Dan Burton (R-IN) is an embarrassment
Rep. Dan Burton is a joke.
I have a history with Burton. I used to live in his district.
After Katrina, I wrote to him in good faith, asking that something be done to help the people and address the profound suffering in Louisiana in the aftermath of the levee breach in NOLA. In response, I received one letter from the man, thanking me for 'supporting the war on terror.' Seriously. I showed it to my husband and we both burst out laughing.
After that, his staff would no longer take my calls at the Washington office (apparently they had put me on some 'libral list;') and when I would call his Indy office, his aides there never seemed to know what I was talking about when I asked about particular bills being debated on the House floor. I never received another letter in response to any question.
Until Dan Burton, I had never dealt with a partisan representative. After my continued experiences writing to Senator Lugar, (who always, always responds to every question, and writes thoughtful letters that directly address my questions,) I have gotten over my own partisan reaction to Dan Burton. In fact, Senator Lugar has done more to remind me that there are still good representatives working both sides of the aisles than anyone else, of either party. Senator Lugar cares.
But Burton is a piece of work. He is a little carbon-copy of Bush; he represents those who think exactly like he does, those who are rich and 'better' than the rest of us, and he is apparently fueled by hate and partisan anger. More than anything, Dan represents his lobbyists. The Dan Burtons of the world have stolen our 'government of the people,' and turned it into a corpocrisy.
Fortunately, in the right hands (with Hardball's guest host David Schuster calling him on his stupid remarks) the real Dan Burton has been exposed for all to see. In this interview, he comes off as a partisan wacko, completely obsessed with Bill Clinton... and I had to laugh, because I finally realized that 'not receiving good representation from Dan Burton' was a bit like not finding water in a sand dune. It was never going to happen.
Both Burton and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz were asked to comment on the Scooter Skate, and all Burton could talk about was Bill Clinton. He is absolutely obsessed with Bill Clinton. Interviews are, like, so hard for neocons when reason enters the discussion.
(But the Clintons did it! Waah! Its about the Clintons! blink blink Can't you see the connection? blink blink blink The Clintons did it! Waah!)
I have a history with Burton. I used to live in his district.
After Katrina, I wrote to him in good faith, asking that something be done to help the people and address the profound suffering in Louisiana in the aftermath of the levee breach in NOLA. In response, I received one letter from the man, thanking me for 'supporting the war on terror.' Seriously. I showed it to my husband and we both burst out laughing.
After that, his staff would no longer take my calls at the Washington office (apparently they had put me on some 'libral list;') and when I would call his Indy office, his aides there never seemed to know what I was talking about when I asked about particular bills being debated on the House floor. I never received another letter in response to any question.
Until Dan Burton, I had never dealt with a partisan representative. After my continued experiences writing to Senator Lugar, (who always, always responds to every question, and writes thoughtful letters that directly address my questions,) I have gotten over my own partisan reaction to Dan Burton. In fact, Senator Lugar has done more to remind me that there are still good representatives working both sides of the aisles than anyone else, of either party. Senator Lugar cares.
But Burton is a piece of work. He is a little carbon-copy of Bush; he represents those who think exactly like he does, those who are rich and 'better' than the rest of us, and he is apparently fueled by hate and partisan anger. More than anything, Dan represents his lobbyists. The Dan Burtons of the world have stolen our 'government of the people,' and turned it into a corpocrisy.
Fortunately, in the right hands (with Hardball's guest host David Schuster calling him on his stupid remarks) the real Dan Burton has been exposed for all to see. In this interview, he comes off as a partisan wacko, completely obsessed with Bill Clinton... and I had to laugh, because I finally realized that 'not receiving good representation from Dan Burton' was a bit like not finding water in a sand dune. It was never going to happen.
Both Burton and Debbie Wasserman-Schultz were asked to comment on the Scooter Skate, and all Burton could talk about was Bill Clinton. He is absolutely obsessed with Bill Clinton. Interviews are, like, so hard for neocons when reason enters the discussion.
(But the Clintons did it! Waah! Its about the Clintons! blink blink Can't you see the connection? blink blink blink The Clintons did it! Waah!)
Labels: Dan Burton, David Schuster, Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Hardball
posted by Maire | 7/08/2007 05:24:00 PM
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