Rutherford County Democrats want to know why instead of “helping families clean up after the deadly Good Friday tornado,” Rutherford County Republicans gathered on the square in Murfreesboro to protest much needed investment in Rutherford County schools, enhanced health care benefits for their veterans, the extension of unemployment benefits for the county’s unemployed, and “the change in direction over the past 8 years of failed conservative economic policy of unprecedented government expansion, deficit spending and tax cuts for the wealthiest 5% of Americans.”
Besides also asking one of their own, State House Rep. Joe Carr (R-Lascassas), why he is co-sponsoring the bill that urges Governor Bredesen to reject stimulus money that could help families in Rutherford County who are underemployed, newly elected Rutherford County Democratic Party Chair Jonathon Fagan has some pointed questions for the tea baggers protesters:
Where were all these folks when George W. Bush and a Republican Congress were running up trillion-dollar deficits with no bid contracts and tax breaks for oil companies? Instead of picking up a microphone and whining about taxes, we Democrats from across the state will be partnering with the city of Winchester in helping our fellow citizens clean up storm damage on Saturday April 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m..
Now that a movement to get behind…
first, I did help clean up the tornado mess the day after the storm… spent many hours helping my fellow murfreesboro residents… second… republicans didn’t throw a fit about this when Bush was in office because we still had hope that the Republican party would pull their heads out and start doing the right thing… we were wrong! There is no hate for anyone in my heart, just a fear of losing everything we stand for in America… liberty means choosing your own destiny and then living with the consequences. Please, I’m begging everyone I know, stop with the finger pointing and hate speech. Both sides need to listen, agree to disagree and find a common ground to work on with the country’s problems… Stop putting each other’s ideas down and let us all stand together as Americans… different Americans, but still Americans, united to protect our differences…
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