An Open Letter To Harry Reid From Jamie Radtke

Posted by Kurt Feigel // April 7, 2011 // 1 Comment

An Open Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid from U.S. Senate Candidate Jamie Radtke

Dear Senator Reid:

To quote Ronald Reagan, a man we are really missing this week: “There you go again.”

In the same way that an overwhelming majority of Americans did not want Obamacare, yet it was aggressively forced on them by the single-minded zealotry of the Democrats in Congress, you are again ignoring the will of the American people who, by majorities of 3-to-1, want you to cut spending. And you are so intent on getting your way and ignoring the demands of the electorate that you are forcing a government shutdown to prevent cutting a mere 1.5% of the budget.

And rather than assuming responsibility for falling down on the job, failing to pass a budget last year and doing nothing to solve the fiscal mess you have put us in, you are again (just as with Obamacare) attacking the Tea Party for resisting you.

Honestly, Washington Democrats seem to have changed their motto to: “When all of us fail, blame the Tea Party.”

Well, Senator, the Tea Party was right about Obamacare, and the Tea Party is right about cutting spending with the budget vote, and Americans know it.

After adding $3.64 trillion to the national debt in just over two years, President Barack Obama and the Washington Democrats can claim credit for a $14.2 trillion debt, which equals nearly 100% of U.S. GDP!

You must know that this level of debt-to-GDP is crushing our economy. The degree of cynicism and ideological zealotry required to ignore that threat for political purposes is breathtaking.

So, given the cynical approach you and establishment Washington took on Obamacare and are taking on this budget issue, I can only say thank God for the Tea Party!

The fact is, if there had been no Tea Party, the establishment career politicians (in both parties) would still be talking about whether we should steer a lot to the left or a little to the left as you drive our country off a cliff.

Rest assured that, just as with Obamacare, the Tea Party will not be silenced, and we will not be satisfied until Washington puts an end to the fiscal insanity in Congress, saves the America we’ve always known and restores our liberty.

Mark Twain once said, “Always do right. That will gratify some of the people, and astonish the rest.” The Tea Party seems to have astonished you with our resistance to Obamacare and Washington’s fiscal insanity. But you might as well get used to it, because Tea Party Americans will continue to stand with those doing the right thing until this mess is fixed.

Sincerely,

Jamie Radtke

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By Kurt Feigel, April 11, 2011

U.S. Senate Candidate Jamie Radtke* Responds to
Sen. Reid’s Comments about the Tea Party and Women

“Now the Tea Party is trying to sneak through its extreme social agenda – issues that have nothing to do with funding the government. They are willing to throw women under the bus, even if it means they’ll shut down the government.”
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on the Senate floor, April 8, 2011

U.S. Senate candidate Jamie Radtke responds:

“Does Harry Reid think women are stupid? The Tea Party, which by the way counts women like me as the majority of its supporters, are Americans who refuse to sit quietly on the bus while Harry Reid drives us off a financial cliff.

“One look at the national debt will tell you that politicians have been throwing taxpayers under the bus for a very long time. And now Senator Reid is trying to use women to shield himself and his party from blame.

“Senator Reid, stop insulting women and patriotic Americans for your own failures and get out of the way so we can start saving our families and our country.”

* Before declaring her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, Jamie Radtke was co-founder and chairwoman of the Virginia Tea Party Patriot Federation and president of the Richmond Tea Party. For more information on Jamie’s Tea Party leadership, go to radtkeforsenate.com.

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