Know your candidates: Harri Anne Smith, Alabama
27 05 2008It’s so important to do your homework when it comes to candidates… and not just the Presidential hopefuls, either. Pay attention to what those who would be your Congressmen and Senators are saying as they stump for a seat in Washington, D.C.
Watch this commercial by Harri Anne Smith, “a Republican member of the Alabama Senate, representing the 29th District since 1998. She has been elected to three terms in the State Senate and is also a former mayor of her hometown of Slocomb, Alabama.” (Wikipedia) Clearly, this is a woman who knows what she’s doing. But if you live in Alabama and care about Arab American issues, you might want to listen closely to her campaign rhetoric:
Quote: “It’s about time those Middle Eastern billionaire sheiks show us some gratitude by lowering their oil prices.”
It just leaves me scratching my head… Gratitude for WHAT?
[...] the course of the 2008 political campaign have we heard the phrase “Middle East oil?” Candidates for office at the federal (and even state levels) have promised to end U.S. reliance on Middle East oil, with the danger [...]