Mollohan Not Our Guy
As an observer of the Congressional race for the right to represent West Virginia’s 1st Congressional District, I am amazed at how dirty the incumbent has become in an effort to salvage a campaign that appears to be in serious trouble. I am very disappointed when an incumbent who has a record of achievement or lack thereof stoops to the bottom of the barrel to disparage the credibility of his opponent.
I would rather hear what you have done with the opportunity West Virginia has given you to serve this great state and its citizens, rather than have to listen to all of the negative things you are able to conjure up about your opponent. An incumbent should be able to point to his record as he has the advantage of demonstrating achievement in the job he seeks to continue. If your primary achievement is to have earmarked funds for use in your district, that could be enough to earn you votes for reelection. However, if in the process, you manipulated the funding of such earmarks for personal enhancement and financial reward, then the question is: who did you serve; the people or yourself.
Congressman Mollohan claims Chris Wakim lied about his military record and the Wakim campaign may have mistakenly represented that Chris was a gulf war veteran. The facts are that Mr. Wakim is a West Point Graduate. He served as a military officer and helped train many men before that were shipped to the Middle East. As a training officer during the Gulf War era, Chris Wakim was in fact a Gulf War era veteran. We should all thank Mr. Wakim and many like him who served their country in the capacity in which they were asked to serve. Rarely, do military personal get to choose the service they provide. Some high ranking officials felt Mr. Wakim’s service was needed to help get our troops ready for battle.
If the best reason you have to offer us as being deserving of reelection is that your opponent was not a combat vet, you are in serious trouble and I doubt the people of West Virginia are anywhere near as stupid as you must think. It is time to give someone else the opportunity to help West Virginia and the Nation. Mollohan is not our guy.
I would rather hear what you have done with the opportunity West Virginia has given you to serve this great state and its citizens, rather than have to listen to all of the negative things you are able to conjure up about your opponent. An incumbent should be able to point to his record as he has the advantage of demonstrating achievement in the job he seeks to continue. If your primary achievement is to have earmarked funds for use in your district, that could be enough to earn you votes for reelection. However, if in the process, you manipulated the funding of such earmarks for personal enhancement and financial reward, then the question is: who did you serve; the people or yourself.
Congressman Mollohan claims Chris Wakim lied about his military record and the Wakim campaign may have mistakenly represented that Chris was a gulf war veteran. The facts are that Mr. Wakim is a West Point Graduate. He served as a military officer and helped train many men before that were shipped to the Middle East. As a training officer during the Gulf War era, Chris Wakim was in fact a Gulf War era veteran. We should all thank Mr. Wakim and many like him who served their country in the capacity in which they were asked to serve. Rarely, do military personal get to choose the service they provide. Some high ranking officials felt Mr. Wakim’s service was needed to help get our troops ready for battle.
If the best reason you have to offer us as being deserving of reelection is that your opponent was not a combat vet, you are in serious trouble and I doubt the people of West Virginia are anywhere near as stupid as you must think. It is time to give someone else the opportunity to help West Virginia and the Nation. Mollohan is not our guy.
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