Is it too weird, dear friends? Well, it’s getting there.
Rep. Clay Shaw, who helped Shrub hand enormous amounts of money to the drug companies with the prescription drug bill, thus screwing many of his South Florida constituents, is now touting his coöperation with — wait for it — Bill Clinton. Apparently he considers his relationship with the dread pirate Clinton will boost his chances in next week’s election.
“The greatest moments of the Clinton years came when Democrats and Republicans worked together,” the ad said. “Like welfare reform… Signed by Bill Clinton and written by our congressman, Clay Shaw.”The ad went on to cite Shaw’s work with Clinton to repeal the earnings tax on Social Security and the bill to restore the Everglades. “More than almost anyone else in Congress, Clay Shaw solves problems across party lines,” the ad concludes. “So as Palm Beach County welcomes Bill Clinton to town, let’s say ‘thank you’ to Clay Shaw. He’s independent and effective.”
Republican Clay Shaw and Democrat Bill Clinton; they’re like this! (Shaw did vote against all four articles of impeachment, after all…)
Given the harm "welfare reform" did to poor people, I've no doubt a Republican did write the stuff.
Posted by: Martha Bridegam on November 2, 2006 12:22 AMI agree. Clinton was the classic DLC Democrat — a Democrat In Name Only. As far as I can see, the only thing he spent political capital on was NAFTA, a purely Republican bill that screwed the traditional Democratic constituencies.
He claimed to be a Democrat, but acted as if he were a Republican. This he called the Third Way: acting like a Republican but claiming to be a Democrat. It's this sort of dishonesty that has left me voting for Greens the last four Presidential elections in a row. Give me an FDR Democrat and I'll vote for that person; give me a Republican calling him/herself a Democrat, and I'll vote Green.
Posted by: Chuck Dupree (Belisarius0 on November 2, 2006 4:27 AMIt seems that cozying up to the Clintons is in style these days. I've heard that Santorum is running ads saying that he's worked with Hillary. Can this be true?
Posted by: Lucy on November 2, 2006 9:59 PM