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According to the Ft. Collins Coloradoan, Marilyn Musgrave, current Congressperson for Colorado’s fourth district, wants to remake her image. She now says she was raised in poverty in an alcoholic home. Marilyn says she knows hard times because she has lived them.Why does she need to remake her image? She has been in Congress for six years and has been re-elected twice. The voters should judge her on her record.Do politicians attempt to re-make their image to distract voters from their record? By Marilyn asking us to focus upon her early life, does she want voters to feel sorry for her? Is Marilyn pledging to fight for those in poverty and support programs for the disadvantaged? Will she put those pledges in writing? Is she asking us to overlook her six year record in congress?A friend of mine, a conservative republican, asked Musgrave what she would do to help the farmers in eastern Colorado survive the current multi year drought. Marilyn suggested that there were many other initiatives more worthy of federal help. Is that how she reacts to those in poverty?

I must know exactly where Marilyn stands before I vote. Who is this new Marilyn? What will she do if we return her to Washington. If she can not tells us we should not vote for her.