WASHINGTON - Seventh Congressional District Democratic candidate Greg Rabidoux says voters should be able to hear incumbent Marsha Blackburn defend her record in a debate format, but she has declined the invitation.
"Tennesseans know that to stop out of control spending and the exploding debt, we have to fire Nancy Pelosi," her spokeswoman, Darcy Anderson, said this morning. "They aren't interested in any candidate who would give her one more vote for the speaker's chair, and neither is Marsha. Instead, Marsha is working as a conservative leader across the state and across the nation to make sure Americans reclaim their government for the next generation," she added.
Asked if that meant she would not agree to debate, Anderson e-mailed, "Correct."
Rabidoux, a college professor and lawyer, won the Democratic primary Aug. 5, but has been struggling with little campaign cash to get his message out. A debate would raise his profile substantially but would give no advantage to Blackburn, who packed a brown-bag lunch meeting Tuesday at the Bartlett Performing Arts and Conference Center.
When told that Republican Blackburn had declined to debate, Rabidoux said this morning that people in the 7th District "demand" a debate, adding, "Democracy is best served when you have a debate between the two candidates...What does she have to fear?"
Marsha Blackburn Voted FOR:
Omnibus Appropriations, Special Education, Global AIDS Initiative, Job Training, Unemployment Benefits, Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations, Agriculture Appropriations, FY2004 Foreign Operations Appropriations, U.S.-Singapore Trade, U.S.-Chile Trade, Supplemental Spending for Iraq & Afghanistan, Flood Insurance Reauthorization , Prescription Drug Benefit, Child Nutrition Programs, Surface Transportation, Job Training and Worker Services, Agriculture Appropriations, Foreign Aid, Debt Limit Increase, Fiscal 2005 Omnibus Appropriations, Vocational/Technical Training, Supplemental Appropriations, UN “Reforms.” Patriot Act Reauthorization, CAFTA, Katrina Hurricane-relief Appropriations, Head Start Funding, Line-item Rescission, Oman Trade Agreement, Military Tribunals, Electronic Surveillance, Head Start Funding, COPS Funding, Funding the REAL ID Act (National ID), Foreign Intelligence Surveillance, Thought Crimes “Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Economic Stimulus, Farm Bill (Veto Override), Warrantless Searches, Employee Verification Program, Body Imaging Screening, Patriot Act extention.
Marsha Blackburn Voted AGAINST:
Ban on UN Contributions, eliminate Millennium Challenge Account, WTO Withdrawal, UN Dues Decrease, Defunding the NAIS, Iran Military Operations defunding Iraq Troop Withdrawal, congress authorization of Iran Military Operations, Withdrawing U.S. Soldiers from Afghanistan.
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://mickeywhite.blogspot.com/2009/09/tn-congressman-marsha-blackburn-votes.html
Mickey