Steve Kagen Deceit and Political Cover

From Gary Gross, "Califormia Conservative". Can farmers trust Steve Kagen? Can the elderly trust Steve Kagen? Can voters in the 8th district trust Steve Kagen.

"September 18, 2008
Proof That It’s All About Political Cover

Filed Under: Election 2008, Pelosi, Special Interests, Author: Gary Gross, Energy" California Conservative » Proof That It’s All About Political Cover

Today, Minority Leader John Boehner’s office issued this scalding statement on the Democrats’ hypocritical energy strategy. The statement highlights Democratic co-sponsors of the Peterson-Abercrombie bill that John Peterson and Neil Abercrombie wrote. Here’s part of Leader Boehner’s statement:

House Democrats say they want to “stimulate” the economy, but last night nearly every single one of them voted against the bipartisan energy bill authored by Reps. John Peterson (R-PA) and Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) to lower gas prices on behalf of working families and small businesses, including 24 Democrats who are cosponsors of the Peterson-Abercrombie bill. That’s correct, 24 Democrats flip-flopped, repudiated their past statements of support and cosponsorship for the bipartisan Peterson-Abercrombie bill by voting against it. And by rejecting the Peterson-Abercrombie bipartisan plan, Democrats proved once and for all that yesterday’s debate was about nothing more than providing political cover for vulnerable Democrats on the eve of an election, and not about passing “all of the above” energy reforms to make a real difference in lowering gas prices.

When it was ‘rubber-meets-the-road’ time, this group of Democrats showed where their allegiances lied. Here’s the list of deserting co-sponsors:

Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rep. Dan Boren (D-OK), Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS), Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-CA), Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL), Rep. Henry Cueller (D-TX), Rep. Artur Davis (D-AL), Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN), Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN), Rep. Gene Green (D-TX), Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL), Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN), Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA), ..........Rep. Steve Kagen (D-WI)............, Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-PA), Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA), Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA), Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX), Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN), Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX), Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR)

What this proves is that Speaker Pelosi has employed a strategy based on deceit. It isn’t a stretch to think she’s operated this deceitful strategy with Rep. Abercrombie’s full cooperation. It’s difficult to believe that the BDD’s weren’t willing participants, too

Reps. Boyda, Hill and Kagen are freshmen that should be vulnerable. Now’s the time to step up the attacks on their credibility. In each of their cases, I’d make the case that farmers can’t trust them to side with them. I’d attack their credibility and how that affects the trust level farmers can have with these freshmen. Here’s how I’d word the advertisements:

Rep. Boyda/Hill/Kagen once stood for an ‘all of the above’ energy package that would have brought gas prices down for hard-working farmers. When the rubber met the road, though, Rep. Boyda/Hill/Kagen sided with Nancy Pelosi and K Street instead of siding with farmers and Main Street. Don’t we deserve a representative that we can trust to represent us?

It's all about POWER , DECEIT and POLITICAL COVER!
It's only about Steve Kagen, not the people of the 8th.

This has truly turned into a "Kagen Watch."
Day two, where is the MSM on this?