You may have heard that before he was elected, Ric Keller solemnly pledged "to the citizens of Florida" not to serve in Congress beyond the year 2008. But have you seen that pledge? Here it is:
When you're a Congressman, you may not be able to pass every bill you want. You may not be able to hold every hearing you want. But there is always one promise you can keep - the promise to leave. And that's the promise that Ric Keller is trying to break.
Note that motto at the bottom of the pledge: "Citizen Legislators. Not Career Politicians." But now Keller is a career politician.
He likes the $169,300 salary. He likes the gold-plated health coverage for him and his family. He likes the campaign contributions -- $211,000 of which he directed to his wife's "consulting firm."
And to keep those perks, he has unleashed one of the most vicious negative campaigns in Florida's history. Ric Keller has spent over $1 million on negative advertising, without running a single TV spot even attempting to explain why he deserves to remain in office.
Here we are, in the midst of the greatest economic crisis in 80 years. And all Ric Keller wants to do is talk about nonsense. It's a disgrace.
But you can do something about it. Take Ric's term limit pledge, and e-mail it to all of your friends and contacts. Republican, Democratic, whatever. And tell them what you think of Ric Keller.
It would cost us $200,000 to send each voter a copy of Ric Keller's term limit pledge. But by e-mail, you can do it for nothing. That's 21st Century campaigning.
Go for it. Send Ric Keller's term limit pledge to your e-mail contacts. And show Ric Keller that his term certainly is limited - by you, the voters.