Kratovil Votes with Nancy Pelosi for Porkulus!
A quick trip back to Earth for all those apologists who claimed that Congressman Frank Kratovil was something other than just another democrat. Despite voting against the first iteration of the stimulus bill (yes voting against it before voting for it) Kratovil has heard his master's (Pelosi) call and voted for the Porkulus bill.
This is exactly what those of us who opposed Mr. Kratovil fully expected to happen. His close ties to the democratic establishment, especially Martin O'Malley (who lobbied on behalf of the bill this week), made any illusion of independence or conservatism just that, an illusion.
Expect more votes in favor of the disasterous Obama economic plan from our "conservative" democratic congressman.
12 comments:
Ratovil had his one pass. Steny Hoyer probably told which way to vote. Being the follower that he is he bowed down to his leader. He had to help Queen ($30,000,000 for her mouse)(My father & brother showed me how to corrupt politics) Pelosi get the vote over so she could get the plane (that we pay for, last year it cost us $5,700,000) warmed up for her trip to Rome.
Gee Greg, where were you when Kratovil originally bucked the party? We hear a word from you. Now, when you feel as though you have a gotcha moment, you seize the opportunity to grandstand.
As I've told you and everyone else many times, I don't engage in selective outrage. Candidate or party loyalty doesn't sway me one iota. To that end, Kratovil made a bad decision. I have no problem admitting that.
Be serious, Bud.
Your whole Harris-is-partisan-Kratovil-is-independent schtick never fooled anyone except arguably you.
Kratovil is a partisan hack. A lot of people who voted for him because of their personal dislike for Harris need to own up to the fact that he's a Pelosi lapdog, which any observer of his campaign knew from Day One.
This is what happens when you vote without principle in mind but solely on your feelings for a candidate. This is why party is extremely important in choosing a candidate.
Streiff,
At the end of the day, Kratovil will buck his party more than Harris ever would. In fact, Harris is such a partisan lapdog that he's incapable of independent thought. I have absolutely no regret voting for Kratovil. That said, I will carefully study his 2010 opponent before making a decision. After all, his vote yesterday didn't sit well with me. Of course, as you probably know, I would never vote for Harris under any circumstance.
2 years from now, the republicans will be seen as political sour grapers and the democrats will be in charge for 6 more years.
Kratovil is a liberal Democrat, comes from a long P.G.County family of liberal Democrats, financed by liberal Democrats, and will vote with the liberal Democrats. For those who thought otherwise, guess what HE LIED!
Bud,
That's b.s. and we both know it.
If Kratovil won't buck Pelosi in a situation where his vote means absolutely nothing, he certainly won't when it counts.
I, personally, don't think party discipline is bad and I'd never vote for someone who's USP is a promise to not vote with the party. If you didn't want your representative to vote Republican, then voting Democrat is the way to go and I hope it is working out well for you. Trying to convince us a shill like Kratovil is independent is just demeaning to all concerned.
Bud, I would just ask you to listen to debates on the floor of the Senate. I can guarentee you the only Republican Senators that actually lead debates on the floor are Andy Harris and E.J. Pipkin. That's them being a leader on the issues, not being devoid of independent thought as you say.
I wish the Republicans would have offered an alternative in the stimulus discussion though. I hate having to hear Kratovil or Ruppersburger say this was better than nothing because the American public wants Congress to do something. Whether that is right or wrong, we want action.
According to most of you a Democrat voting Republican equals independent??? Is that the case? How about a guy who voted against his party, then worked to make it a better bill, and when it was improved voted for it because he believed something needed to be done to improve a slumping economy, that sounds independent to me. Just listen to yourselves, you cover the fact that you are mad he disagrees with you by attacking his independence. If you disagree with his vote just say why, or do you not have any other reason other than the fact that you are hyper partisan and look for reasons to attack anyone without an R next to their name?
We're talking about Kratovil, not some imaginary Democrat.
What does that even mean? I'm well aware who you are talking about. If you disagree with the way he voted find a more intelligent way of expressing that other than simply calling him a lap dog, you have zero idea if there was any pressure from the Democratic leadership, can't someone have a difference of opinion without you assuming it was a cynical political ploy? Any astute political observer would assume there was zero pressure considering the vote was a sure win for D's with or without Kratovil, so wouldn't that imply he voted his conscience, whether or not you agree with him?
Shades of I against it before I voted for it.
Let's see, Dems are going to win the vote, Kratovil votes for it.
An "astute political observer", which apparently isn't you, would think that voting against Porkulus when it didn't matter and then voting for it for the record is more of the actions of a lickspittle, if you object to the characterization as lapdog, than of an exercise of conscience.
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