Alexander’s wife says that he comes home every weekend to be with his family. I guess the viewer is supposed to believe that the more he’s with his wife and the less he’s in Washington, the better represented we all are in the Fifth District.
Earlier today, I heard a report that claimed this Congress has worked fewer days than any Congress in the past fifty years– only 100 days a year.
Personally, I would be more satisfied if Alexander stayed in Washington a few weekends, because although people are more important than politics, those of us in the fifth district aren’t paying Alexander to play politics; we’re paying him to work for the best interests of our district. Incidentally, who is paying for the Congressman to fly back home every weekend?
I have a few more questions.
1. Can you name one piece of legislation authored by Rodney Alexander during the previous Congressional session?
2. Why did Congressman Alexander vote against H.R. 4954? The resolution dealt with enhancing the security of America’s ports and was co-sponsored by eighty of Alexander’s colleagues.
3. Congress worked around 100 days last year, less than a third of the year. Alexander’s wife states that he comes home every weekend from Washington. Are we to conclude that Alexander returns home every weekend while Congress is in session?
4. What does Alexander actually mean when he states “people are more important than politics?” Isn’t he supposed to be working FOR THE PEOPLE in Congress? Ultimately, shouldn’t he, as our Congressman, be working for the people in Washington, D.C.? After all, that’s why we sent him there.
5. Regardless of one’s political party, I understand that there are certain limitations facing a first-term Congressman. But can anyone point to a single piece of legislation sponsored or co-sponsored by Rodney Alexander that SPECIFICALLY benefits the citizens of Central Louisiana?
CenLamar 
Congressmen should stay in touch with their districts. I like the fact that Rodney comes home often.
Regarding the scheduler’s allegations against Royal Alexander–IMHO, this is the most bogus lawsuit I have ever seen. It is clear to me that the girl couldn’t perform her job. Then she became angry when she was moved to another position. So, she is suing to get MONEY and to get back at her bosses. Judge should dismiss this crap.
I’m missing a post. I was on here last night and read a post about Jacques Roy’s updated website content regarding city utilities. What happened to that post?
Go to http://www.jacquesroyformayor.com. Scroll down the page and you can click on the Icons.
I decided to focus on Alexander right now instead.
Go to http://www.jacquesroyformayor.com and click on Utilities.
To the Alexander supporter,
No one is denying that it’s good for a Congressman to keep in touch with his district. But that doesn’t mean he should be flying home every weekend to see his wife, particularly when Congress is in session.
I’m still waiting for the answers to my questions. 🙂
Good questions Lamar. Have you tried contacting his office directly? You’d probably come closer to getting answers there than in this forum.
Have you tried asking the same questions of Mary Landrieu? What has she done for us lately? I mean, besides be against anything and everything that our president is for. John Breaux had 30 years to get funding for coastal erosion and had NO success, Mary has had 12 years, NO success but immediately blames everyone else for her shortcomings. By the way, Mary lives in a $2 million home OUTSIDE of Louisiana and the people she supposedly represents.
I’m thinking outside the box and I’m going to vote for Brent Sanders. I think it is time we get another angle in Washington and maybe Brent Sanders and the Libertarians are the ones to do it.
Landrieu is not the knee-jerk anti-Bush liberal you make her out to be. In fact I wish she would have had more backbone to support her party in opposition than to be perceived as a moderate politician.
At Progressivepunch.org (be careful libs are liars, progressive is a code word for liberal), Landrieu earns a progressive rank of 42 / 100, hardly earning her the ire of a reactionary liberal you’d like to paint her as.
Progressive Punch is nice because you can sort through the categories and then check specific legislation. For example she voted against tabling Bolton’s nomination, a score for Bush. She also voted to end debate on the White House’s attachment of energy policy to an unrelated Internet taxation bill. It may seem like I’m reaching, but the list goes on and on.
At the more informative National Journal website (everyone PLEASE check out these numbers!) we see that Mary is listed as the 45th most liberal senator:
http://nationaljournal.com/voteratings/sen/lib.htm
Rhode Island’s (soon to be former) Senator Lincoln Chafee actually ranks less conservatively than Landrieu. The only democrat less liberal than Mary is Ben Nelson of Nebraska. You can see a nifty red-blue graph of this data at the website:
http://rifuture.org/blog/?p=2625
If you recall, Nelson and Landrieu are crucial members of the so-called “Gang of 14,” the group of moderate senators that would not have allowed the dems to filibuster Alito’s nomination last fall, forcing Frist to push the majority’s Nuclear Option of changing Senate Rules.
libs are liars, please note the way in which I have done basic internet research, provided my name, and provided links for the other members of this community to check my interpretations and to make opinions for themselves.
Funny thing is, I agree with you the Mary hasn’t done enough for out community. The problem isn’t that she’s too liberal, the problem is that she isn’t independent ENOUGH.
I’d hate to beat a dead horse, but I found something that I felt was interesting:
At the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America website (largest organization of veterans of these two wars), they have rated our legislators on their votes supporting troops, such as veterans funding and combat preparedness. There are links for voting records and a state-by-state breakdown:
Senatorial Rankings:
http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2006/10/iava-support-troops-rankings-for-senate.html
IAVA Website:
http://iava.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2023&Itemid=210
Mary, who is “against anything and everything our president is for,” scores a B+ and ranks 24th. My main purpose for posting this is that David Vitter, the 35th most conservative Senator (National Journal), got an F.
An F. The fact that every Democrat scored higher than every Republican notwithstanding, I was pretty shocked that Senator David Vitter of Louisiana sits at the VERY BOTTOM–yes that’s the 100th place out of 100–of their list.
Here’s how the rest of our state delegation fared:
Louisiana
Rep. Rodney Alexander B-
Rep. Richard H. Baker C
Rep. Charles W. Boustany, Jr. D
Rep. William J. Jefferson A-
Rep. Bobby Jindal D
Senator Mary Landrieu B+
Rep. Jim McCrery C
Rep. Charlie Melancon B+
Senator David Vitter F
Maybe the IAVA is a Democratic political machine in disguise. Maybe the President is right that our nation is safer in the hands of the GOP when it comes to successfully prosecuting international conflicts and pursuing international terrorism. But coming on the heels of the statements by two retired generals that the Democrats need to take control I think this is faily vital information.
Foley sends his questionable e-mails in July of 2005. The page’s parents notify Rodney just after Katrina when he then refers the matter to Hastert’s office. In November the St. Petersburg Times contacts Alexander about the e-mails. He lies & says he was “unaware of the matter until the newspaper called.” Why? It was more important to cover the party’s chances (& his) for the upcoming elections than protect our children. Plus there are credible rumors purporting an affair he had with a staffer shortly after taking office. No wonder he now contends with lawsuits of sexual harasment.His office breeds such behavior! The irony of his TV ads with his family! Unbelievable!
Gloria Hearn would be an improvement over Alexander. (Her rural Luziana drawl can’t be worse than his.) I read someone’s comment that she’s the person you’d run from at a cocktail party. That may be true, but Congress shouldn’t be a cocktail party and she’d make sure her voice was heard. Although Southern Baptist through and through, Hearn doesn’t let her religion drive her views about what government ought to focus its energies on. Her platform stated on the website http://www.hearnforcongress.com elaborates on the following priority issues:
The War in Iraq
The Economic Health of the Nation
Education
Veteran and Military Benefits
Our National Security
Outsourcing Jobs
Then she states her position on other important issues:
“Abortion … I do not feel that the constitution should be amended concerning the abortion issue.
Flag Burning … although this is an important issue, I do not feel that the constitution should be amended to include articles against burning the flag.
Marriage … this issue should not be prioritized at the expense of other issues such as the War in Iraq, our national budget, and education at this time.
… God has blessed our country. God is not a Republican as some would have you believe, but I also remind you that God is not a Democrat, nor is he a Libertarian, a Constitutionalist, nor even an Independent…”
Brent Sanders actually seems to have views parallel to Hearn’s, but I think a Dem dark horse will perform better than a Libertarian, so that’s where my anti-incumbent vote will go.
Here is why I will not vote for RA:
1. Employee in his office was writing love letters to Scott Peterson on tax payer time and expense.
2. Foley emails were take to NRCC and not leadership. RA tried to protect his political friends rather than go to ethics committe or capitol hill police which rules of house of representatives require.
3. RA should have party switched last time in manner that allowed everyone to know ahead of time so they could consider other candidates.
4. RA office being sued for sexual harrassment not just a staffer. The office did nothing and again tried to cover it up by hiding suit for nearly one month after it had been filed.
5. He helped Clyde H. get an appointment as state director of USDA when Clyde had had nearly 2 million written off by USDA in the past.
6. The ad on tv is meant to fight all the anti family stuff that is in his background such as the alleged affair and peterson letters out of his office and sexual harrassment mess…enough already.