Hold His Feet to the Fire

During the 2004 election campaign Representative Dennis Moore frequently told voters that he supports the President when he agrees with the President, he told voters he was a pragmatic moderate, he said he was in favor of bi-partisan solutions and he claimed that he was interested in insuring the solvency of the Social Security System.

It is time for Dennis Moore to keep his word on all of those promises. Today Democrat Representative Allen Boyd came out in favor of President Bush's efforts to reform Social Security. Representative Boyd is the first Democrat to reach across party lines to help the President develop a bi-partisan solution to prevent Social Security from going bankrupt. As you may expect Democrats are already attacking Rep. Boyd for breaking party lines.

Social Security is a looming disaster for all Americans, especially those who depend on the system for a large portion of their living expenses and younger workers who will be forced to pay higher taxes in the future to fund the Social Security deficit.

As one of Representative Moore's constituents, I would like to officially call for him to support the President in developing a bi-partisan solution to the emerging crisis in Social Security. He has claimed to be a moderate, and claimed to be a fiscal conservative. It is time for Dennis Moore to make his campaign promises mean something. Many of us have been disappointed as Moore has built a rather liberal record in his six plus years as our Representative.

Now we must hold his feet to the fire, make sure that he knows how his constituents feel, and make him get behind a real solution. Call Dennis Moore ((202) 225-2865), write a letter to the Star, whatever, but we need to make this an issue or Moore will be able to play politics with the issue. Every election cycle we complain that people don't understand just how liberal Moore is, well now is the time to teach them. I will be calling Moore's office tomorrow morning and I encourage you to also.

This issue is important to me, I will be posting followup so let me know if you hear anything at timothyb(at)timothyburger.com

Timothy Burger