Baron Hill to Announce Reelection Today, Use Hoosier Troops for Campaign Photo Op

From Baron's campaign website:

Congressman Baron Hill will file for reelection and travel to all parts of the Ninth Congressional District next week. As legally required, he will first file in Indianapolis on Monday morning, February 18, 2008, before departing to Fort Stewart, Georgia to visit with the soldiers of Indiana's 76th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. He will be traveling with Major General R. Martin Umbarger, Adjutant General of the Indiana National Guard.

First, Baron refused to see the National Guard off; he was too busy on a taxpayer-funded vacation to Pacific islands, Vietnam, and Australia.

Then his plane had "mechanical trouble" when he wanted to visit them.

Then he tried to cover for not going by having a statement put into the Congressional Record, where nobody will ever read it (except on this blog).

And now, now he's going to use the Hoosier National Guard as a political prop for a campaign photo opportunity right after he announces his reelection bid.

There are snakes that are not this low.

And you just have to love his little (and I mean little) list of reasons why he should be reelected.

"I want the people of Southern Indiana to know just how serious I am about returning to Congress and continuing the progress we have made," Hill said. "2006 was the year of change, and I, like most Americans, know there is still much work to be done. My colleagues in Congress and I have laid the foundation to move this country in a new direction.

Yes, folks, a new direction paved with more earmarks for the clients of his former employer than ever before!

But don't worry, he voted for that GOP proposal to eliminate earmarks entirely, so he was for earmarks before he was against them.

And since the GOP proposal was defeated by the pork-loving House Democrats, Baron will be for earmarks again soon anyway, especially earmarks that enrich his cronies and other folks with close ties to him.

But, change takes time, and I am asking the residents of Southern Indiana to stick with me

Yeah, stick him back in the unemployment line, where he belongs.

There's a change that the residents of Southern Indiana need.

We need a representative in Congress that is honest and can work for meaningful change, not someone who spews out change because it's the political focus group buzzword of the moment.

as I work to enact real and lasting legislation that protects Hoosier families,

Just like Baron and his buddies skipped out of Washington without voting to extend the government's ability to put listen in on the telephone calls of terrorists, all to pander to the trial lawyer lobby.

Or how about when Baron got all confused about what has actually been happening in Iraq?

Or when he said he would no longer vote to fund the war?

Or how about his "yes, no, maybe" position changing on health care for children?

Or about how we should be revealing our hand to the enemy?

Protecting Hoosier families my rear.

The only thing Baron Hill is interested in protecting are his lobbyist buddies and his own cushy political career.

preserves Hoosier values

By voting to continue giving Federal dollars to Planned Parenthood?

Or by voting to allow Federal dollars to be used to fund abortions overseas?

and promotes a stronger economy."

Like when nearly 900 people in Bloomington (his closest thing to a political base) lost their jobs and Baron did nothing?

Or how about when he said he wanted to increase taxes on tobacco and fast food?

All Baron Hill is interested in is saying whatever is necessary to get elected, then doing whatever he wants once we send him back.

Don't believe me?

Hear it from his own mouth:



It's the same old, same old from Baron.

There is no low he will not stoop to.

And using the Indiana National Guard as a mere prop for a political campaign photo opportunity, particularly in the wake of not caring a lick about the troops for so long, is disgusting.

He should be ashamed of himself.