Taking out the Trash in Minnesota

So Minnesotians, is it finally time for Gil Gutknecht to say bye bye to his seat? Gil doesn't seem to be the sharpest knife in the drawer, good thing he's got such good friends in oil and other large industries. They've done a good job of looking out for each other so far. It's up to the people to put an end to Gil's days of feeding at the public trough and let the people of Minnesota's 1st have someone to represent them.

Gil's up against Tim Walz, who served in Europe with his battalion in support of American troops in Afghanistan (Operation enduring Freedom). Ouch. How do you go up against a Sergeant Major from the Army National Guard? Well, you dig for whatever you can find, even if it's a speeding ticket. Gil's guys have to work hard to try and distract voters from his policies and stands. So let's make them work a little harder by reminding everyone of Gil's congressional votes, shall we? (and those would be the ones he made while actually in DC and not off on one of his junkets. Gil's gathered up quite a bit of frequent flyer miles on those "fact finding" missions that always seem to go to places that others visit as tourists. Just a coincidence, no doubt! Ok, let's go to the voting record -

• Voted NO on allowing human embryonic stem cell research. (May 2005)
• Voted YES on restricting interstate transport of minors to get abortions. (Apr 2005)
• Voted YES on forbidding human cloning for reproduction & medical research. (Feb 2003)
• Voted YES on funding for health providers who don't provide abortion info. (Sep 2002)
• Voted YES on banning Family Planning funding in US aid abroad. (May 2001)
• Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
• Voted YES on Constitutional Amendment banning same-sex marriage. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
• Voted YES on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
• Voted YES on banning gay adoptions in DC. (Jul 1999)
• Voted YES on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions. (May 1998)
• Supports anti-flag desecration amendment. (Mar 2001)
• Voted YES on passage of the Bush Administration national energy policy. (Jun 2004)
• Voted YES on implementing Bush-Cheney national energy policy. (Nov 2003)
• Voted NO on raising CAFE standards; incentives for alternative fuels. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on prohibiting oil drilling & development in ANWR. (Aug 2001)
• Voted NO on $156M to IMF for 3rd-world debt reduction. (Jul 2000)
• Voted YES on denying non-emergency treatment for lack of Medicare co-pay. (Feb 2006)
• Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients. (Nov 2003)
• Voted YES on continuing intelligence gathering without civil oversight. (Apr 2006)
• Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan. (Apr 2003)
• Voted YES on zero-funding OSHA's Ergonomics Rules instead of $4.5B. (Mar 2001)
• Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date. (Jun 2006)
• Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq. (Oct 2002)

Go for it Tim Walz, I wish you the best - take down this idiot and take out this trash!