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Posted at 8:29pm on Jun. 10, 2008 Compare and Contrast

By Erick

Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK) will not endorse Barack obama. Why? He says Obama is too liberal. In fact, he told the Associated Press that Obama was "the most liberal senator" and he wanted to respect the wishes of his constituents.

Of course he'll vote for Obama, but at least he respects his conservative constituents.

Contrast that behavior with Nick Lampson (TX-22), the most endangered Democrat in Congress. He's all aboard the Obama train. He does not really care about his constituents. Lampson just wants to stay in Washington.

[UPDATE by Moe Lane]: I would also like to note this post - specifically, the update - by Jake Tapper. While I understand the need to push back on potentially embarrassing statements made by others, it's just a little odd that the Obama campaign feels the need to do it to those on Obama's own side. Particularly now that he's been declared the nominee, and everything.

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Posted at 3:18pm on Jun. 9, 2008 Nick Lampson (Like ALL Democrats) Likes To Bite The Hands That Feed Him

By haystack

Ever notice how Democrats like to demonize those they promise to save us from while they surreptitiously take money from them all the same in order to get themselves re-elected? In today's episode of Democrat hypocrisy, let us consider the money Nick Lampson has received from the very groups he wants to make his potential voters believe are the biggest problem this country has ever faced.[mp3 audio] Lampson suggests there are 4 main industries that are getting all the money in our country. 1- Defense(not the troops but the defense industry) - the weapons makers. 2- Oil. 3- Insurance. 4- Pharmaceuticals. The money quote starts at 1:18:

"Across the board, where those industries are putting their finances into, you’ll see that politicians get the big contributions from the lobbyists who work for those four industries and they work on the legislators to pass the legislation that benefits those industries so that more money will go there.

So, I asked myself..."haystack? Where does Lampson get his campaign contributions?" and shock of all shocks...it's from many of the same types of people he tells this audience are the biggest problem with the country today.

Hunh? Whodathunk?

I worked up a little summary from my clicking around a bit. Between 1998 and 2008 (near as I can figure), compliments of these 4 so-called evil industries, Lampson has dumped a lot of cash into his pockets:

Defense Oil/Gas Insurance Pharmaceuticals

$72,500 $92,923 $7,250 $14,000

He goes on to suggest the whole money game is an iron triangle. Funny, that. Out here in the sticks we use a triangle to call everyone home for supper. Wonder how long before Lampson goes hungry once his donors find out he's tearing them up behind their backs...

Oh, and by the way, it looks like Lampson received $329,117 in contributions from Moveon.org on top of that...boy howdy...he's doing pretty good for being out to save the little guy, ain't he?

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Posted at 9:46am on May 28, 2008 Target TX-22

By Erick

Bob Novak has an article this morning on the Blue Dogs. One of them is Nick Lampson, running against RedState endorsed Pete Olson.

The one dissenter on the Colombian free trade vote and the one absent Congressman on the Iraqi troop withdrawal was the same person: Rep. Nick Lampson (D-Tex.). Paradoxically, he is arguably the most liberal of the selected l0 Blue Dogs as reflected during five previous terms representing the Beaumont area. He was wiped out in the 2004 election following the Texas redistricting engineered by former Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). Lampson filed as a candidate in DeLay’s Houston-area district and campaigned as a moderate in this Republican territory. Lampson was elected when DeLay was indicted by a politicized district attorney.

Lampson, proving he is more political than ideological, has all of a sudden become quite conservative, being one of the least reliable votes for Pelosi.

That, of course, cannot cover up for years of being a party line toeing liberal and for voting for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker. In 2006, Lampson only won with 52% of the vote in a disaster of an election for Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, who RedState helped toss out in the primary.

The district went for Bush with 64% in 2004. This is a very middle class to upper middle class district that is ripe for the GOP to take it back. The Cook Partisan Voting Index puts it at R +15.

Lampson is probably the most vulnerable of the Democrats in the House. HIs opponent, Pete Olson, is a veteran and he is backed by Phil Freakin' Gramm. He'll be a dependable conservative vote.

Folks, we can beat Nick Lampson pretty damn easily, but we need to cough up some change for Pete Olson to get this seat back. It may be one of the only seats we do get back, so let's make it count.

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