Sensenbrenner due no apology

From Bryan Kennedy, Democrat running for Congress against F. Jim Sensenbrenner:

Perhaps you heard one of Milwaukee’s right-wing radio hosts talking this morning about how great Jim Sensenbrenner is for voting against the victims of Hurricane Katrina? The premise was that Jim Sensenbrenner was standing up for fiscal responsibly when nobody else would, and that the Democratic Party and news organizations owe the Congressman an apology. Unfortunately, we don’t have the right wing media to give us a bunch of free press to get the truth out, so we are counting on people throughout Wisconsin to make sure that their friends and collogues in the 5th Congressional District know the whole story.

Here is the truth:

1. Jim Sensenbrenner voted to spend a ton of money in Iraq, and we haven't heard him call for an investigation into the $8.8 billion of the missing money that went there.

2. He voted to give money to tsunami victims without hesitating over how the money was spent... does he trust foreign governments more than our own?

3. He offered no alternatives! If he really wanted to demand accountability, shouldn't he have drafted new legislation to deal with it, or shouldn't he have at least have tried to fix the system so it doesn't happen again?

Jim Sensenbrenner voted against the victims of Hurricane Katrina, and we do not owe him an apology for that. I will, however, apologize to the victims of Hurricane Katrina who are still without homes and who are separated from their families. I’m sorry that our Congressman has stood in your way time and time again while you are trying to rebuild your lives. I promise to do my part to make sure that this doesn’t happen again. I’m going to spread the message far and wide, and when I’m in Congress, I’ll support my fellow Americans when disaster hits.

I was as hard on Sensenbrenner as anyone when he turned his back on the victims of Katrina, and I stand by every word. -- Xoff.