Road Trip
According to his blog, Jeff Tyberg travelled to Washington, DC from about Wednesday the 28th of June through Friday, July 8th.
Here's our list of 7 observations about this trip away from the 7th District.
1. Tyberg sent a representative to meetings here in Wisconsin saying he was on a short term missions trip. He wasn't on a missions trip. He drove teenagers to Washington for a convention.
2. The teenagers he drove were from IOWA not WISCONSIN.
3. Tyberg said he met with A (as in 1) Congressman on June 30th. He's lucky he found one as the House of Representatives finished its business on June 29th.
4. As far as we can tell, on July 1-4, he played tourist. He can't be serious about winning because there are plenty of chances to take in the sights after you win when you go to Washington in November for a little thing they call new member orientation.
5. Tyberg watched the fireworks in Washington, DC on July 4th while Nick Reid was watching them in Wausau.
6. We find it hard to believe anyone running for Congress would brag about missing being home for the 4th of July. Should have stuck with the short term missions trip cover story. It was better.
7. Jeff said at the end of his post, "it's back to the campaign schedule." Welcome back to Wisconsin, you're making it very difficult for us to keep staying neutral.
Here's our list of 7 observations about this trip away from the 7th District.
1. Tyberg sent a representative to meetings here in Wisconsin saying he was on a short term missions trip. He wasn't on a missions trip. He drove teenagers to Washington for a convention.
2. The teenagers he drove were from IOWA not WISCONSIN.
3. Tyberg said he met with A (as in 1) Congressman on June 30th. He's lucky he found one as the House of Representatives finished its business on June 29th.
4. As far as we can tell, on July 1-4, he played tourist. He can't be serious about winning because there are plenty of chances to take in the sights after you win when you go to Washington in November for a little thing they call new member orientation.
5. Tyberg watched the fireworks in Washington, DC on July 4th while Nick Reid was watching them in Wausau.
6. We find it hard to believe anyone running for Congress would brag about missing being home for the 4th of July. Should have stuck with the short term missions trip cover story. It was better.
7. Jeff said at the end of his post, "it's back to the campaign schedule." Welcome back to Wisconsin, you're making it very difficult for us to keep staying neutral.
posted by ObeyOut2006 at 4:35 PM
3 Comments:
10 day road trip over the 4th of July. If I hadn't clicked over and seen it on his blog for myself, I would have thought you were jokin.
Sometimes when politicians make gaffes, they are just that, errors that are nothing more than mistakes. But other times they reveal something about the candidate that leaves a lasting impression, or confirms a negative stereotype. This was the case when Howard Dean had his scream, because it confirmed what a lot people already thought; that he was a bit wacky.
For Jeff Tyberg this is an example of the latter, for months many had suspected that he wasn’t truly running a serious campaign for congress. Well leaving the state for a 10-day vacation in the middle of the busiest weekend of the year, and then bragging about it on his website, eliminates any reasonable doubt as to the lack of seriousness of his effort.
If it weren’t for the fact that his presence in the race is costing the real candidate Nick Reid potential donations from DC groups that do not give during primaries, it would be comical. Instead it is painful to watch. Staying in the race is selfish act and directly benefits Dave Obey.
Jeff needs to file papers for an office a little more his speed, like County Board.
Unbelievable.
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