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This belongs to you. Take it back...
Mon Mar 09, 2009 at 04:40:22 AM EDT
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Chris Bowers is running out of Democrats to hate. In his latest post, hilariously titled "Eric Massa Votes Against Housing Bill Because He Doesn't Like People Outside His District" he takes Massa, one his progressive heroes during the campaign, out to task for doing what he believed was right for his district...and he didn't do it nicely;
On Thursday, freshman Eric Massa, for whom we helped raise money in 2006, 2007 and 2008, was one of the twenty-four Democrats to vote against the Help Families Stay in Their Homes Act. His reasoning for this vote is self-contradictory, spiteful, hateful, and, dare I say it, borderline unpatriotic.
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| nrafter530 :: Chris Bowers: "Eric Massa is spiteful, hateful, selfish..." |
Chris goes on to say the Massa admitted he was voting against his constituents interest...of which he did no such thing;
There is no way I can raise money for someone espousing this level of stupidity. And seriously--because the bill passed, the stupidity bothers me a lot more than the ideology in this case. He admits the bill will help his constituents, and then claims he is standing up for his constituents by voting against it. Then, he follows that Orwellian reasoning by arguing that legislation that he admits will not only people in his district, but also help people in other districts, should be opposed out of selfish spite because it doesn't help his district disproportionately.
It gets better
Someone who thinks like this should not be in Congress
So what is Chris Bowers planning to do to Congressman Massa. Well judging by how he ended his argument, I expect he will try and destroy him.
Members of the legislative branch should not only vote for legislation that disproportionately benefits their own districts. If you say that a piece of legislation will help people, but you oppose that piece of legislation because your corner of the country does not disproportionately benefit from it, then you have displayed not only an abusive relationship to members of your own district, but a rather shocking level of antipathy toward the residents of the other 434 congressional districts. Does Eric Massa actively dislike the people who live outside of his district? Given that he said that the housing bill will help them, but that he voted against it anyway, it is hard to conclude otherwise.
Has Chris Bowers jumped the shark?
Here's a link to his post if you want to go over there and share your feelings.
http://www.openleft.com/showDi... |
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