‘Both Ways Betsy’
by Amy Oliver | 5:10 pm, August 16, 2010 | 1 Comment
That’s the nickname that my friends at Complete Colorado have hung on freshman Democrat Congresswoman Betsy Markey. And it seems appropriate. An article from The Hill and featured on Complete Colorado describes Markey’s new ad campaign where she pretends to be offended with congressional approval of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, a.k.a. TARP. In fact she claims:
Maybe it’s my 20 years as a small-business owner, but these Wall Street bailouts really offend me… No one ever gave me a bailout.
Bailout is just another word for cop-out…And here in Colorado, that’s not how we do business.
Oh please. Does she honestly expect me or any other voter in the 4th CD to believe that she would have stood up to Nancy Pelosi and voted “No”? Since the vote was taken in October 2008, before she was in Congress, there is no way to know how she would have voted. I guess we are supposed to take her at her word. As someone who has kept track of her voting record, I would bet dollars to donuts that Markey, who went against the wishes of her constituents and with Pelosi on Obamacare, cap and trade, card check and the stimulus, would have voted yes.
Markey has yet to prove that she has or can challenge her party’s leadership. She may be a blue dog democrat, but she’s one with all bark and no bite.
Tags: 4th CD > betsy markey > blue dog democrats > cap-and-trade > Card Check > Colorado 4th CD > labor unions > media > Nancy Pelosi > northern Colorado > obamacare > stimulus > Syndicated > TARP
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August 16th, 2010 @ 7:24 pm
“there is no way to know how she would have voted”
Didn’t stop you from trying, though. Guess that whole ask the candidate thing was too much trouble?