Meet the hypocrites: Republican members of Congress
Knowing that the vast majority of Americans don't know which way their representatives in Congress vote on each issue, several Republicans have taken advantage of the situation. Despite voting no on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (commonly known as the stimulus package), and doing everything they can to paint it as a dismal failure, several Republican members of Congress are now touting the economic benefits of the stimulus back home in their districts.
You might recall that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is a hypocrite on this particular subject who we previously exposed to you. He declared $8 billion in federal spending on high speed rail in the stimulus package to be "wasteful", while at the same time that his administration's department of transportation was seeking federal funding for a high speed rail line from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
Now Governor Jindal has some company aboard his ship of fools. Congressmen Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Geoff Davis (R-KY) have all spent the past month praising the effects of the stimulus on projects in their districts, after voting no on the legislation.
Either these three have no principles and float upon the ever-changing political winds or they think their constituents are idiots who don't pay attention. That's right, the congressmen deemed the ARRA a failure and complained about pork, yet when their districts benefited from federal funds you can be sure all three congressmen were front and center, gripping and grinning, for the photo op (sure to be published on the front page of the local community newspaper) at each of the projects in their districts that the stimulus package funded.
Of course, as Think Progress noted, Congressmen Luetkemeyer, McCaul and Davis are only following the example of the Republican leadership in Congress.
So we're sure when health care reform passes without any Republican support, they will be quick to take credit when the folks back home start benefiting.
You might recall that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is a hypocrite on this particular subject who we previously exposed to you. He declared $8 billion in federal spending on high speed rail in the stimulus package to be "wasteful", while at the same time that his administration's department of transportation was seeking federal funding for a high speed rail line from New Orleans to Baton Rouge.
Now Governor Jindal has some company aboard his ship of fools. Congressmen Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Geoff Davis (R-KY) have all spent the past month praising the effects of the stimulus on projects in their districts, after voting no on the legislation.
Either these three have no principles and float upon the ever-changing political winds or they think their constituents are idiots who don't pay attention. That's right, the congressmen deemed the ARRA a failure and complained about pork, yet when their districts benefited from federal funds you can be sure all three congressmen were front and center, gripping and grinning, for the photo op (sure to be published on the front page of the local community newspaper) at each of the projects in their districts that the stimulus package funded.
Of course, as Think Progress noted, Congressmen Luetkemeyer, McCaul and Davis are only following the example of the Republican leadership in Congress.
So we're sure when health care reform passes without any Republican support, they will be quick to take credit when the folks back home start benefiting.
# Posted by Ken Camp : 7:27 PM
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