TX-22 Pete Olson News: Mitt Romney Fundraiser/Pete Addresses Dems Allegations/More

Abstract: Rascally liberal Jim Hightower, the former Texas agriculture commissioner, gets credit for the phrase, "There's nothing in the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos." Key questions in the Houston-area race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Nick Lampson and Republican former Senate aide Pete Olson are whether Lampson has earned his middle-of-the-road stripes — and whether his political career will die there Nov. 4. Lampson has tried to relieve the odd fit ever since, saying that he votes in Congress according to what he considers the wishes of his constituents, rather than any partisan agenda he may have followed as a Beaumont-based congressman from 1997 to 2005. Olson does not try to muscle Lampson out of the centrist position. Nor does he always acknowledge that Lampson is there. On some occasions Olson has tried to portray Lampson and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California as conjoined left-wing twins. Other times the challenger has said Lampson has become a moderate, but only in betrayal of his true self and his former voting record. Either way, Olson has said, the district is conservative, its congressman is not, and that needs to change. "I don't think people necessarily want someone in the middle," Olson said. "I have a fundamental set of values that people aren't going to question," he added. "Nick's values, you don't know which side of the issue he is on right now."

NICK LAMPSON: Democrat, Stafford; Age : 63
Career highlights : Teacher, Jefferson County tax assessor-collector, congressman
Education : Bachelor's and master's degrees from Lamar University. (Doesn't say what in - carpetbagging?)
PETE OLSON: Republican, Sugar Land; Age : 45
Career highlights : U.S. Navy, Pentagon staffer, U.S. Senate aide
Education : Bachelor's degree from Rice University, Law degree from University of Texas.

For a guy that claims he's a Blue Dog Democrat, Nick Lampson sure has a lot of yellow in him. - Tom "still The Hammer" DeLay, October 2008

10.23.08 Houston: Former Massachusetts Governor, and presidential candidate, Mitt Romney was in Houston on Wednesday. He was here for a fundraiser for TX District 22 congressional candidate Pete Olson. Olson is running against Rep. Nick Lampson. Romney and I spoke primarily about the economy and his thoughts about where it heads and how to fix it. - ABC 13, Tom Abrahams

VIDEO - 5:28 minutes
<> Mitt talks about Pete Olson and why Obama is a bad choice for President. Great message and spot on - FlA

10.23.08: Pete Olson - Illegals Immigration Reform TV Ad
- - Texas is a pro-illegals State, from Governor Rick Perry(R) on down. Houston has been an illegals "sanctuary city" since 1992. This problem continues to destroy Houston/Harris County and is out of control. Sam Houston is rolling over in his grave. – FlA

I feel like I am dealing with someone who can only see through their emotions.
Romney wanted to require you to insure yourself so you can be sure to handle all your medical bills. YOu call that socialism and are bent into a pretzel over it.
We have the feds taking over banks. The Dems are talking about taxing the crap out of us and throwing out hundreds of billions in stimulous. They want to reinstate the fairness doctrine. Most of the media are in the tank for the Dems. If BO gets in he will put into law free choice and gay marriage. If you can get it through your head, That is socialism, not the tiny thing Romney did.
Get over it. He is gone. All he is doing now is going around trying to get Republicans elected.
You need to broaden out your concept of who your friends and your enemies are.

"I feel like I am dealing with someone who can only see through their emotions."

Apparently you need to be reminded again. What part of I've known this guy for 14 years do you fail to comprehend ? I was there in MA for his '94 Senate race. He's a leftist who gives not two $hits about the Republican party. He's a disciple of Weld, who openly worked to eviscerate Conservatives from the GOP and to even get rid of NON-Conservative Republicans, too (key word is ANY Republican), a friend of the Clintons who was clearly an agent for the Democrats (and who predictably just came through with an endorsement for Obama, along with his Supreme Court appointee, Charles Fried). He's used his vast wealth to try to purchase an office for which he is neither qualified nor has the accomplishments (unless you considered advancing the cause of the Democrat party and Socialist/radical legislation to be a positive accomplishment). He's also used his vast wealth to buy/bribe supporters and organizations and to employ loser minions to go out and lie about his record (as you and your fellow bots have done) and misrepresent him as either honest or Conservative, of which he is neither, and to SLANDER those that speak the truth about his record, identical to Obama's stormtroopers (amazing how liberals operate exactly alike). He has covertly sought to undermine Gov. Sarah Palin's candidacy ("unqualified", "inexperienced", "extremist") after he failed to buy the VP slot in the hopes the rubes will turn to him as the "great hope" for 2012...

"You need to broaden out your concept of who your friends and your enemies are."

He is no friend to Conservatism or the GOP, he is the sworn enemy of both while trying to lie that he isn't. A user and a total 100% fraud. That's Slick Willard.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.