The Serial Quitter
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 20, 2007
Contact: Eric Fought
(402) 434-2184
eric@nebraskademocrats.org
The Serial Quitter
LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska Democratic Party State Chair Steve Achelpohl released the following statement regarding the resignation of U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns:
“Mike Johanns has yet to find a job he didn’t want to leave. After serving only two years on the Lincoln City Council, he left that job to run for Mayor of Lincoln. He left his responsibilities as Mayor to run for Governor. He left that job to head up a Washington bureaucracy. Should he be elected to yet another office, Nebraska voters will undoubtedly wonder how long it will take for Johanns to lose interest in that job as well.”
“When President Bush appointed him as Ag Secretary, the people of Nebraska had high hopes that he would represent them. Unfortunately, the Secretary has turned his back on farmers and ranchers repeatedly, most recently walking away from a critical farm bill. Instead of representing the interests of Nebraska farmers and ranchers, he has been a voice for tobacco and other corporate farmers, the Club for Growth and the failed policies of an unpopular president.”