Ala. House Dem switches to GOP over policy concerns
Published: December 22, 2009
Updated: December 22, 2009
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - A freshman Democratic House member from Alabama says he’s switching to the GOP over concerns that bills and policies pushed by the Democratic leadership are bad for the country and his district.
At a press conference in Alabama on Tuesday, Parker Griffith says as a doctor he wants to make it clear that he believes the health care overhaul making its way through Congress is bad for physicians and patients.
Griffith is a radiation oncologist who had accumulated one of the most conservative voting records of any House Democrat. He was one of seven Democrats to oppose Obama’s economic stimulus measure early this year.
He was also one of 39 House Democrats who voted against the health care bill that narrowly passed.
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I love it, to see all these whining libs is music to my eyes, its like watching the socialist ship called the “democrat party” hitting a ice burg and sinking fast, with stretch Pelosi at the helm, and the other leftwinged nutjobs that represent about 15% of the vote. have a nice swim MORONS. liberalism is a mental disorder
Most Alabama Democrats should show their true colors and convert. After all, the party of the rooster is nothing more than Republican-light.
let me be the fist on this site to congratulate you for shedding the slave chains of liberalism, and to welcome you into the big tent of the gop, its good that you noticed the change in the political wind direction for 2010 tell your friends they would be wise to make the change as well, so once again WELCOME ABOARD
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