Shame on Allen

Image via WikipediaI finally got the chance to see the new ad by Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL), and man is it stupid...He keeps using one speech in Mayo, FL that he chops up to make Steve Southerland look "extreme". He doesn't even use complete sentences! The man can't run on his record. He can't admit how much he votes with Nancy Pelosi. He votes with her so much we should call him "Nancy Boyd".  His so-called website, "Shame on Steve Southerland" is terrible and amateurish. Not what I would expect from a incumbent with deep pockets of special interest money that has held office since 1997.
I bet Steve has too much class to mention that "over Boyd's first 10 years in Congress, Boyd Family Farms has received $1.2 million in subsidy payments, placing him in the top 3 percent of farmers receiving subsidies nationally."(wikipedia) and that his 30-year-old son, John Boyd, was arrested in Arizona, and charged with alien smuggling in 2008. It was actually a criminal matter, not a family matter as the Congressman characterized it at the time. He might not mention the Congressman's 2009 divorce either but I can imagine that there is some pretty interesting information in those documents. I think Boyd will lose this fall. The only hope for Congressman Boyd is if he can hold Tallahassee, the Democratic stronghold in Florida's District 2. He voted for health care, against Sallie Mae and for the bailouts. He has shown in Town Halls that he does not care about the concerns of his constituents with what can only be described as contempt for the 15 voters in attendance at the Town Hall August 5 in Mayo because they "hadn't read the health care bill" that he himself had failed to read before voting the way Nancy Pelosi told him to. He has nothing to offer our district except for his "power" and "influence" but really all that amounts to are photo-ops at Tyndall and earmarks for pet projects. According to OpenSecrets.org,  "Allen Boyd sponsored or co-sponsored 36 earmarks totaling $48,792,000 in fiscal year 2010 ranking 48th out of 435 representatives". It's time to send Allen Boyd into retirement, back to the government-subsidized farm with his Congressional pension.