Some times, you really have to wonder why politicians don’t learn from the past. This week, Pete Hoekstra did the inexplicable: he declared that he would take public funding in the race for Michigan Governor.
Now Michigan has a 2-1 match. That is, for …
Some times, you really have to wonder why politicians don’t learn from the past. This week, Pete Hoekstra did the inexplicable: he declared that he would take public funding in the race for Michigan Governor.
Now Michigan has a 2-1 match. That is, for …
Some times, you really have to wonder why politicians don’t learn from the past. This week, Pete Hoekstra did the inexplicable: he declared that he would take public funding in the race for Michigan Governor.
Now Michigan has a 2-1 match. That is, for …
David Wu melted down at a townhall in Oregon when asked why he won’t read the health care bill or the cap and trade bill. Watch it here:
Congressman Wu meets Samurai Mom from WashCoGOP Oregon on Vimeo.
Wu managed no coherent response. That isn’t totally unusual for him. I was in the House chambers for the Medicare vote, when I worked for Nick Smith. There were many strange things that night. But one of the weirdest was Wu’s behavior. David Broder reported (pdf) that a fellow member of the House described him as "almost catatonic."
But hey, why be able to read or explain a bill that he thinks is one of the most important ever, right?
H/T NWDigest.