President George W. Bush is visiting Albuquerque today to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for embattled U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson.
Click here to read the invite. A
few years ago, he raised nearly $200,000 for Rep. Wilson's re-election.
For those of you that aren't familiar with Rep. Wilson, time and again she highlights her faux-"independence" from George W. Bush and his radical policies. But, the bottom line is, that on the issues that matter, Wilson's a consistent vote for the Bush/Cheney agenda.
She voted for and still supports his disastrous war in Iraq. She sits on the House Intelligence Committee and, yet, she never once questioned the intelligence that lead us to war. Watch Ambassador Joe Wilson
call out Heather Wilson (no relation) for never questioning the flawed intelligence that lead us to war.
Down the line, Heather Wilson puts George W. Bush's agenda first. From her support for his tax cuts for the wealthy to her support of the Medicare Part D Disaster to her support of big oil energy prices that resulted in both record gas prices and record profits for oil tycoons, she stands with George W. Bush.
New Mexicans aren't being fooled. They're organizing great events like the Black Balloon Fiesta. They're organizing protests. And, they're offering free photos with the President that won't cost $5,000-a-pop.
And Patricia Madrid? She's not laying down in the face of George W. Bush. She's fighting back. She's pointing out the flawed policies of Heather Wilson and George W. Bush. She's a principled leader and she's running hard.
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UPDATE: I am not Patricia Madrid. I work on the campaign and we wanted to let the Daily Kos community know about Bush's visit. I'm here to answer your questions!