Republican Throwdown

While the Democrats in the 8th Congressional District are trying to choose between the approximately 30 million candidates running, Republicans are deciding between once roly-poly incumbent Ric Keller and former alcoholic Todd Long. According to his site's bio, Mr. Long is a Christian and was the number one sophomore tennis player at George Washington University (two things i look for in a candidate), but apparently he left out the part about enjoying a drink every now and then. Have no fear, the Orlando Sentinel reports that Ric Keller is alerting voters with a most entertaining mailer that brings Long's alcohol problems to light. He was banned from the Mall at Millenia for being disorderly/drunk in 2006, he was found sleeping on a sidewalk near a school in Tallahassee in 2007, and he got a DUI in 1998. Long says Keller is just avoiding the issues. One of Long's beefs with Keller: he voted against the troop surge in Iraq. Keller also voted against mandatory troop rest periods and G.I. Bill expansions but I guess Long agreed with him there. The best part is that Keller has no reason to even run these ads since Long has no chance. Most people don't know who he is and his campaign account has $15,000 compared to Keller's $935,000. While reading through different comments about Long on the Sentinel's site I found one Keller supporter who pointed out that Long "is not conservative in the amount of alcohol he drinks." Priceless!

Bonus!!
Some of my favorite votes from Ric Keller:
Yea on Abortion Pain Bill
Nay on Alternative Energy Tax Incentives
Nay on Backup Paper Ballots
Nay on Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007
Nay on Mandatory Troop Rest Periods Between Deployments to Iraq
Nay on Stem Cell Research
and most importantly...Yea on Recognition of the Importance of Christmas and Christianity (because it's so hard for Christians to get a fair shake in our society)