Is YOUR Representative in the "Hypocrisy Hall of Fame"?
By anniepa
@anniepa (27955)
United States
December 4, 2009 5:05pm CST
I thought I'd share this list from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee with you. These are all GOP House members who, according to Ryan Rudominer, National Press Secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, "are scrambling to take credit for the benefits they opposed". I've listed the "inductees" below but you can read more details here: http://www.dccc.org/page/-/satellites/hypocrisy/index_hhof.html
PLEASE humor me a bit and take a look and see if YOUR Representative is on this list and if so, check and see what he or she took credit for and how he or she tried to justify it despite voting against the bill that made it possible. As a constituent, were you glad for the money brought to your state or district? Now, PLEASE be honest...lol! Tell me if you think they're hypocrites or not!
Rep. Bill Shuster (PA-09)
Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-07)
Rep. Pete Sessions (TX-32)
Rep. Jack Kingston (GA-01)
Rep. Michael McCaul (TX-10)
Rep. Joe Barton (TX-06)
Rep. Michael Burgess (TX-26)
Rep. John Carter (TX-31)
Rep. Mike Conway (TX-11)
Rep. John Culberson (TX-07)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (TX-01)
Rep. Kay Granger (TX-12)
Rep. Ralph Hall (TX-04)
Rep. Sam Johnson (TX-03)
Rep. Kenny Marchant (TX-24)
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (TX-19)
Rep. Pete Olson (TX-22)
Rep. Ron Paul (TX-14)
Rep. Ted Poe (TX-02)
Rep. Lamar Smith (TX-21)
Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13)
Rep. Frank Wolf (VA-10)
Rep. Phil Gingrey (GA-11)
Rep. Eric Cantor (VA-07)
Rep. Bill Young (FL-10)
Rep. Judy Biggert (IL-13)
Rep Mary Fallin (OK-05)
Rep. Patrick Tiberi (OH-10)
Rep. Don Manzullo (IL-16)
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (CA-22)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (KY-01)
Rep. Mike Rogers (AL-03)
Rep. Dan Lungren (CA-03)
Rep. David Dreier (CA-26)
Rep. Jerry Moran (KS-01)
Rep. Todd Tiahrt (KS-04)
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (WV-02)
Rep. Steve King (IA-05)
Rep. Elton Gallegly (CA-24)
Rep. Howard "Buck" McKeon (CA-25)
Rep. Jerry Lewis (CA-41)
Rep. George Radanovich (CA-19)
Rep. Tom Latham (IA-04)
Rep. Tom Petri (WI-06)
Rep. Steven LaTourette (OH-14)
Rep. Dean Heller (NV-02)
Rep. Aaron Schock (IL-18)
Rep. Mary Bono Mack (CA-45)
Rep. Dave Reichert (WA-08)
Rep. Mike Coffman (CO-06)
Rep. Glenn Thompson (PA-05)
Rep. Denny Rehberg (MT-AL)
Rep. Frank Lucas (OK-03)
Rep. Chris Lee (NY-26)
Rep. Adam Putnam (FL-18)
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (FL-18)
Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL-21)
Rep. Tom Rooney (FL-16)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25)
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (FL-05)
Rep. Cliff Stearns (FL-06)
Rep. Bill Posey (FL-15)
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI-02)
Rep. Leonard Lance (NJ-07)
Rep. Greg Walden (OR-02)
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-09)
Rep. Don Young (AK-AL)
Rep. Ken Calvert (CA-44)
Rep. John Mica (FL-07)
Now, be NICE...
Annie
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10 responses
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
5 Dec 09
It's against the law to be a Republican in Massachusetts. It's also against the law to vote for a Republican, but this is harder to enforce. They only elect Democrats anyway and they never vote against spending money nor do they ever promise to vote against raising taxes. You can usually count on them voting for pay raises for themselves, however.
Hypocrite - just another buzz word that's used when the other guy does the same thing you do but people didn't expect him to be as bad as you are.
Obama tells us that the war in Iraq is the "bad war" but he voted to fund it. He says he was always against it, but he voted to fund it. There aren't any politicians who don't do the opposite of what they publicly espouse.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
5 Dec 09
I guess you're right, President Obama should have refused to fund the war in Iraq so he could have been blasted for putting the troops' lives at risk! You're probably right that there aren't any politicians who have NEVER done other than what they publicly espouse.
Whatever, I take it your Rep. isn't on the list then...lol?
Annie
@Rollo1 (16679)
• Boston, Massachusetts
5 Dec 09
Oh, Obama is getting blasted - by his political base. Heck, even Bill Ayers is upset about Obama sending in troops.
If any of my reps were on the list, they would be arrested for being Republicans. My dream is that one day I would have a representative on the Democratic Party's hit list.... ah well...
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@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
5 Dec 09
Nope, mine isn't on it, but my represenative is a Democrat anyway, [sarcasm] so she couldn't POSSIBLY be a hypocrite [/sarcasm]....she is however a LIAR, because she assured me, personaly, to my face she would opose any furture bail outs, stimulus plans and such. Lieing bytch. I didn't vote for her anyway, I knew she was lieing, I wrote in selectman Alan Carr instead in the election.
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@Latrivia (2878)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Honestly, it's a lose/lose for the GOP. If they refuse the money, they're being stubborn and inconsiderate of their constituents. Look at how people pounced on Jindal for stating that he refuses to use the stimulus money because he felt like it would run out in a few years and they'd be stuck with the bill. For not being a hypocrite, he was dragged through the mud.
On the other hand, if they accept their loss and decide to play along, they're hypocrites. There is no way for them to win. The DCCC is going to find a way to smear them in the mud as best they can. Partisan politics at it's best.
Lastly - politicians are expected to be hypocritical and dishonest. I can't think of one who's innocent of either, regardless of party affiliation.
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@anniepa (27955)
• United States
5 Dec 09
I don't think U.S. Representatives have any say in whether or not their state accepts the money once the bills are passed but I could be wrong. I thought the governors of the states had to request or accept the funds. If that's the case, these Reps wouldn't have to say anything but what I think is hypocritical is for them to seemingly take credit for something they didn't even want in the first place.
I know there are dishonest hypocrites in both parties, no doubt about that!
Annie
@ZephyrSun (7381)
• United States
5 Dec 09
There's only one Rep. from Ohio on the list and I really don't have a clue as to what district he is in, he isn't my person. My House Rep. is a woman and a Democrat. Although, with her voting record I would call her an Independent LOL
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@matersfish (6306)
• United States
4 Dec 09
I think every person walking the face of the earth (or wheeling, for the disabled) is a hypocrite. I especially think this of politicians. But some people set the bar too low for something to qualify as hypocrisy. As Rahm Emanuel or someone of that ilk (not liberal -- just blatantly vulgar) might say, it's good politics. Career politicians have to be hypocritical, because they need to change on a whim to keep their jobs.
For me, it's yet another reason I say ditch all the bums. 
I'm sick of politicians.
Can I expect a bipartisan list in the future, though? Or is it all about smearing the GOP? (Do some make the list twice because it's twice the hypocrisy?)
I'm sick of politicians.
Can I expect a bipartisan list in the future, though? Or is it all about smearing the GOP? (Do some make the list twice because it's twice the hypocrisy?)1 person likes this
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Since, as I was quite upfront about, this list came from the DCCC, it's clear it wouldn't be a "bipartisan" list. If you wish to think it's all about smearing the gOP that's your prerogative but I prefer to think of it as a simple topic of discussion since I'd gotten it in an e-mail.
Basically, I thought we could discuss whether it's true that while many people are against members of Congress as a whole they often like their own Rep. and aren't so upset when the "pork barrel spending" leads to jobs, services or infrastructure in their own back yard. I suppose these people could be called hypocrites but I think it's just human nature just the same.
Annie
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@Taskr36 (13963)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Well if a completely unbiased organization like the DEMOCRATIC Congressional Campaign Committee says they're hypocrites than naturally we must believe them. You'll have to pardon me if I don't instantly believe everything put out by an anti-republican organization.
My Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart is on that list for securing money for his district despite voting against the stimulus. The simple fact is, MY tax dollars are being taken for that stimulus so I deserve to get some of it back despite the fact that I and my congressman opposed it.
It seems that you, and the DCCC seem to feel that everyone who opposed the stimulus shouldn't have any of that money go to their districts. Now I might agree with that, if people who lived in those districts weren't PAYING for the stimulus. How about we just take tax dollars from people who live in districts that voted FOR that piece of garbage? Then the government won't be obligated to spend of that money in districts that voted against it.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Who said they were "unbiased"? Certainly not I! This isn't something to "believe" or not, it's a list that is the OPINION of the DCCC which they have the same right to as the RNC and their various campaign committees. I didn't say a fricking word about anyone who shouldn't have any of the stimulus. I made the horrible mistake, apparently, of asking for people's opinions on something. It's a shame you're not capable of giving yours without being disrespectful and sarcastic.
Annie
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
4 Dec 09
A few things come to mind. The pot calling the kettle black. The fox watching the hen house and Al Gore trumps them all for being a hypocrite.
@irishidid (8687)
• United States
5 Dec 09
There's a Kansas guy, but he's not my district so no. Not on the list.
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@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
5 Dec 09
I seriously doubt the validaty of this list. WHY? Well because NOT ONE elected officials from my state is one it. And I know several of them deserve to be there. Like Graham and Wilson. And sense they were left off I have to say.....either this list was political propragenda or whoever did the list did a half butt job and did not bother to look at all the hypocrites out there.
Plus what about the democrats who voted against it and then turned around and asked for money from it?
There were several.
@anniepa (27955)
• United States
5 Dec 09
Graham isn't in the House of Representatives, he's in the Senate, so he wouldn't be on this list. I suppose you COULD call the list "political propaganda" since it was put out by the DCCC, which would also explain why the "guilty" Democrats aren't included on it. That doesn't mean they're getting a pass from the DCCC though, at least I'd guess not, since that's the committee that helps Democrats get elected/reelected.
I know there are some Democratic hypocrites in Pennsylvania and I've been letting them and everyone else know what I think about them.
Annie
