Palatine Tea Party has been critical of 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean for quite a while.
Today the group points out that while Bean claims to be a moderate, she votes with the “progressive democratic party 90.2% of the time.”
Republican Joe Walsh and Green Party member Bill Scheurer are challenging Bean.
Bean The Progressive
(Palatine, Illinois) – March 29, 2010 – Bean’s health care vote of “yes” is just another vote among other votes over the last year which the voters in her district continue to reject. Her voting record is that of a far left progressive. This is not a progressive district and she continues to follow the failed policies of the Obama administration and Nancy Pelosi.
It is time Bean does her constituents and our country a favor and retires from public service. Our district and county deserve better. Instead of focusing on the takeover of our healthcare system she should be listening to what her constituents actually want which are jobs. Where are the jobs?
Bean is to represent all the constituents in her district. She continues to vote with the minority in her district. She continues to vote with the progressive democratic party 90.2% of the time which does not represent the majority of citizens in her district.
Bean said this to the Daily Herald, “For moderates like myself who are fiscally conservatives, this is a win. This is an even better bill in terms of cost containment.”
Beans name is queued up to support a “new” welfare entitlement program which our county can not afford. Our country is going to collapse and her supporting this policy will make it happen sooner. Melissa Bean your ideology is just wrong and against free market principles.
Wow, these Tea Party folks are WAY out of touch aren’t they? “This is not a progressive district.” WHERE did that come from? Apart from the obvious fact that they HAVE indeed elected and reelected Bean, the district vote for Barack Obama both for Senate and President by pretty strong margins. I guess when you get all your news from right-wing media you lose touch with the actual facts. Bean is indeed representing her constituents who are NOT right-wing any more. When Bean is reelected this fall, will you finally agree that the area’s political make-up has changed?
the hatriots are loud, but that doesn’t make them numerous.
This is the silliest excuse of a press release. I’ve seen comments to blogs more newsworthy than this. I know part of McHenry is in “Bean-Territory”, but to put up a press release from a Tea Party group in Cook County isn’t quite McHenry County Politics – it’s a way to keep piling on Bean without having to put up another goofy Joe Walsh endorsement…er…”news article”.