Bush Legacy Tour

ORLANDO, FLORIDA-Unfortunately parking the bus right in front of Disney World did not work out. We were hoping for a photo-op of Mickey mugging it up in front of GWB’s portrait on the outside of the bus. We settled for the beautiful landscape in the Lake Eola park in downtown Orlando.

We set up the bus and locals walking, running and biking in the park came by to take a look. The purpose of the stop in Orlando, besides the attempted Mickey Mouse photo-op, was to call attention to the voting record of Representative Rick Keller who has supported Bush’s policies 82% of the time.

In a district populated by a substantial amount of elderly voters, we have to give Keller some credit for his obstinacy to support Bush’s plan to privatize social security. Keller also showed audacity in continuing on to his fourth term (currently) when he originally ran on the platform in 2000 of enacting three-term limits in the house.

Representing the most popular  vacation destination  in the US, Keller’s take on his party’s chant of “Drill Baby Drill” represents a “not in my backyard” mentality. He strongly supports drilling in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico but has been known to be less concrete about drilling in Florida. In fact in 2006, he joined other Florida representatives from both parties in opposing drilling off the coast in Florida. He has since changed his tune and now wants to allow oil companies to drill right off the Florida coast, a measure that will only increase oil company profits without providing relief to his constituents who need it most.