz for the surrender of Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe replied with one word: “NUTS!”
Where has that American spirit gone?
UPDATE: For all admonishing me that Herrera Beutler did the right thing, here is what she helped approved: A Tyrant’s Dream: Congress Cedes Control Of Federal Debt
