I don’t know a whole lot about these candidates, but Markwayne Mullin strikes me as a rich boy running on his daddy’s fortune, while George Faught is a successful small businessman who has worked for the conservative cause for years. In addition, Faught is the first Republican state legislator from Muskogee in American history. I hope that he wins the election.
Faught was my choice already but those comments by Mullin seal the deal.
Nothin’ beats a proud Oakie from Muskogee.
George Faught is a conservative Republican who is popular enough with blue-collar Democrats that he was elected in a legislative district in Muskogee. He is a proven conservative, not merely someone like Markwayne Mullin who talks a good game (except when he slips up and says that he supports a “single-payer” health-care system, which would be even more socialist than Obamacare) but has no record on which to stand.
George Faught will win the OK-02 for the GOP, which is not something that we can take for granted, since the district has been represented by Democrats for the past 12 years and for 84 out of the past 90 years (!). And once in Congress, Faught can be counted on to be a principled conservative vote that will not bend to establishment pressure.
The only other Republican to have represented the OK-02 in Congress during the past 90 years—Senator Tom Coburn, who is also from Muskogee—has announced that he will not run for a third U.S. Senate term in 2016. After four years in the House, George Faught would be a natural replacement for Dr. Coburn in the Senate, so making the right choice in 2012 could have important repercussions for years to come.
Conservatives from Oklahoma and across the nation should support George Faught. I invite those who have the means and interest to donate to his campaign, since, unlike Markwayne Mullin, George Faught does not have his daddy’s millions to spend on his campaign. http://www.georgefaught.com/