It’s The Economy
And Bob Parks is running on an answer

by Chris Collins, 7/18/08

Bob Dylan once wrote that you don’t have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. And for Republican Bob Parks, it was pretty obvious that things weren’t going to blow his way in the 2006 race to represent the Second Franklin District.

“The one thing I heard most from people was that they liked my economic development ideas, but because of what was going on, they were never going to vote for a Republican,” Parks said.

“People clearly wanted to send a message to George Bush regarding the war,” Parks said. “But my question, two years later, is, ‘did that message you sent put one more meal on your dinner table or help you make one mortgage payment?’ I don’t think so.”

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