Posted on 06/23/2010 6:05:52 PM PDT by kristinn
In the ongoing Wall Street Reform Conference Committee meeting Wednesday to merge the House and Senate versions of the recently-passed finance bills, Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D-Penn.) bemoaned the impact of the recession on his constituents.
“We're giving relief to people that I deal with in my office every day now unfortunately. But because of the longevity of this recession, these are people -- and they're not minorities and they're not defective and they're not all the things you'd like to insinuate that these programs are about -- these are average, good American people,” Kanjorski states.
Kanjorski, Chairman of the Financial Subcommittee on Capital Markets, is in a tough re-election race, seeking his 14th term from the 11th Congressional District of Pennsylvania.
His Republican opponent, Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta, last week accused Kanjorski of hiding from his constituents scheduling only controlled teleconferences this summer instead of holding town hall meetings.
"Mr. Kanjorski is hiding from the people of the 11th Congressional District because he knows he has made many unpopular decisions, like taking millions in campaign cash from his Wall Street buddies then handing out billions of taxpayer dollars to them in the form of bailouts,” Barletta said. “He would have to answer for the rising unemployment rate, especially since he called this economy the best ‘in the history of mankind.’ He would have to explain why he ignored the will of his constituents and voted for the government takeover of our healthcare system.”
YouTube video of Kanjorski comments here.
Interesting this rep believes that “good americans” are ones that require government handouts of other peoples’ money.
I hope Barletta has a chance at this clown, since this clown is writing his next campaign ad for him. Hopefully Barletta will let this simmer for a bit then use it most effectively.
Gee, Congressman. You covered defectives and minorities. But what about the small people?
PA Ping!
Amazing. A Republican could never get away with a remark like that.
None of that should be surprising to people who can read, write and add numbers.
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Ohhh, I’m watchin’ the defectives...
Democrats are allowed to say anything they want. Didn’t you get the memo?
Those wacky Pennsylvania “minority” clinging, “defective” clinging democrats!
They’re just a barrel of fun when they talk about “average, good American people”!
But at least they aren't defectives or minorities. They're just good ole normal folks.
Thanks for the post!!
these are people -- and they're not minorities and they're not defective and they're not all the things you'd like to insinuate that these programs are about
“Ohhh, I’m watchin’ the defectives...”
Hey! I’m defective. Should I be offended?
If I’m defective, how come I’m not getting dough from the government?!?!?! I must have a mental defect too, or I’d be into Obama’s stash by now.
Confused in Colorado.
So according to Kanjorski:
Good, average American != “minority or defective” american.
Got it. Thanks for the clarification, Congressman. I know what he means by minority but I’d argue that he probably belongs in the “defective” category himself.
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