For real? TPM did selective editing....
Hey, doesn't this sound a lot like what Michelle Bachmann says when she gets called on her selective rewriting of American history?
So, pay attention boys and girls... TPM did one better, they posted the whole boring video on it's website, LOL, where he twist the facts around his Republican beliefs. So, if pretty boy was hoping that this would all go away, now more people will check out the video. This is why they say "silence is golden."
I just watched the video again. At the beginning of the conversation as the the Wisconsin constituent is questioning his pay... he first says.. "I called for a .05% cut in Congressional pay." Which in essence he is saying the pay is high. However, what does a .05% cut on $174k equates to $8,700.00. Pretty boy's take home pay is still is $165,300.00, four[4] times more than the average household income in Wisconsin, which is $39k.
Then pretty boy says... "I have only been there 6 weeks," yeah we know. What I take from that comment is, "I had nothing to do with it." Then while the constituent is in utter shock, pretty boy says what anyone in Politics 101 knows, don't ever, ever attempt to justify your pay by claiming that you have more debt than anyone else. Especially during a recession, hello. Then injury to insult you go on to talk about your six[6] kids and complain about how bad the Federal Governments health insurance is. For real?
The more I hear about this story the more in-raged I become, why? Pretty boy still has a job, still has his home, still has his wife and kids all under one roof, still has health insurance and is able to pay his bills. However, there are 13 million people who are doing amazing juggling acts to keep the lights on, stay in their homes and praying to GOD that they or a loved one does not get sick. And people, a lot of those doing the juggling are minorities, so fuck him!
Voters want to believe that you are like them, when you start talking about your pay it immediately puts distance between you and the very people you are depending upon to keep you in office. Good luck on re election.
No comments:
Post a Comment