Greg at Rhymes with Right has a great post explaining why he supports and will vote for Shelley Sekula Gibbs over Pete Olson in his hometown congressional race (TX CD22), the former seat of Tom Delay.
If you remember, when Tom Delay resigned, Gibbs took over his seat for a few months before losing in the next general election to Democrat Nick Lampson. CD22 is one of the most conservative districts in the state, so the winner of the April 8 run-off between Gibbs and Olson.
I’m not a big fan of Gibbs for a number of reasons, but I cannot support Pete Olson’s candidacy for precisely the reason that Greg states — namely that Olson is a carpetbagger who hasn’t really shown that much genuine interest or commitment to the community he wants to represent:
Yeah, that’s right. Pete Olson doesn’t have a job. He has a wife, kids, and two houses (the family kept the one in the DC suburbs when Pete carpetbagged back to CD22). Heck, I suppose he may even have two mortgages, which I’m sure is tough to manage if you don’t have job other than campaigning for Congress in a district where you have not been physically present for nearly two decades.
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And then there is this question that I like to ask — after a loss in the runoff, what would these two candidates most likely do.
If she were to lose the election, I know for a fact that Shelley Sekula Gibbs will stay in our community, and continue to serve the people here as a respected medical professional.
Pete Olson? I have every reason to suspect that he will put the house in Sugar Land back on the market and head back inside the Beltway — most likely as an employee of one of the lobbyists or politicians who contributed the seed money to start Olson’s campaign in the first place. In other words, he’ll go home again.
I respect Pete Olson for his commitment to conservative principles, and even more so for his 9-years of service to the United States Navy. I wish him well in all of his future endeavors.
But CD22 deserves a candidate that is truly committed to the community. Committed enough to actually live in the the community, rather than inside the Beltway in Washington D.C.
And that candidate is not Pete Olson.
not true. Pete olason is back is back in Texas to stay, win or lose.
[Editor --- And you know this how? Has he sold his home in D.C.? Has his family moved to Houston. Is his daughter enrolled in school here, or still in D.C.? Does he have a job in Texas yet?
If it looks, smells, and acts like a carpetbagger...]
Dr. Shelley Sekula Gibbs deserves a chance to represent her home area. She is bright and ambitious. If we have immigration problems and health care issues, who has decades of first-hand experience with these subjects? Vote for her tomorrow and again in the fall, and you will have a representative in your government who cares about district 22 and beyond.