In a display of outrageous arrogance, Indiana State Representative Dave Cheatham defended himself and fellow Indiana Democrats who fled to Illinois last month, just as Dems in Wisconsin had done before, to avoid having to vote for harsh spending cuts necessary for the state budget there.
Cheatham said on video “I address the idea of showing up vs. not showing up...my wife teaches first grade, this past week one of the kids in her class his dad is getting sent to Afghanistan. And she said well you know your dad’s doing something that’s really good…so he’s leaving, to do something good. And one of the little girls in class..said it’s kind of like Mister Cheatham, he left to make our schools better. And when I heard that, that gave me a reason..”
The gall of this guy is enough to incense most military families, HOW DARE HE equate now showing up for work to serving in Afghanistan! Our troops show up and do their duty and serve their country, and are willing to go to Afghanistan or wherever they are asked to go, to defend our nation. That’s not the same things as running away to another state so that you don’t have to do your job because it’s too tough and you don’t want to have to make tough choices
If Cheatham wants to compare himself to the military, there is a name in the military for what he and his fellow Dem legislators did, it’s called being AWOL (away without leave). Being away from your post, dodging the draft, not showing up when you’re called to duty, THAT’s what these legislators did.
Cheatham is trying to justify himself going AWOL, but we don’t buy it. While he was hiding out in Illinois, our troops were DOING their DUTY, fighting America’s enemies, keeping us safe, keeping us free.
We owe everything to our brave troops, who never shirk from their responsibilities. They’re committed to keeping us free, and they’re willing to sacrifice their personal lives and themselves to it.
