From her radio and TV spots, Cheryl takes strong conservative
positions?

Can Cheryl Baswell-Gutherie prove she is a conservative?

In 2006, she ran against Dr. Parker Griffith for State Senate Dist 34,
in the Huntsville area. While running an honorable race, her
advertisements were plain marketing of her name, with little substance
of promoting the conservative agenda.

Can Cheryl Baswell-Gutherie prove she is a conservative from her
personal life?
Cheryl Baswell Guthrie grew up in Huntsville
Her mother, Grace deGraffenried Baswell taught in the Huntsville Public School System for more than twenty years.
Cheryl attended Mountain Gap Elementary School and graduated from Grissom High School in 1978.
Cheryl and her family are members of a moderate Baptist Church, Willowbrook Baptist Church in Huntsville.

Cheryl the political family history is not very conservative.
Her grandfather, Edward deGraffenried , represented Alabama in the
United States Congress in the 1950s, and was known as a Roosevelt New
Deal Democrat, not a conservative.
Uncle Ryan degraffenried, a member of the Alabama State Seance, headed
up the moderate Alabama New South movement in the
1960s, opposing Wallace for Governor in 1962, and was running against
Lurleen Wallace in 1966, when he his life was tragically ended by an
airplane crash. Ryan degraffenried ran as a progressive liberal
Democrat with great emphasis of increasing spending for public schools. He
was supported the the education groups. Ryan Sr.’s was known as a
moderate “New South” Democratic, opposing the conservative traditional
Dixiecrat movement.
In 1966 he ran again as a moderate, supporting racial integration,
sought to succeed George Wallace, who was prohibited from running for a second term. However, one day after qualifying for
run for governor, he died in a plane crash while campaigning in northeast Alabama.
Nomination and governorship then went to Wallace’s wife, Lurleen Wallace.

Ryan degraffenried, Jr, also served in the Alabama State Senate. He
supported more government spending for public schools and higher
taxes. After Governor H. Guy Hunt was removed from office due to criminal conviction, the Lieutenant Governor, Jim
Folsom, Jr.
became the new governor. deGraffenried, as the President Pro Tempore
of the state Senate, became the acting Lt. Governor. The Tax Payers
Defense Funds rated as a high tax liberal, voting for tax increases
70.1% of the time. Ryan degraffenried, Jr was rated 15 out of 36 for
voting for more government spending, therefore rating him in the more
liberal than his colleagues.

Cheryl Baswell Guthrie and her political family deGraffenried have an
interesting family history, but her relatives were on the liberal
side of the fence, reducing her claim to the title of being a
“conservative”.

Cheryl Baswell Guthrie was unknown in conservative circles or in
Republican circles, prior to our announcement for Alabama State
Senate in 2006.

Cheryl Baswell Guthrie may be a “Conservative”, but she does not have a
past reputation, resume, or family history to prove it.

P.S. What the hell is Cheryl Baswell Gutherie’s campaign consultants thinking? What a joke.

Highlights here:

http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/04/30/republican-women-of-madison-forum/

George Barry – doesn’t like parts of NAFTA, GATT, Patriot Act, REAL ID Act. Noted that many countries refund taxes on exports but that US taxes put US companies at a disadvantage. National debt is bad. Close Border, stop anchor babies, deport illegals.

Cheryl Baswell-Guthrie – quoted Reagan, ‘GOP loves July 4, Dems love taxes’. Recalls life as military wife, recalls her grandfather’s service in Congress. Bring back moral values. Illegals, ID theft, border unprotected against terrorists, “silent invasion”.

Mark Huff – Fair Tax, Enforce Immigration Laws, Term limits. Says that both Democratic Presidential candidates are Socialists. Need to “stop socialism and push back hard”.

Doc Mancuso – optimistic, economic development, immigration / border security. Soldiers should “never be outgunned or outmanned”. Soldiers should be honored for service – no more Vietnams. Notes his Health Care Policy Fellowship, no universal health care, need affordable health care, protect Medicare.

Ray McKee – ‘take power away from Washington, return it to the people’ through Fair Tax and Term Limits. War – “swift and decisive victory”. Need Govt R&D for Energy alternatives to oil. World peace. ‘No foreign aid until every man, woman, and child in the US is fed and housed’.

Wayne Parker – said his first run in 1994 caused Bud Cramer to become more conservative. Believes in free enterprise, individual responsibility, limited government, strong national defense, and values. Secure borders, employer verification, enforce laws.