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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

YOUR VIEW: The Republican Party has failed Alabama - The Birmingham News - al.com (blog)

By holding a victory party at a gun range, The Alabama Republican Party is finally giving Scott Beason an opportunity to empty the barrel; the Republican Party has failed Alabama.

By passing voter ID laws to disenfranchise poor and elderly voters, the Republican controlled State Legislature has failed to protect the rights and privileges of all Alabamians

In allowing a strip mine to open in Shepard Bend on the Warrior River, just above an intake for the Birmingham Water Works, Governor Bentley and The Alabama Republican Party has failed Alabama

By passing an anti immigration bill that was destined to fail in the courts and cost Alabama taxpayers millions of dollars in lawyer fees and government waste, the Republican controlled State Legislature has failed the citizens of Alabama in its promise to reduce the size of government.

With the entire Alabama Republican delegation to the US Congress voting against the Lilly Ledbetter law, the Republican Party of Alabama failed the women in the State of Alabama.

When U.S. Representative Spencer Bachus decided to short sell stocks as the economy faltered, he bet against America and put his own personal worth ahead of his oath to the citizens of Alabama. Spencer Bachus and the Republican Party have failed the State of Alabama.

By making political appointments to the Alabama Public Television Commission that have their own private agenda, Governor Bentley and the Alabama Republican Party has failed Alabama.

With Richard Shelby pushing for 4.7 billion in funding for the northern beltline, instead of trying to fix existing infrastructure, the Alabama Republican Party has failed Alabama.

By forcing the Alabama public to help balance the State budget, the Republican Party of Alabama has failed the State.

With several members of the State Republican Party calling conserving Alabama wildlife a luxury, the Alabama Republican Party has failed Alabama.

"Doctor" Bentley was not the Republican Party's first choice two years ago. They have held every state wide position except for Lucy Baxley at the Public Service Commission, and yet the unemployment rate in Alabama remains among the highest in the country. The Alabama Republican Party has failed the State of Alabama.

Roy Moore for Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. The Alabama Republican Party has failed the State of Alabama.

I could keep this list going on for several more pages, but I think you get the point. From our senior member in Congress to the our junior members like Slade Blackwell, the Alabama Republican Party has failed the State of Alabama in so many ways.

Mark Chambers

Birmingham

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