“Conservative” Republican candidate for PA’s 8th Congressional District seat Mike Fitzpatrick championed a hate crime bill that elevated the seriousness of crimes against people in certain demographic groups over crimes against those in others according to a 2006 endorsement of the candidate by the Log Cabin Republicans.
Those are some strong conservative credentials there. I guess I stand corrected. I now distinctly remember how Reagan was always talking about the way some murders were more murdery than other murders based on what motivated the murderer and whether or not the victim fell into a hard luck target group. My mistake.
He also voted against the “Marriage Protection Amendment.” No big deal, right? So did Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Maxine Waters, Rahm Emanuel, Steny Hoyer, Barney Frank, John Murtha and 152 other Democrats.
Oh, right. Fitzpatrick is a Republican. Only 27 of them voted that way. Probably the Top 25 Most Liberal Republicans In Congress (Fitzpatrick was #24 in 2005) and two others.
Then there’s this: Some were annoyed this summer when, as PA-8 was embroiled along with the rest of the country in the debate over ObamaCare and socialized medicine, our Democrat Congressman Patlosi Murphy was ignoring his constituents’ concerns in favor of running around the country advocating the repeal of the military’s sexual privacy policy.
As it turns out, he’d just been following up on the work of his predecessor, Republican Mike Fitzpatrick.
As noted by the Log Cabin Republicans in their 2006 endorsement of Fitzpatrick, he was a vocal supporter of the Military Readiness Enhancement Act as proposed during his tenure in Congress, which is the same legislation being shopped around the country, and co-sponsored, by Patrick Murphy. The purpose of the bill is to end the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” privacy policy.
Change!
Here’s the text of the endorsement.
Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick (R-PA)- Rep. Fitzpatrick has been a strong leader on gay and lesbian issues in his freshman term in Congress. He voted against the anti-family marriage amendment and voted for hate crimes legislation. He also supports the Military Readiness Enhancement Act, which would allow gays and lesbians to serve openly in the armed forces.
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So let me get this straight, Fitzpatrick touts himself as the least conservative Republican in the House, in favor of cap and tax, and pro the gay agenda? You have got to be kidding me. If we ever want to beat Pelosi lapdog Pat Murphy, we are going to have to do much better than this!
Steven,
I see you’re back to your Fitzpatrick bashing. I know no matter what I say you’ll have some snide flip remark to reply with, after all your the one with the blog.
Fitzpatrick was not a co-sponsor of the Military Readiness Act as you can see for yourself here.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HR01059:@@@P
Also the definition of marriage is a STATE decision not to be made on a federal level.
States are sovereign, as per the 10th Amendment.
If you have such a vehement opposition to Mike Fitzpatrick I suggest you write him a letter or go to a debate and ask him the questions so that he can respond to you. As noted on your other post concerning the open primary, it reflects that Fitzpatrick is responding to the people of the 8th. You will get your say on primary day just like the rest of us.
Not sure how pointing out someone’s record is “bashing.” If you feel his record is negative, maybe you shouldn’t be supporting him.
And, if you read the post, you’ll see I never said the Fitzpatrick was a co-sponsor of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal in the 109th Congress. I said that Patrick Murphy is in this Congress, which he is.
Fitzpatrick was a vocal supporter of the repeal in his era, Murphy is a co-sponsor in his, yet another area in which there is not a dime’s worth of difference between the two.
And, you’re wrong. The definition of marriage is the people’s decision, and the people looked to Congress to make their definition clear. Besides, I’m sure Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, Maxine Waters, Rahm Emanuel, Steny Hoyer, Barney Frank, John Murtha and 152 other Democrats didn’t vote with Fitzpatrick against the Amendment on the basis of State’s Rights, and I see no evidence that Fitzpatrick did either. If you have a contemporary quote to the contrary, please submit it and I will correct myself on that matter.
You said he was a vocal supporter of the act. To be a such a champion of a cause as you suggest would mean that a legislator would sign on as a co-sponsor.
All the states have individually decided on the definition of marriage. Which is what I was referring to. Congress should not overstep it’s bounds concerning states rights. Since Fitzpatrick’s campaign is in it’s first week, I would hope you would give him the benefit of the doubt and hear for yourself what his platform is. If after considering all the information from every candidate, you prefer someone else, then please by all means vote for them. I happen to agree with you concerning the benefit of having a primary by which the candidates stake out their positions for the general. I do have a suggestion for your blog. I can see that you are passionate about politics and the future of the 8th. Why don’t you invite all the candidates to participate in a forum on contemporary issues? Go to their respective websites, submit the request via email and see what they say for themselves.
Jeez!
I thought Murphy vs Fitzpatrick would be easy!?!? Sounds like they’re two peas in a pod. I’ll be holding my nose and breath voting for Fitz in the fall. Or maybe I’ll just stay home. What’s the diff?
Will not be voting for this progressive; sorry but if he is the nominee it’s the Libertarian candidate for me. If none is on the ballot I will not show up!