As a Conservative Republican I find little that disturbs me more than a Moderate masquerading as a Conservative. By disguising their true political views these Moderates are lying to the electorate. This deception is a violation of the trust that people place in their elected officials. Moderates that hide their true worldview lack an ingredient necessary for them to succeed in politics, integrity.

Last year during the 2^nd Congressional District Primary eventual winner Marianette Miller-Meeks ran as a conservative. Couple that with the fact that she faced two particularly weak candidates and you can see why she won that race. However near the end of the primary we began to receive word that all might not be as it seemed with Ms. Miller-Meeks. We began to notice her skirting questions, or blatantly avoiding questions. It began to seem like she was hiding something. Ultimately she failed in her 2008 bid to unseat David Loebsack from Congress.

This summer with little to no campaigning going on I was informed by one of my trusted sources that on her profile page Ms. Miller-Meeks had listed under political views; Moderate. The only confirmation that I was able to get of this was through 2 other online sources. Of course this turn of events confirmed the suspicions that began to grow near the end of the primary and justified the actions that we here at Iowa Defense Alliance took in the spring of 2008.

Now it would appear that Ms. Miller-Meeks is gearing up for another run at this seat. On her Facebook profile she has changed her political views from Moderate to Conservative. And at numerous Wapello County GOP meetings she has refused to end the speculation that she will indeed run again. Both are indicative of her intentions to at the very least consider another run at the seat held by Loebsack. However I don’t think that her phony conservatism will play well with the base of the party now that she has admitted to being a moderate. If she does indeed make an official campaign announcement I would like to be the first to offer up a slogan for her using her initials. Moderate, Masquerade, Mercenary.