Lifelong Republican Patrick Murphy now calls himself a "New Dem"Murphy's pathetic, pleading spam yesterday:
We've done so much together already-- we've stood up for students, called for sensible budget solutions and so much more. I'm so proud of the work we've done so far, and we have so much more to do.But, Democrats nationwide are facing big end-of-month budget deadlines tomorrow. And, our campaign is no different. We just had not one but TWO opponents announce they were getting in against us. We need to have a strong showing... We've got to show my opponents that we mean business, so we can keep working together, for the middle class, seniors, and students.
And that's accompanied by all kinds of requests for donations-- but no mention of his many recent forays across the aisle to vote with the Republicans. "Can I count on you to make a contribution before my big May fundraising deadline," he begged at the end. Of course the answer from me is that he should hold his breath until he sees my contribution.Among the short career highlights of Murphy's miserable first 5 months in Congress that he neglected to mention to his donors was his vote last week for the Keystone XL Pipeline. I wonder why he forgot! Maybe because there are so many times he crossed the aisle to vote with the Republicans that he can't even remember the most recent ones-- like joining the Republicans to penalize workers who try to get legitimate overtime pay, voting with the Republicans to pass CISPA, and voting against the Progressive Caucus Budget and the moderate Senate Budget as alternatives to Paul Ryan's Ayn Rand budget. And those were just in the past 2 months.Murphy has the worst voting record of any New Dem in Congress-- and a ProgressivePunch crucial vote score of 44.44, exactly the same dismal score as John Barrow (Blue Dog-GA), Henry Cuellar (Blue Dog-TX) Pete Gallego (Blue Dog-TX) and fellow Wall Street whore and New Dem Sean Patrick Maloney (NY). Only two Arizona arch-conservatives, each a sure bet to lose in 2014, have voted more frequently with the GOP than Murphy has.And he's doing even greater damage as one of the corrupt New Dems on the House Financial Services Committee, where he regularly votes with the Republicans to advance the interests of Wall Street banksters, while shafting ordinary working families. He even started his own anti-progressive caucus, United Solutions, with a gaggle of far right Republican extremists and few naive and confused Democratic freshmen.If you want to support a progressive for Congress in Florida, someone who will be on Alan Grayson's team, not Daniel Webster's team, please consider Nick Ruiz, the Democratic candidate in the Orlando area running for the seat that John Mica has been misrepresenting for far too long. Even $5 and $10 contributions to Nick's campaign are very much appreciated.
