Please enjoy this video from Talking Points Memo of former Vice President Al Gore completely dismantling Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) for insinuating that he makes personal profit off of her efforts to stem climate change.
If Rep Blackburn wants to ask about Vice President Gore’s business connections, fine and dandy! But pulling out the old, “Some would say…” “Some have asked…” “It has been said…” Well that’s just lame. And, laughable!
I personally enjoy it went smack downs are issued also in the passive voice (”One could say you’re a hack and kinda bad at forcing smearing innuendo into public hearings”) but Gore’s laughter in the background, and that of the audience, ain’t too shabby. Also, since when did he become a member of the Silver Fox club?
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Economic Stimulus. H.R. 5140, the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, passed 385-35 on January 29, 2008 (Roll Call 25). It would provide about $150 billion in economic stimulus, including $101.1 billion in direct payments of rebate checks (typically $600) to most taxpayers in 2008 and temporary tax breaks for businesses. Creating money out of thin air and then spending the newly created money cannot improve the economy, at least not in the long term. (If it could, why not create even more money for rebates and make every American a millionaire?) The stimulus has no offset and thus increases the federal deficit by the amount of the stimulus because the government must borrow the rebate money. A realistic long-term stimulus can only be achieved by lowering taxes through less government and by reducing regulatory burdens. Marsha Blackburn voted FOR this bill.(Source: The New American – July 21, 2008)
Marsha Blackburn is my Congressman.
She is no conservative.
See her unconstitutional votes at :
http://bluecollarrepublican.com/blog/?p=614
Mickey
Oh, thank you, VP Gore. I needed a good laugh today!
Hey, I have a question for Rep. Blackburn: When’s the last time anyone inquired about how much money Poppy Bush and his cronies at the Carlyle Group have made off Middle East oil & gas?