Rep. Gene Taylor calls anti-tax group 'scum'

Politico ^ | 7/31/2009 | Jen Dimascio

[Wolf-Lake]

Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) has called Grover Norquist’s anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform “lying sacks of scum” for lumping him in with other moderate Democrats who support the House health reform bill.

“Americans for Tax Reform are lying sacks of scum, and anyone who knowingly repeats this false information is also a liar,” Taylor said in an unusually blistering statement for a member of Congress.

The incident has so incensed Taylor, he’s pointing out Americans for Tax Reforms past ties to convicted lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The Americans for Tax Reform release said Taylor had agreed to a “backroom deal” on health care.

Um, not so, said Taylor’s spokesman Ethan Rabin.

“I am opposed to the current health care reform bills being debated in Congress,” Taylor says on his website. “We should not create an expensive new government health program or promise new government health benefits when we have not figured out how to pay the future costs of Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and other federal health programs that were promised by previous Presidents and previous Congresses.”

Taylor is a Blue Dog and several members of the economically conservative coalition on the Energy and Commerce Committee did sign off on a deal with Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) to move the health care bill out of the committee, Rabin said. But Taylor isn’t even a member of the committee, and he hasn’t changed his view of the bill.

“ATR took that little piece of information about Blue Dogs and applied it across the 52 member delegation,” Rabin said. “They did no fact checking. They did no research. They did not contact our office. They just sent that out.”

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[Texas Eagle]

What does Gene Taylor know about lying sacks of scum?

[Texas Eagle]

Rep. Gene Taylor has called Grover Norquist’s anti-tax group “lying sacks of scum”

I believe in psychological terms, this is known as "projection".

[doc1019]

So many in pubic office do not understand basic economics, that’s what you get when you let lawyers run the country.

Lower taxes, economy goes up … raise taxes, economy goes in the crapper. Economics 101

[kcvl]

He belongs to the Blue Dog Democrats.

Taylor worked as a sales representative for Stone Container Corporation, working a territory from New Orleans to the Florida panhandle.

Taylor was a strong critic of the Bush Administration's fiscal policy. He voted against the tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003, claiming that the cuts contained in those bills would only increase the national debt. He derided the prescription drug plan passed in 2003 as a giveaway to companies that donate to the Republican Party. He is one of the House's most vehement opponents of free trade agreements and was strongly opposed to the Bush administration's proposals for reforming Social Security. He has also voted at times with more liberal members of the House with regards to Cuba.

He once sponsored a bill that would repeal the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

He has also denounced Vice President Dick Cheney's ties to Halliburton.

Katrina:

When former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director Michael D. Brown appeared before the committee, Taylor reacted angrily to Brown's attempts to put primary responsibility for the failed response at the state and local level. Taylor seemed particularly upset that several first responders in Hancock County, his home county, were forced to loot a Wal-Mart to get food and supplies. They also had to wait several days after the storm before they got any help from FEMA workers. He told Brown that FEMA "fell on (its) face" in its response to Katrina, which he said rated "an F-minus in my book."

[kcvl]

Democrats Don’t Know Jack???

National Democrat Party Affiliated Committees Received Over $1.2 Million From Indian Tribe Clients And Lobbying Associates Of Jack Abramoff. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Internal Revenue Service Website, www.irs.gov, Accessed April 21, 2005)

•The Democrat Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) Received Over – $430,000
•The Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) Received Over – $629,000
•The Democrat National Committee (DNC) Received Over – $177,000

Incumbent Senate Democrat-Affiliated Campaign And Leadership Committees Received Over $729,000 From Indian Tribe Clients And Lobbying Associates Of Jack Abramoff*. (Campaign Finance Analysis Project Website, www.campaignfinanceanalysisproject.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Political Money Line Website, www.tray.com, Accessed December 7, 2005; Internal Revenue Service Website, www.irs.gov, Accessed April 21, 2005)

40 Of The 45 Members Of The Senate Democrat Caucus:

•Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) Received At Least – $22,500
•Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN) Received At Least – $6,500
•Senator Joseph Biden (D-DE) Received At Least – $1,250
•Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) Received At Least – $2,000
•Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) Received At Least – $20,250
•Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) Received At Least – $21,765
•Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) Received At Least – $7,500
•Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) Received At Least – $12,950
•Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND) Received At Least – $8,000
•Senator Jon Corzine (D-NJ) Received At Least – $7,500
•Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) Received At Least – $14,792
•Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) Received At Least – $79,300
•Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) Received At Least – $14,000
•Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) Received At Least – $2,000
•Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) Received At Least – $1,250
•Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) Received At Least – $45,750
•Senator Daniel Inouye (D-HI) Received At Least – $9,000
•Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT) Received At Least – $2,000
•Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) Received At Least – $14,250
•Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Received At Least – $3,300
•Senator John Kerry (D-MA) Received At Least – $98,550
•Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Received At Least – $28,000
•Senator Pat Leahy (D-VT) Received At Least – $4,000
•Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,000
•Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT) Received At Least – $29,830
•Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) Received At Least – $14,891
•Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Received At Least – $10,550
•Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Received At Least – $78,991
•Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) Received At Least – $20,168
•Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) Received At Least – $5,200
•Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) Received At Least – $7,500
•Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) Received At Least – $2,300
•Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) Received At Least – $3,500
•Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) Received At Least – $68,941
•Senator John Rockefeller (D-WV) Received At Least – $4,000
•Senator Ken Salazar (D-CO) Received At Least – $4,500
•Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) Received At Least – $4,300
•Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Received At Least – $29,550
•Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) Received At Least – $6,250
•Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Received At Least – $6,250

http://tinyurl.com/ms4q32

[kcvl]

Abramoff? Never heard of him.

Mississippi’s Democrats

Second District Rep. Bennie Thompson received $3,000 and 4th District Rep. Gene Taylor, $2,250.

But Thompson went on a trip sponsored by Abramoff to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands that cost more than $5,000 in 1997.

[wjcsux]

Grover Norquest, an NRA Board of Director, former Judge, Decorated Veteran vs a RAT scumbag.

[kcvl]

Rep. Gene Taylor, D-Bay St. Louis, has angrily denied any connection with lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is at the center of a scandal involving millions of dollars spent to influence members of Congress.

Taylor’s re-election campaign accepted $2,250 in contributions from one of Abramoff’s clients, the Mississippi Band of the Choctaw Indians, Gannett News Service reported earlier this week.

“Any attempt to link me to (Abramoff) or his sleazy lobbying organization or the politicians that he apparently controls is misguided and untruthful,” Taylor said in a statement issued late Thursday.

[pissant]

Hard to argue with that characterization of Grover, frankly.

[pepperhead]

Hey Gene, moderate republicans took a hit over the last few elections for being big spenders now it is your turn. Your record really doesn’t matter. If 0bama care passes we are going to be looking for people to take it out on and your it. Unless you can get all the blue dogs to turn on master Pelosi and stop 0bama care it will become open season on blue dogs in 2010.

[Wolf-Lake]

Hey Gene, moderate republicans took a hit over the last few elections for being big spenders now it is your turn. Your record really doesn’t matter. If 0bama care passes we are going to be looking for people to take it out on and your it. Unless you can get all the blue dogs to turn on master Pelosi and stop 0bama care it will become open season on blue dogs in 2010.

Well said!

[o_zarkman44]

“What does Gene Taylor know about lying sacks of scum?”

Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black.

We all know Democrats are ALL pathetic liars, and have no conscience about it.

[Brad from Tennessee]

From Taylor's website:

HEALTHCARE REFORM

We should not create an expensive new government health program or promise new government health benefits when we have not figured out how to pay the future costs of Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, and other federal health programs that were promised by previous Presidents and previous Congresses.

CAP & TRADE

I do not believe a cap and trade system is the approach that is best to reduce global warming gases. As a matter of fact I think it is a simple “Ponzi Scheme” that will increase energy prices.

I also don’t like the idea that a factory in one state is cleaner than it has to be so that another factory is dirtier than it should be.

http://www.taylor.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1067&Itemid=89

I don't know this guy or endorse him. But he talks anti-liberal on his site.

[Lancey Howard]

I stand by my theory that these "blue dog Democrats" are decoys. They are being used by Pelosi and the rats to con the public into believing that the final bill will have been "moderated" and "paid for" and "gee, after much hard work with conservatives we were finally able to compromise and fashion a better bill that is good for America". Etc. Write your own script.

Who's the scumbag, Gene?

[Wolf-Lake]

I don't know this guy or endorse him. But he talks anti-liberal on his site.

He may be one of the amazingly few Democrats that is actually aware of who butters his bread. The majority of people who show up to his town hall meetings are overwhelmingly conservative and Republican.

[Brad from Tennessee]

In my county Republicans have a majority, about 55-45. But the Democrats are mostly conservative. Some are Dixiecrats whose family affiliation goes back to Jefferson Davis.

[SAJ]

Being a member of the Regress, I rather imagine he is VERY well informed on that concept.

[cynwoody]

He may be one of the amazingly few Democrats that is actually aware of who butters his bread. The majority of people who show up to his town hall meetings are overwhelmingly conservative and Republican.

Why attend his meetings? If they're the majority, why not just get rid of the guy?

[Wolf-Lake]

I, personally, would go to the town hall meetings regardless of the party of our representative, as do many of us in this area!
And apparently Taylor is holding up his end of the deal in the minds of those who voted for him, otherwise he wouldn't keep getting re-elected. It's about an even split between Republicans and Democrats here. The Democrats are also pretty 'moderate' and anti-Obama. McCain took Mississippi and both Senators are Republican, as well as several other Congressmen. I'm fairly sure that if Taylor screws up, he Will be voted out!