Say Anything Blog

Earl Pomeroy is up for re-election in 2008. Earl has been serving as our only representative in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1993, except that sitting, rather than serving is a better way to describe his tenure. In this, the first part of my ‘Earl Exposed’ series, I will discuss how Earl Pomeroy has been sitting in our only U.S. House seat for nearly 15 years while accomplishing very little for North Dakota, and why the Exiting of Earl is Essential in 2008.

When the average North Dakotan is asked what Earl Pomeroy (as well as Conrad and Dorgan) have done for our state, their response typically concerns disaster aid for our farmers. I respect our farmers, and disaster aid is OK every now and then, but billions of dollars in handouts every single year just isn’t smart. Earl, however, wants to constantly give disaster aid left and right, to the point where farmers receive tons of it every year. Why? Because Earl knows that the only thing getting him re-elected year after year is his “disaster aid for our farmers”; he gets to play the farmer hero every year by running around and handing out bags of your tax dollars. He gets a ton of media coverage every year when he is sponsoring the latest farm bill; area newspapers and TV stations alike just eat it up. Go and ask a farmer who’s been at it since the 1940s and ask him if he received disaster aid every year during that time. He will tell you no, but Earl Pomeroy will tell you that whenever the weather gets slightly abnormal, we need to give the farmers disaster aid.

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