Chirp. Chirp. Chirp.

Suppose you gave a news conference and nobody came.

That happened to U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy Thursday outside the West Wing of the White House. Actually, journalists were there to hear Murphy’s brief remarks at a portable podium in the driveway. But none asked any questions after he stopped speaking, according to a reporter from ABC-News.

Silence. Awkward silence. Still nothing.

Finally the Bucks County Democrat broke the mood with a joke before leaving the executive compound.

Elapsed time: Less than two minutes.

What was Murphy there to talk about? Cutting federal waste.

— Pete Leffler

Are others as tired of Patrick Murphy’s lies as I am?  He ran in 2006 as a fiscal conservative pushing for: elimination of waste and “pay as you go”.  Here are a couple of his campaign quotes:

If we want to put forth a piece of legislation that’s going to help out people, which is a good piece of legislation, I’ll support it. But we have to figure out first how we’re going to pay for it because we cannot keep racking up these record debts and these deficits.  – From this NPR interview on January 7th, 2007, shortly after being elected

If families in the 8th District have to balance their checkbooks, then so should the federal government. With each of us owing $30,000 to the record national debt… it is immoral to leave our $9 trillion debt to our children. ..Government spending is out of control. — From Patrick Murphy’s 2008 campaign web site (this quote was removed after I brought it up in a press conference and it was published in the Intelligencer/Courier Times).  Below is a  picture from that press conference:

Now we are running record deficits and our debt is over $13 Trillion dollars.  He tells us what we want to hear and does what Nancy Pelosi tells him to.  It’s time for change that won’t bankrupt our country!

Press Conference - May 25, 2010

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You can read about the press conference in this Intelligencer Article.

In this article, Dick Morris predicted that the GOP will win at least 39 seats.  He says at least seven or those seats will come from Pennsylvania including the seats currently held by: Kathy Dahlkemper, Jason Altmire, Patrick Murphy, Christopher Carney, and Paul Kanjorski.

Let’s hope that Morris is correct and that their replacements uphold the Constitution and the will of the people.

Here are links to some of the articles:

Bucks Local News
Bucks County Courier Times / Intelligencer
Repatriot Radio Podcast (I’m about 45 minutes into it)
New York Times

Second town hall meeting here tonight at 7 PM.

Tuesday, November 17th, I’ll be doing the ”Open Chat Town Hall” here on JeffreySchott.com.   Please encourage your friends and family to attend.

This week I was interviewed by PA2010.com and the Northeast Times.  The story was also picked up BucksRight.com. 

Check back here often to get updates on the campaign.