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CT-04: Both Ways Shays- Again

by: thomashooker

Fri Jul 11, 2008 at 14:22:20 PM EDT


A couple of quick bits from Chris Shays' appearance on Where We Live with John Dankosky.

Talking about the withdrawal of our troops from Iraq, Shays stated,

"We have to define what 'leave' means."

This from a guy who in August 2006 told voters that he was in favor of a timeline and was quoted by the Washington Post as saying that most of our troops could be withdrawn by the end of 2007.  This from a guy who told voters that he was more anti-war than was Diane Farrell, because he favored a "timeline" for withdrawal.

Both Ways came out with this perfect nugget that really captured the essense of our two-decade congressman:

"Our economy is stronger than people realize.  But in my opinion, we are in a recession."  

Priceless!

And what about off-shore drilling from the guy who has touted his vote against drilling in ANWR?

"We have to have drilling in our coastal regions."

He was asked why we should trust him to defend Social Security when he had co-sponsored two bills in the 1990's to privatize Social Security, and was one of Bush's earliest and most enthusiastic supporters of Bush's private accounts scheme to dismantle the system.  Shays' response?

It's a distortion.  He wants to divert one-third of all Social Security receipts to private accounts, but that doesn't mean he's in favor of dismantling the system.  Does anyone think that the imminent retirement of the mass of Baby Boomers could be accomodated if we are taking away a third of all receipts from those paying in?  Does Shays?  

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