Culberson opponent tells MoveOn to get lost

[babylonsister]

Culberson opponent tells MoveOn to get lost
By Aaron Blake
Posted: 08/07/08 04:46 PM


A Democratic congressional candidate in Texas is telling MoveOn.org thanks but no thanks after the group bought radio ads to aid his candidacy.

Businessman Michael Skelly (D) is a well-funded long shot against Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas) in the incumbent’s Houston-area district. The district voted 64 percent for President Bush in 2004, and the ads could do more harm than good by linking the challenger to the liberal group.

MoveOn bought ads in Culberson’s and five other districts. The spots focus on opposition to offshore drilling for oil.

Skelly, who has called for lifting the ban on offshore drilling, says in the release that it is “time for MoveOn to move out of Texas.”

“MoveOn’s opposition to drilling is 100 percent wrong, and so is John Culberson’s opposition to investment in renewable energy,” Skelly said. “We need a balanced solution to our energy challenges that includes both drilling for domestic oil and investment in renewables. We have to do it all.”

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/culberson-opponent-tells-moveon-to-get-lost-2008-08-07.html

[crispini]

1. Why on earth would Move On target Skelly?

He's got loads of dough. This is a silly move by them, IMO.

[PDittie]

2. Skelly favors drilling in the OCS and ANWR

He is apparently afraid of The King of Twits using MoveOn against him as a cudgel.

This is just another example of Democrats shitting on their base in order to try to attract Republican votes. Who's going to blockwalk in 100 degree temperatures for these guys -- their crossover Republican voters? Are the disaffected GOP oil company employees and indies they're trying to reach going to phonebank and work their precinct to get them elected?

Yeah, Skelly's got plenty of money. What he doesn't have much of is sense and progressive values (which doesn't differentiate him much from most of the Congress critters he's trying to join).

I would take just one Sheila Jackson Lee or Lloyd Doggett over five Nick Lampsons and Chet Edwardses. I don't know now which group Michael Skelly fits in, but the picture is starting to get a little clearer.