O'Malley vs. Ehrlich: 2009 Looks a Lot Like 2006

Maybe, just maybe Marylanders will LISTEN and LEARN from the HUGEASS mistake made electing dumbass NOMalley the first time. Maybe, just maybe Marylanders will get their head out of their collective asses and vote EHRLICH! The only governor in decades to leave office with a $1.3BILLION SURPLUS, no increase in taxes, more funding for schools and law enforcement, a person who truly cares about the Chesapeake Bay... God I can go on but anyone with an IQ over 50 knows Ehrlich was the best damm thing to happen to Maryland in decades

Is there no talent in the Republican Party? Why run a loser like Ehrlich again. It is no way he can win after what he did 4 years ago supporting Bush, raising fees and letting the polluters run wild on the environment. O'Malley is not perfect but he is better than Ehrlich. Wake up Republicans and run someone with new ideas.

Liberal Soldier wrote:

Is there no talent in the Republican Party? Why run a loser like Ehrlich again. It is no way he can win after what he did 4 years ago supporting Bush, raising fees and letting the polluters run wild on the environment. O'Malley is not perfect but he is better than Ehrlich. Wake up Republicans and run someone with new ideas.

Yea Ehrlich is such a loser. He left office with a $1.3 BILLION SURPLUS. Going into office he was left with $2.1 BILLION DEFICIT. Ehrlich gave MD a surplus that WITHOUT raising taxes.

NO'Malley since taking office spent the surplus in 3months. MD now has close to $4 billion deficit, and ALL taxes have been increased, as well as new ones enacted.

I would however prefer to see Steele as Governor, as opposed to Ehrlich. IMO he would be better, but Ehrlich is still far better than dumbass NO'Malley.

Liberal Soldier wrote:

Is there no talent in the Republican Party? Why run a loser like Ehrlich again. It is no way he can win after what he did 4 years ago supporting Bush, raising fees and letting the polluters run wild on the environment. O'Malley is not perfect but he is better than Ehrlich. Wake up Republicans and run someone with new ideas.

Exactly what fees did he raise? There were NO tax increases while Ehrlich was Governor. While NO'Malley has increased EVERY TAX and added new ones.

Ehrlich took office with a $2.7 billion deficit. Left office with a $1.3 billion surplus, which was added to the state "rainy day fund". NO'Malley has spent us to the point of $13.5 billion deficit, not too mention spent the "rainy day fund" in the first 3 months taking office. That's with EVERY TAX increased.

Crime during Ehrlich decreased more than under any MD Governor. Crime with NO'Malley has increased an average 6%/year. NO'Malley has drastically decreased law enforcement spending, and frozen law enforcement pay increases for the past 2 years. No wonder MD has one of the highest rate of LEO leaving.

Ehrlich spent more than any previous MD Governor on the environment. NO'Malley has cut that spending nearly in half. Where is the money going? Ever hear of the Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act?

Ehrlich wanted to spend $900million on education and renovating schools. Democrats blocked EVERY attempt to better our education. NO'Malley was given $600million, and MD has dropped significantly in education. NO'Malley even wanted to fire Nancy Grasmick, the highest rated in education in the country.

Unemployment declined under Ehrlich. Unemployment has risen with NO'Malley, and that was BEFORE the recession started.

Damm I can continue with more.

So what were you saying about Ehrlich being a bad Governor? I suggest you remove your head from your ass, and stop blindly following your Democrat party which is crippling this state, and country.