Apparently, JD has been learning some lessons at Jon Kyl's knee, because he is the chief engineer and conductor of his own DoubleTalk Express.
From his AZRepublic Candidate Questionnaire -
On Social Security:
"I do not support the privatization of Social Security. I do, however, think we need to consider giving younger workers the option of investing a small amount of their payroll taxes in certain pre-approved investments, much like the 401(k) plan offered government workers."
Either he opposes privatization or he supports it. This statement, in his very own words, contradicts itself.
Oh, and "pre-approved"? By who, him and his campaign contributors from the finance and insurance business sectors?
He has frequently called for "personalization" of SocSec, adamantly denying that "personalization" is a euphemism for "privatization."
Even when someone, blustery and red-faced, is next to you screaming "flamingo!!", if you see duck feathers, hear duck quacks, and smell duck s__t, you don't have to see the actual duck to know one is near.
On ethics, and questioning House Republican leadership:
"For example, I was strongly displeased with House leadership and strongly critical of them when they tried to change the rules to protect one of their own from ethical scrutiny (I was eventually victorious)."
It's a nice sentiment, really, but given that he voted to weaken ethics rules in 2005 (H Res. 5, vote #6), not strengthen them, it's not really a *true" sentiment. On the other hand, he *was* victorious.
He also say that he thinks that AZ voters "know I will always put them first."
Left unsaid: if they give him enough bribes....errr..."contributions."
On fiscal responsibility:
"Indeed, the tax cuts I helped put into law as a member of the Ways and Means Committee have...resulted in the deficit forecast for this year declining from $423 billion to $296 billion!"
The Clinton Admin handed JD and the rest of the Reps in Congress a $128 billion SURPLUS for FY2001. I'm sure that JD (and the Reps) will cite the ongoing (neverending?) war in Iraq as their excuse for running massive, even record, deficits ever since.
I have to ask - name a Congress that has cut taxes during a war, much less bragged about it.
On Education:
"Education is the key to a brighter future for Arizona’s children."
and -
He is "working on a new legislative initiative to improve student access to higher education by streamlining federal red tape in the student aid system..."
When he talks about "Arizona's children," he must be mean "Arizona's children with well-to-do parents."
He voted for massive cuts to student aid in 2005 (S1932, vote 670); in fact they were the deepest cuts ever.
Of course, to be fair, he could truly believe the best way to reduce "red tape in the student aid system" is to gut the student aid system.
In another part of the questionnaire, though, he was consistent.
On Iraq:
"...while the threat may not have been imminent, it was always inevitable..."
For at least three years he has argued that the invasion of Iraq was justified on the grounds that Iraq may have become a threat to U.S. interests over time.
It's a repugnant rationalization for making 'bullying' the foundation for the nation's foreign policy, but it *is* consistent.
Finally, in his closing paragraph, he observed that "there will be plenty of negative attacks this election season."
That's a completely true statement.
He's already started with them.
Interesting stuff, for someone who just a week ago during the debate on the ESTATE TAX AND EXTENSION OF TAX RELIEF ACT OF 2006, accused the Democrats of engaging in "Orwellian "newspeak'' " (page H 6194 of the Congressional Record).
[Note: I tried linking directly to the record, but their online search system uses some kind of time indexed system, generates a new URL for each search based on the time, not the material found. In other words, no permalink. Sorry. Go to the search page, select Hayworth, select the 'House' section while deselecting the others, and put in the date 07/28/2006. It should work]
When was it, maybe three weeks ago, that I wrote a post where the title addressed this specific characteristic of JD's? [Note: I checked. It *was* three weeks ago, exactly. :) ]
Anyway, have a great weekend everyone!
No comments:
Post a Comment