Griffith joins GOP
Representative cites opposition to health care, stimulus bills
Catherine Godbey
Staff Writer
For more than a century, Democrats have represented Alabama’s 5th District. That ended Tuesday when U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith of Huntsville announced he was switching parties. “I have … More »
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Griffith voted against equal pay for women in the workplace... Lilly Ledbetter Bill. Vote him out!!

Griffigth is just showing his true color (Red)!!! His political career is over now. He will not get the votes of the teabaggers, the birthers, the Palinites nor any other "red" votes he will need. He is worst than Joe Lieberman and at best a "turncoat". He is not welcomed back in the Democratic party. He can go back to his "quackery"!!!!

I say great job Parker, you can already count on my Republican vote next time around. I wish others would have the guts to risk thier political careers to vote their conscience. Today's democrats are not what the democrats of my grandfathers day were, they have drifted way off track of what is best for this country. KILL HEALTHCARE BILL.

Correct me if Im wrong, but didn't he help put Nancy Pelosi where she is?

A zebra can't change it's stripes. This is the very reason I quit voting the Republican party. Put the Dems & the Pubes in a sack & shake it & you don't know which one will fall out first.

Nothing this man does surprises me. I have been around him for the past 10 years and he ALWAYS talks out of both sides of his mouth at the same time. I wouldn't vote for him under any circumstances. I am convinced this was his plan all along.

Cary,

It appears that you have switched from the party of your grandfather which means you and flopper Griffith have much in common. First of all Parker is not and has nevervoted his conscience if he had he would have flipped years ago. Secondly, I would like to leave you with this quote...

"A double minded man is unstable in all of his ways"!!!

Congrats on leaving the Democratic socialist party he could no longer tolerate.Parker voted against the stimulus,tax and cap bill and Obamacare.Since Obama was elected, he has quadrupled the deficit (CBO numbers)( http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/24/bush-deficit-vs-obama-deficit-in-pictures/ ) and wants to socialize the country with health care we can't afford,even though 60% of America are opposed and likes their current health care plan .How do you cut 500 billion out of medicare without rationing health care? 2010 will see the taxocrats numbers fall and may lose the house and Barry will get his in 2012,but the country maybe beyond repair by then.I haven't heard one taxocrat mention the deficit ,they have grown.Harry Reid says," every minute we don't pass health care Americans are dying,do the math.Since this mess won't go into effect until 2014, you can extrapolate that to be 220,000 will die in the process.That's why he's behind in his state of Nevada and will get voted out in the next election ,ask Tom

Daschle how that worked out for him! Parker Griffith can hear loud and clear, what voters of the 5th district want from their representative in congress.

Well I guess all the things the GOP said about Griffith during the election are true. He is a turn coat who used the

democratic party and Bud Cramer to get elected and then bailed out just like Richard Shelby another turn coat.

They are trully Republicans because they befriend you until you can't help them anymore and they leave you to die.

That is a true Republican.

Oh PLEASE Ronald and Josephine. I have yet to meet a principled Democrat. There are perhaps a few old style liberals out there but I have never met one. I grew up in Yellow Dog Democratville, Lawrence County, and have experienced 1st hand the misunderstanding and down right ignorance that pervades your deceptive party of slavery and Dixiecrats. I met a yellow-dog like you a while back who told me that he would never vote for a Republican because they caused the worst war this country has ever known. My look of puzzlement probably spoke volumes as he continued to explain all about the CIVIL WAR and how Republicans were solely to blame for it. It's a well proven fact based on recent revelations that the only way Democrats can win anywhere is to pander to the ignorance of class-envy, steal votes (can you spell ACORN), and pay off voters with more stolen tax dollars. The Democrat party of today with your Pelosi's and Reid's has become the modern equivalent of the National Socialist Workers Party. The Republican party certainly is not perfect. It is a man-made institution. But at least they are trying to protect the liberty of the people by standing firm against the government take-over of another huge part (17%) of our once private economy. The numbers don't lie, 60 Democrats and "independent" leftists are about to screw the American people with the worst piece of legislation in the history of America and 40 Republicans are standing strong against it.

As for Griffith. He's toast. Probably won't even get to the run-off unless a lot of low-life Democrats cross over in the primary which wouldn't surprise me based on the unprincipled Democrats I know.

FC

Again....Griffith may have voted against the stimulus, cap and trade and Obamacare.....but the one big mistake he made was to vote for Nancy Peosi. Fellow Citizen is right.....he's TOAST!

Apparently, Mr. Griffith discovered what every Alabama democrat would desciver if they went to Washington. What the democrats there want and stand for in no way resembles what my local democrat friends want and stand for. No wonder Cramer retired. The Pelosis and Reeds of Washington are WAAAY off base when it comes to what real Americans want. They are so far left they're off the board.

I am a democrat and I resent the things that are said about democrats being unprincipled with no morals or any regard for the country and its future, etc.As far as Parker Griffith I could care less. Anyone, democrat or republican, who switches parties while in office is a traitor to the people who voted for them. After their term is over and they want to switch, fine, but while in office represent the people that voted you in. I hope his political future is over because it needs to be.

Josephine hit the nail on the head! He's finished!

Parker Griffith was a democrat hemorrhoid now he is a republican hemorrhoid glad to be rid of him. It seems that Republicans are interested in killing all good jobs, this should really help. The US lost 20% of the manufacturing jobs in the last 10 years I guess loosing defense/nasa jobs will not amount to much.

I think this is all fairly funny. Parker Griffith was dogged by the Republicans and now they are bringing him into the fold. You don't all of a sudden change political parties after all these years. Which means he's either a LIAR or he doesn't know what he believes. Either way he won't get my vote for the next election.

I wouldn't say the republicans are bringing him into the fold. I wouldn't say that at all. I think the republican party views him as one less vote on the democratic isle and an easy defeat by a far better republican candidate in 2010. it's a win/win for us. He's not helping the democrats and will be a non-issue in future elections.

Apparently, Griffith has been a busy little boy ...

House Rep. stole voter data before defecting to GOP, Dems say

http://rawstory.com/2009/12/rep-stole-voter-data/

GRIFFITH IS FINISHED, HE WILL NEVER GET VOTED IN FOR ANYTHING, GOOD BYE GRIFFITH

After reading this article and the posts that follow I'm wishing I had voted for the other dirt bag that was running against him.

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