Democrats Begin Targeting Congressman Griffin

Home fresh from the heated debate in Washington over the debt ceiling, Congressman Tim Griffin is finding himself in the crosshairs of liberal groups and national Democratic groups as well.

On Thursday, Griffin was the first from the Arkansas delegation – and perhaps one of the first nationwide – to begin hosting their regular August townhalls to the public to ask questions and hear directly from their Congressman.  Griffin’s office sent out several press releases, appeared on local talk radio, posted on Facebook and Twitter, and even had several announcements appear in the news, yet mysteriously the national liberal blog, Daily Kos, ran a story yesterday entitled "Congressman Griffin to Hold Secret Town Hall Meetings" (They’ve since deleted the story, but here is the article courtesy of Google Cached pages.)

You can read about the townhall from several media sources who attended the not-so-secret town halls, but of course, I would recommend Talk Business Roby Brock’s report complete with video.  Griffin has eleven more "Jump Starting Jobs Tour" events this month which are detailed here.

Joining the far left in their attacks is the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee which announced today they are launching a campaign targeting Griffin.  From their press release…

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is launching an aggressive “Accountability August” grassroots and paid campaign to hold Representative Tim Griffin (AR-02) accountable for “choosing Millionaires over Medicare.” The DCCC will launch radio ads to hold Griffin accountable for voting to end Medicare and raise seniors’ health care costs in order to protect tax breaks for millionaires and subsidies for Big Oil. As part of the DCCC’s “Drive for 25” campaign to win the House, the DCCC will hold 44 Republicans, including Griffin accountable for their wrong priorities. Week one of Accountability August begins on Monday with these radio ads.

They also have a website called MillionairesOverMedicare.com where they will be encouraging protesters to show up at Griffin’s townhalls.  So that should be fun.

Speaking of radio ads, the Republican Party of Arkansas has a radio ad out right now as well, profiling the back-to-school sales tax holiday this weekend.  Rep. Matthew Shepherd (R-El Dorado) worked hard in the last session (getting a lot of bipartisan support, I might add) to get this passed.