You’d think Representative John Boozman thinks he deserves a cake walk back to Washington this mid-term election. Truth be told, he deserves to undergo a serious grilling from the voting public about what it is he’s actually accomplished while in the inner sanctum.

If you look at his voting record, the man has served as a rubber stamp for nearly every cockeyed, hairbrained idea to ooze from the White House. He supports the continued mindless slaughter of Americans — both youth and the working class in the National Guard — in Iraq, a pricetag that has hit Arkansas particularly hard. He was a good buddy of now-disgraced Texas Congressman Tom DeLay, and to date, hasn’t given back that Abramoff tainted money donated to him by Mr. DeLay. Hell, he won’t even talk about it. We’re losing the war on drugs in America (if you believe the latest government reports) and he continues to hold anti-meth meetings and seminars. Is all that effort going to waste? Is he accomplishing anything? He’s signed on with measures to screw the middle class when it comes to filing bankruptcy. He’s against raising the minimum wage even though this state went ahead and raised it anyway. Where was he when all of us took it in the chops at the gas pump? Did he really think the government should turn over military land to the oil companies for new refineries? What has he done about alternative fuels? Does he really think we need to axe the capital gains tax which hits the weatthy, but not hard enough to hurt it? Does he really believe in cutting the estate tax that effects nobody but corporate farms and corporate bank accounts? Unemployment is up in Arkansas. We’re losing more of our people overseas in a mindless war and George W. Bush thinks he should have the title of “Emperor” rather than “President” and what kind of leadership has the incumbent shown in the race? None. And he sits quietly with everyone saying that “he’s such a nice guy, wouldn’t hurt a fly.”

Poll numbers should an amazing drop in faith across this nation for the policies of the White House. More people than ever before tell pollsters they no longer want to be identified as “Republicans.”

 The Democrats will most likely take control of Congress in something like 90 days and our incumbent, to date, hasn’t had to pay any kind of price for the deadly mistakes that he’s endorsed.

We don’t want the Democrat to have a free ride either. What’s he done? He sure seems to have stayed quiet. Even his campaign ads don’t mention Mr. B by name. He can’t even do that much, can’t call the man who stood by while all this happened to account in the eyes and within earshot of the voters. Doesn’t he know people are sick of it? Why doesn’t he punch this guy in the head? Sometimes being polite does a disservice to America. Sometimes sitting idly by while Nero fiddles is as much of a crime as the fiddling and burning itself.

Shouldn’t it be Mr. Anderson’s duty to call Mr. Boozman on the carpet for what’s happenend on Boozman’s watch? Anderson should understand that — he belongs to the armed forces and surely has training in responsibility.

Has the electoral game become so much of a horse race, a gambling jag at the track for big-money contributors that we’ve lost sight of accountability? Even in the campaign, that’s what it looks like. If someone doesn’t do that, then the race in the 3rd Congressional District is nothing more than either a passing fancy or a very, very bad joke.

How about both candidates saying something to each other and to the public? How about the docile and corporate owned Northwest Arkansas media pick itself up off it’s lazy tuchis and share some of the information with us so we can make an informed decision at the ballot box this November?

Remember, we have a race going on — not a visit to a petting zoo.