Phil, surely you can’t be serious. LaThug is an abomination of the highest order. The Republican enforcer of the Combine who was charged with destroying Sen. Peter Fitzgerald and running him from office by any means necessary. His actions directly were responsible for the election and elevation of Zero from an ineffective and obscure State Senator to the U.S. Senate and the Presidency.
There are no words one can state on a family-friendly website that could describe “LaThug” and the damage he inflicted upon the nation with his antics, but it is comparable to Benedict Arnold, and quite possibly worse. I would not reward him with my asparagus-laden urine if he were on fire.
I’m very serious. I agree that then-Congressman LaHood worked with the combine and that he helped persuade then-Sen. Fitzgerald to retire.
I also know that, while LaHood was in Congress, he usually voted conservatively. In Sept. 2006, I researched LaHood’s voting record. According to www.vote-smart.org, these are his 2005 ratings from some interest groups: NARAL, 0%; NOW, 29%; NAACP,30%, AFL-CIO, 21%; Americans for Democratic Action, 5%; Children’s Defense Fund, 0%; American Conservative Union, 65%; Americans for Tax Reform, 79%; U.S.
Chamber of Commerce, and 92%. After that, he became more conservative.