[AGL] Fwd: Houston Republicans Actually Gave Chris Bell an Award for
Working Against a Democratic Mayor... Chris Bell is Republican Lite
Harry Edwards
laughingwolf at ev1.net
Wed Feb 22 23:15:16 EST 2006
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Billy Jim <bj_fuerte at YAHOO.COM>
> Date: February 22, 2006 8:00:33 PM CST
> To: GHETTO2 at LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM
> Subject: Re: Fw: Houston Republicans Actually Gave Chris Bell an Award
> for Working Against a Democratic Mayor... Chris Bell is
> Republican Lite
> Reply-To: Remembrances of Austin Ghetto <GHETTO2 at LISTS.WHATHELPS.COM>
>
> damn. thank you Fontaine, even a portion of the
> material cited is enough to make me vomit in mr.
> Bell's direction.
> i'm with Igor on the Kinky thing. this will be the
> *first* time i haven't voted in a primary - so i can
> sign his petition.
> i don't know that i would vote for him, but i do
> want him in the mix to poke at Perry. too bad Gammage
> doesn't have more name recognition and money - and
> even worse that this is what it takes to get elected -
> forget ideas and principles.
>
> billy
>
> --- Fontaine Maverick <fmaverick at AUSTIN.RR.COM> wrote:
>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Progressive Democrats
>> To: fmaverick at austin.rr.com
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:08 PM
>> Subject: Houston Republicans Actually Gave Chris
>> Bell an Award for Working Against a Democratic
>> Mayor... Chris Bell is Republican Lite
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris Bell is running in the Democratic Primary for
>> Governor, but he cannot seem to figure out what he
>> really is.
>>
>> Chris Bell flips-flops back and forth: Bell is the
>> ONLY Democrat to ever receive an award from the
>> Harris County REPUBLICAN Party. He cozied up to the
>> GOP to get Republican votes in his race for Mayor of
>> Houston against Democratic incumbent Lee
> Brown�Then
>> he ran claimed he was a �moderate� when he ran
> in a
>> middle-of-the-road Congressional district�When he
>> thought he had the Democratic nomination for
>> Governor locked up, Bell talked a lot about
>> �bipartisanship� and complimented George
> Bush�.Now
>> that he faces a real contest in the Primary, Chris
>> Bell presents himself as strong �bold�
> Democratic
>> leader.
>>
>> In Congress:
>>
>> a.. BELL VOTED TO ALLOW DRILLING IN THE ARCTIC
>> NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
>> League of Conservation Voters, National
>> Environmental Scoreboard, 2003, p.28 and following.
>> Congressional Record, 4/11/2003, Roll Call 145
>>
>>
>> a.. BELL ENDORSED THE BUSH TAX CUTS THAT GAVE HUGE
>> TAX BREAKS TO THE WEALTHIEST 1% OF AMERICANS�AND
>> CAUSED THE BIGGEST BUDGET DEFICIT IN OUR HISTORY.
>>
>> Houston Chronicle 9/13/2002
>>
>>
>> a.. BELL VOTED FOR THE BUSH-CHENEY ENERGY
> PLAN�The
>> Sierra Club called it �one of the worst disasters
>> for the environment and public health in recent
>> years.�
>>
>> League of Conservation Voters Scorecard, 2003, p 28
>> and following
>>
>> a.. BELL VOTED AGAINST FELLOW DEMOCRATS AND JOINED
>> REPUBLICANS TO PASS AN INFAMOUS �BANKRUPTCY
> BILL�
>> WRITTEN BY BANKS AND CREDIT CARD COMPANIES.
>>
>> Congressional Record, March 19, 2003; Roll Call
>> Votes 72 and 74
>>
>> a.. BELL VOTED TO WEAKEN CLEAN WATER LAWS�by
>> granting special exemptions to oil and gas
>> companies.
>>
>> League of Conservation Voters Scorecard, 2003, p 28
>> and following
>>
>> a.. BELL SUPPORTED THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION�S
>> INVASION OF IRAQ.
>>
>> Houston Chronicle 9/13/2002
>>
>> As a Houston City Council Member:
>>
>>
>> a.. Bell campaigned against a city initiative to
>> raise the minimum wage in Houston.
>> Houston
>> Chronicle 2/14/97; 2/16/97
>>
>> a.. Bell was the only Democrat EVER to receive an
>> award from the Harris County GOP for siding with
>> Republicans on the City Council and voting against
>> Democratic Mayor Lee Brown. Bell received the award
>> at a banquet attended by Governor Rick Perry.
>> Previous winners include Tom Delay.
>> Houston Chronicle 3/30/2001
>>
>> a.. Houston Democrats passed an anti-Bell
>> resolution saying, �No Democrat should support
>> candidates�who accept awards from the chair of the
>> Harris County Republicans.� Bell dismissed them
> as
>> �HARD CORE PARTY ADVOCATES.�
>> Houston
>> Chronicle 10/2/2001
>>
>> a.. A leading Republican (and virulently right
>> wing Houston radio talk show host) named Jim Evans
>> ran radio ads, paid for by the Bell Campaign, urging
>> Republicans to vote for Bell in his Mayor�s race
>> against Democrat Lee Brown.
>>
>> George Strong Houston Political Blog 10/31/2001
>>
>> a.. �Getting support from Houston Republicans is
>> considered an important component for Bell,� said
>> The Houston Chronicle, when describing Bell�s race
>> against democratic Mayor Lee Brown.
>> Houston Chronicle 3/20/2001
>>
>> a.. While chair of the Houston City Council�s
>> Ethics Committee, Bell proposed doing away with the
>> �blackout period� in which contractors doing
>> business with the city were prohibited from
>> contributing to incumbents. The Houston Chronicle
>> asked, �Where�s the Shame?� Though Bell
> campaigned
>> as �Mr. Ethics,� he was the ONLY candidate for
> Mayor
>> who refused to disclose his income tax returns.
>>
>> Houston Chronicle 1/14/2000: 9/12/99: 9/6/2001
>>
>> Bush-Cheney Energy Bill:
>>
>> Bell voted with Tom Delay and against the
>> overwhelming majority of fellow Democrats to enact a
>> bill the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) called
>> �one of the most anti-environment pieces of
>> legislation passed in recent history.� The bill
>> allowed drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
>> Refuge. It granted $38 Billion in tax breaks and
>> subsidies to the coal, oil, nuclear and natural gas
>> industries. �The bill also undermined clean water
>> protections,� said the LCV, �by shielding makers
> of
>> the gasoline additive MTBE from existing lawsuits
>> for contaminating drinking water in 1,500
>> communities in 28 states�. �The Sierra Club
> said,
>> �this bill will benefit the worst polluting
>> industries in America.�
>>
>> The Bankruptcy Act:
>>
>> Written by credit card companies and pushed by the
>> Tom DeLay Republican leadership, this odious
>> anti-consumer bill was opposed by progressive
>> Democrats, but Bell voted for it anyway. The bill
>> was the father of legislation that finally became
>> law�legislation a Texas Judge recently described
>> this way: �It was apparently an agenda to make
> more
>> money off the backs of consumers in this country.�
>> The NAACP, AFL-CIO, Consumers Union, and the
>> Consumers Federation of America, among others,
>> opposed the bill. Among many other evils, the bill
>> made it easier for creditors in many states to take
>> a family�s or elderly person�s home to pay off
>> catastrophic debts caused by medical emergencies and
>> long illness. It made it far more difficult for
>> families to escape the crushing burden of the huge
>> debts caused by such expenses. (Medical bills are
>> the leading cause of bankruptcy for American
>> families.)
>>
>>
>> The Grover Norquist Junket:
>>
>> Chris Bell, Tom DeLay and Rick Perry have one thing
>> in common�junkets paid for by Grover Norquist.
>> Norquist is one of the supreme national GOP
>> heavyweights and is the head of the right wing
>> pressure group, Americans for Tax Reform. Norquist
>> helped finance Perry�s yacht trip to the Bahamas,
>> where they planned Texas education policy in the
>> company of other GOP fat cats. What isn�t well
>> known is that when Congressman Chris Bell wanted to
>> visit the Persian Gulf sheikdom of Quatar in 2003,
>> he had the junket completely paid for by an entity
>> known as the Islamic Free Market Institute
>> Foundation, a group FOUNDED by Grover Norquist. In
>> addition, this group shares its office with Grover
>> Norquist! It�s the traditional Washington
>> story---lobbyists, favors, junkets, influence.
>>
>>
>> Chris Bell Congressional Disclosure Form, 2003
>>
>> USA
>> Today, June 21, 2005
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Pol. Adv. paid for by Bob Gammage
>>
>> PO Box 13226 Austin, TX 78711
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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