Bucshon Refuses Congressional Candidate Richard Moss’ Debate Challenge

Bucshon Ducks the Debate – and the Voters!
More Campaign Tricks by a DC politician

Jasper, IN – the Moss For Congress Campaign received this notice from a Bucshon staffer regarding our invitation to a debate made weeks ago through multiple offices, emails, and phone calls.

From: “Info Bucshon for Congress” <info@bucshonforcongress.com>
Date: Mar 24, 2016 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Indiana Eighth Congressional District Primary Election Candidate Debate

“Given the late nature of this request, we will not be able to accommodate. The Congressman has a busy schedule next week traveling the district and meeting with constituents. We appreciate you reaching out and hope the Congressman will have an opportunity to speak to your group in the near future. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you need anything.”

The only problem with this off-putting response is that multiple attempts to contact the Bucshon campaign were made by phone and email including to his Evansville district office and campaign website going back weeks. And each time our campaign was given the run around, leading up to this final dismissive and patronizing email note from the Bucshon campaign regarding how busy the beloved Congressman is. His schedule indicates that he will be in Evansville the day of the debate meeting with the Vanderburgh County Republicans Women’s Group. He had plenty of advance notice and opportunity to respond but for his own imagined political purposes, chose not to – until this summary, off-handed dismissal.

None of this is unexpected. Bucshon has better things to do. Ensconced in office, enjoying the advantages of incumbency, self-satisfied, smug, secure, well funded, abundant resources, the perks of high office, a large staff and budget, the Congressman has grown complacent and insulated. He doesn’t have to confront his opponent in a debate or meet the constituents other than in controlled, staged settings. He prefers not to pick through the various votes he has taken in nearly six years in Congress that have done enormous damage to the 8th District, Indiana, and the nation. I would understand his hesitation. Friendly Lincoln Day Dinners as keynote speaker without being challenged would be more to his liking.

The contrast with the national level though is striking. Republican Presidential candidates have, for better or worse, submitted to a swarm of debates (perhaps too many) as the country well knows. National candidates known throughout the land appear on major media venues daily. But Indiana’s 8th district Congressman, Larry Bucshon, Republican Party, can’t be bothered. Or, perhaps, he thinks it’s not to his advantage? Or, maybe, he’s afraid?

The Congressman has gone the way of the professional career politician, co-opted by the Republican Establishment, the DC crowd, the Ruling Class that looks down on the “rubes” back home – the conservative base that gets them elected. He went to Washington, received his marching orders from Republican leadership, got in bed with consultants and lobbyists, and fast became another DC guy – cutting deals, growing government, and plundering the country.

But what the Congressman does not seem to realize is that there is a great wave of discontent building throughout the land and here in southwestern Indiana as well. Two outsiders, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz, now vie for the Republican nomination for President. The “Establishment” crowd has fallen away: Jeb Bush, Chris Christy, Marco Rubio, and the sanctimonious and self-centered hanger-on John Kasich (who has no chance of winning but stays on anyway for purely selfish reasons). They’ve all been crushed by the discontent and frustration that is roiling the country, the disconnect and anger between the Republican Establishment in Washington and the voters that sent them there. We conservatives, the voters, the American people are tired of a Republican Party that campaigns one way and votes another. That makes promises they have no intentions of keeping. That serves as the Republican Wing of the Democrat Party. We have had it with housebroken, mush Republicans that do what they are told, and vote for more debt, more government, more socialism, more tyranny, while bankrupting future generations – yet still enjoying the perks, power, and prestige of office. A good life. But completely out of touch.

Dr. Bucshon is a liberal Republican. He campaigns like a conservative at home, but votes like a liberal in Washington. Why is that Larry? Because he goes along to get along. Because capitulation and surrender have become a habit. In the meantime the nation teeters on the precipice. We recognize that status quo, establishment politicians like Bucshon can no longer be tolerated for the sake of the nation. We cannot abide the ongoing bankrupting of the country by career types who impose crushing burdens on our children to empower themselves today. Bucshon and other Republicans like him do not have the stomach for the fight that is needed to save the country. I suspect he does not even realize the extent of the peril that confronts us. And so it is time for him and the others to get out of the way and allow others to take up the banner.

Congressman Bucshon has no intention of debating me. He will come up with one lame excuse after another about what a busy guy he is. He will duck the debate. And he will duck the voters, and the issues. Despite claiming to be non-political, just a Doctor who decided to run for office back in 2010, he has become another quintessential member of the ruling class, the Republican Party Establishment – a newly minted DC career politician.

But this election is different. The wave of discontent and anger runs here in Indiana too. Bucshon cannot escape it or hide from it. Excuses will not save him. We will challenge him publically and through proper channels again, just as we did this time. We will give him adequate time to respond to our debate challenge as we did this time. And we will find out if he prefers to duck the voters, the issues, and me once more.

But we will have our “debate” either way. Including this one, scheduled weeks ago. Come join us. It is on Wednesday, March 30, 2016, 630 PM, at the Eykamp Scout Center, 3501 E. Lloyd Expressway, Evansville, IN. Refreshments will be served. Be there. We will take questions from the audience. There will be a debate of sorts, and a discussion – with or without the Congressman.

“Our nation is at the precipice. Time is running out. We cannot afford business as usual or the status quo. Our country is slipping through our fingers. It is time for a change for Indiana’s 8th district. I ask for your vote in the Republican Primary May 3 2016. I will be your conservative champion in Washington. I will not let you down. Thank you.”

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