The myth that Tim Walz is an independent-thinking voice for southeastern Minnesota was laid to rest Saturday night when Tim Walz voted for the biggest expansion of government since LBJ’s Great Society. In voting for the Pelosicare tax- and spend-fest, liberal Democrat Tim Walz scored a ‘trifecta of infamy’, voting for the failed stimulus bill, the job-killing Cap and Tax bill and now the government takeover of the American health care system.

Republican of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton tonight issued the following statement after Tim Walz voted for a government takeover of the health care system.

“With his vote for a massive $1.2 trillion government takeover of health care that would raise taxes, slash Medicare and explode the deficit, the myth of the moderate Tim Walz is shattered forever. With national unemployment now exceeding ten percent and our economy continuing to struggle, Walz has only added insult to injury for the small businesses, families and seniors of southern Minnesota he has just saddled with billions in new taxes.

Instead of emulating the kind of world class treatment offered by the Mayo Clinic, Walz has backed an irresponsible, partisan bill which puts government bureaucrats between patients and their doctors. In 2010, the people of southern Minnesota will remember Tim Walz’s betrayal when they go to the ballot box by voting for a new leader who won’t be a rubber stamp for whatever Nancy Pelosi demands.”

Liberal Tim Walz has voted for Speaker Pelosi’s anti-small business agenda, job-killing agenda. Voters in southeastern Minnesota need to ask themselves whether they’re better off now than they were when they first elected liberal Democrat Tim Walz in 2006. It’s time that southeastern Minnesota voters admitted that they made a mistake then. It’s time that they corrected that by electing Dr. Brian Davis to represent them in 2010.

Southeastern Minnesota deserves someone who represents their priorities, not Speaker Pelosi’s priorities.

By voting for Cap and Tax and Pelosicare, Tim Walz has voted for bills that, when fully implemented, will spend north of $3,500,000,000,000, that will increase taxes by $2,400,000,000,000 on small businesses, middle class families, fossil fuel-powered power plants and medical device makers. In other words, liberal Democrat Tim Walz voted to destroy the American economy.

If Pelosicare and Cap and Tax are enacted, gas prices will skyrocket, home heating bills will jump dramatically, the quality of health care will drop, helath insurance premiums will continue going up at unsustainable rates and medical innovation will slow to a trickle. If that isn’t bad enough, taxes will have to be raised to keep paying for the affordability credits.

In addition to voting for that trifecta, liberal Democrat Tim Walz voted for President Obama’s budget even though it’s projected to increase the debt by $9,300,000,000,000 over the next decade. Liberal Democrat Tim Walz also voted for the $410,000,000,000 omnibus bill that helped contributed mightily to last year’s $1,400,000,000,000 deficit.

Rep. Walz, isn’t it time you stopped this liberal madness? Rep. Walz, isn’t it time you started acting like you gave a damn about the people you theoretically represent?

Southeastern Minnesota has a choice to make, too. If Liberal Democrat Tim Walz continues to represent Speaker Pelosi’s priorities, which is likely, then they’ll have to decide whether they’ll settle for inadequate representation or whether they’ll decide to elect someone who represents their priorities first.

2010 already figured to be a difficult year for Democrats. It’s getting worse because they’ve ignored the American people’s priorities. Democrats did nothing to fix the economy. House Democrats passed a job-killing national energy sales tax.

Tim Walz voted against his district’s priorities by voting for additional restrictions on his district’s most famous private employer and while raising taxes on everyone in his district. That isn’t a recipe for re-election success in 2010; insteadm, it’s a pathway to early retirement.

(Perhaps his special interest allies will pay for his U-Haul?)

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