Mar 14 2008
Weekend Profile: Lotz & Miller Dem Candidates for Second Congressional District
At least two Democrats are gunning for Republican Rep. Joe Wilson’s seat in Congress, though they face an uphill battle in a district that’s been in Republican hands since 1965, when then-Rep. Albert Watson changed parties.The candidates, Democrats Blaine Lotz, 64, and Rob Miller, 33, spoke to about 30 people Wednesday on Lady’s Island at a Northern Beaufort County Democratic Club meeting.”One of whom is sure to knock off Joe Wilson in November,” said an optimistic Alison Davidow, president of the club, amid whoops and applause.The Beaufort Gazette
Sure to knock off Wilson? Not likely. Very few Congressional races in this country are competitive due to gerrymandering and Wilson’s is no exception. The only thing that will oust Wilson is a story breaking a few weeks before the election claiming that he eats babies for breakfast and wears slippers made from kittens that mew when he walks.
Neither Lotz nor Miller are very detailed on their campaign Web sites. They give generalities on what they feel is the proper direction of the country, but they lack specifics on how to get there.
Blaine Lotz believes that a new Congress, together with a new President,
can reinvigorate the economy of the country and our state, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, stabilize Social Security and Medicare, honorably end U.S. combat in Iraq, develop a foreign policy that does not rely solely on military force, restore America’s image in the world, respond responsibly to global warming, improve our public schools, adopt a practicable policy toward immigration and install a comprehensive health care program.
How will a new Congress and President reinvigorate our economy? That is a very broad statement. Everyone has their own theories as to how to achieve this. What are Lotz’s ideas? How will we reduce our dependency on foreign oil? Will he vote to open up ANWR? Will he vote to drill off our nation’s coast lines? I’m an environmentalist, but not drilling in ANWR and forbidding to drill off our own shore line when China is doing it is pretty damn stupid. I can ask these same questions on every sentence, but you get the idea. We need to know more about where Mr. Lotz is coming from.
Rob Miller is a more intriguing character and it’s not because he does look a little like Clark Kent. He has a distinguished military career and has twice served in Iraq. I definitely would like to see more military veterans in Congress. Maybe in the future with more representatives who have actually experienced war firsthand our government won’t be so quick to rush into one in the future.
Rob Miller believes in a secure America, where our families and neighbors can live their lives without fear of violence, illness, or poverty. That’s why he put on a uniform more than a decade ago.
Rob believes in an America that thrives with economic security and prosperity, where we can live without fear of losing our homes, our savings, or our retirement and can afford to send our sons and daughters to college. He believes in an America where our children have access to the best health care in the world and an America that has the best schools and opportunities available to every child. He believes in an America that thrives with rivers and lakes and air and land that are clean and that we can be proud to pass on to our grandchildren.
I imagine that just about every American would like a world in which Miller’s vision is reality, but it’s not. As long as there human beings there will be violence. As long as there are organisms on Earth there will be disease and as long as there are people who refuse to accept responsibility for themselves there will be poverty.
Furthermore, there is no protection against losing your home, savings, or retirement in a free market world. There is risk and reward. Unless you want an economy that is strictly controlled by the hand of government like most Socialist or Communist nations, then there is simply no such lifeline and in nations like those a lot fewer people have those amenities to even worry about.
American children already have access to the best health care in the world and in regards to education, I agree with him on that one, but if his solution is throwing more money down the drain, as is that of most Democrats, then we’ll just be treading water.
Overall, what I hear from both of these guys is more government intrusion in our lives, not less. We have already experienced the largest growth of government in American history under the Republicans. I don’t want to go into a new Congress where the other party is trying to top them at that achievement.
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