Brit Hume .. and at the Corner! Greg Pollowitz .. and And Jonah Goldberg .. in your first link too .. all using Sandy against Obama ..
of course of the other side with Christie saying Obama has been great .. the Red Cross, 'Mitt Romney is getting in the way'.. much more in your first link i just wanted to arrange some of the cast in the open ..
who was the lady a long time ago who said the gloves would be coming off?
Steve King: Hurricane Sandy Aid Must Have Strings Attached To Avoid Waste On 'Gucci Bags'
By Elise Foley Posted: 10/31/2012 2:32 am EDT Updated: 10/31/2012 8:25 pm EDT
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said on Tuesday that federal aid for people impacted by Hurricane Sandy should be approved only with a specific spending plan in place so funds are not used for "Gucci bags and massage parlors," like after Hurricane Katrina.
"I want to get them the resources that are necessary to lift them out of this water and the sand and the ashes and the death that's over there in the East Coast and especially in the Northeast," King said during a Tuesday evening debate in Mason City, Iowa.
"But not one big shot to just open up the checkbook, because they spent it on Gucci bags and massage parlors and everything you can think of in addition to what was necessary," he said later, referring to Hurricane Katrina.
King currently leads Vilsack by four points, according to [ http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/house-outlook#IA-4 ] a HuffPost Pollster estimate, but he has garnered the attention of national groups looking to oust him based on his often far-right positions.
The congressman, who is running for his sixth term, was outspoken about -- among other things -- the need to pay for any spending on disaster relief, an issue he has dealt with before. In 2005, he voted against a bill to help Hurricane Katrina victims because he said it cost too much at $51.8 billion. King was one of only 11 members of Congress to oppose the bill.
"I said that there will be all kinds of wasted funds," he said during [ http://www.iptv.org/iowapress/story.cfm/story/9986/ipd_20121025_103 ] an Oct. 23 debate with Vilsack, which aired on Iowa Public Television. "There’s no plan to spend it. I got beaten up on by many of the newspapers around, but I stood on that and I said it’s a principled vote and it will be easier to defend every day."
King said on Tuesday that some of his critics over that vote have since come around. "Sometimes you have to take lumps, but you have to do the right thing," he said.
King also said he would take a similar approach this time around and stand against efforts to "just throw a dart at the dartboard and say" what funding is needed to deal with Sandy's impact on the East Coast.
Vilsack called King's comments "heartless" and "extreme."
"In Iowa, we take care of people," she said. "That's all I think I need to say."
Both candidates were asked if they would pledge to donate some or all of their remaining campaign advertising funds to those affected by the storm. Vilsack said her money is already spent, but King said he might consider it.
"The first thing I thought was yes and the second thing was, I should ask my donors, because they're really the people who have contributed that money," he said. "So I don't think I can answer that unless I do. My instinct would be, why not pull the plug on it right now? But I don't think that's going to happen and I would have to go to my donors before I could say completely yes."
UPDATE: 8:15 p.m. -- New Jersey Assemblywoman Connie Wagner, a Democrat, responded on Wednesday to King's comments, saying maybe he should see the aftermath of the storm in person before making such remarks.
"One of the first thoughts that came to my mind was 'well then we won't help Iowa either!'" Wagner said in an email to HuffPost. "Iowa has floods, tornadoes, and drought, all these disasters are aided by the federal government on a more regular basis than hurricanes in New Jersey. But no Mr. King, these are the United States and it is our job to help each other when faced with devastating natural events."
"Your views are so out of step with what our country should be doing I can't believe you were elected once let alone are able to run for re-election," she added.
She concluded that "for Iowa's sake" she hopes Vilsack will win the election last week.
2nd link excerpt: After Romney’s laughable relief event Tuesday, reporters swarmed him to ask if he still favors sending FEMA funding and responsibility back to the states. From the Romney pool report:
“Gov are you going to eliminate FEMA?” a print pooler shouted, receiving no response.
Wires reporters asked more questions about FEMA that were ignored.
Romney kept coming over near pool to pick up more water. He ignored these questions:
“Gov are you going to see some storm damage?”
“Gov has [New Jersey Gov.] Chris Christie invited you to come survey storm damage?”
“Gov you’ve been asked 14 times, why are you refusing to answer the question?”
Romney won’t answer because he can’t. We saw him pivot to the center, to become the white Barack Obama, in the three debates, as he realized his unpopular policies and his contempt for 47 percent of the country was dooming his presidential bid. He’s got no standing now to talk about how he’d handle this disaster. The heroes of Sandy, so far, are the first responders, the cops and firefighters and emergency technicians, the folks evacuating patients from hospitals and trapped citizens from flooding. These are the people who’ve been demonized by Republicans for the last two years: the public workers who have become the new “welfare queens.” When Obama pushed a jobs bill that would have helped states and cities avoid laying off such workers, GOP Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell derided it as a “bailout,” and Paul Ryan, of course, voted against it.
To top it all off, George W. Bush’s laughable FEMA director, “Heck of a job, Brownie” Michael Brown.......
all know of Brownie's 'too fast reaction to Sandy' comments .. 'too slow .. too fast' .. Republican's sing of about everything .. wonder if it's because the males of the chorus have heard it in bed from wives for so long ..chuckle ..
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