I loves me a good “before and after” when it comes our illustrious elected officials swine. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)–who must just hate the fact that no one would ever elect someone named “White House” to be president and live in the… oh, never mind. He had this to say on December 21:
The lowest of the low was the Republican vote against funding and supporting our troops in the field in a time of war. As a device to stall health care, they tried to stop the appropriation of funds for our soldiers. There is no excuse for that. From that there is no return.
Problem is, he got pretty “low” himself two years ago. Legal Insurrection did some leg work and found this:
In May 2007, Whitehouse was only one of 14 Senators to vote against the Iraq war funding supplemental to support the troop surge, at a time our troops were fighting al-Qaeda in the field in a time of war. Whitehouse also was one of 10 co-sponsors of a bill to cut off funding for the troops in Iraq unless troop withdrawals started within 120 days.
What a forgetful little Casablanca.
Before he slammed Republicans for voting against troop funding last month (Which practically NO ONE denies was a gimmick to pass the health care bill, just sayin’), and before he voted against funding the troops in 2007, he played yet another angle in May 2006. According to OnTheIssues.com:
The bravery of our troops-so many from Rhode Island-has been extraordinary. But we cannot let their continued presence on the ground become the source of more security problems than they solve. We need to responsibly extricate ourselves from Iraq. And we need to resolve that never again will American troops go to battle without the body armor and protection they deserve. It’s not a parent’s job to outfit America’s soldiers. That’s what the President and Congress are supposed to do.
News flash Sheldon. You are Congress.
Wait…..it’s not THAT Sheldon?
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Clueless as always, and these same simpletons get re-elected every year.
Except perhaps this year……..
Courtesy of the IMDb:
Harry Burns: With whom did you have this great sex?
Sally Albright: I’m not going to tell you that.
Harry Burns: Fine, don’t tell me.
Sally Albright: Shel Gordon.
Harry Burns: Shel? Sheldon? No, no, you did not have great sex with Sheldon.
Sally Albright: I did too.
Harry Burns: No you didn’t. A Sheldon can do your income taxes, if you need a root canal, Sheldon’s your man… but humpin’ and pumpin’ is not Sheldon’s strong suit. It’s the name. ‘Do it to me Sheldon, you’re an animal Sheldon, ride me big Shel-don.’ Doesn’t work.
“no one would ever elect someone named “White House” to be president and live in the…”
Well that WOULD be terribly confusing and probably would result in someone hitting The Big Red Button by mistake. That’s how these things happen.
Now, THIS piece is a nice, neat example of hypocrisy. Democrat says the Rethuglicans were voting down money for the troops. Turns out he was doing exactly that his own self. Clear, straightforward, documented.
Like Sgt. Friday always used to tell me: ‘Just the facts, ma’am.’ Though why he kept calling me ‘ma’am’ I’ll never know.
Off subject, but not really…
Just a friendly reminder for everyone to remember that John Kerry WAAAAAY back saying he voted for troop funding before he voted against it. His NO vote was a protest against the war. I’m still waiting for his severed head to roll through my town… I owe it a kick or forty… I have boots just for the occasion.
And these examples of hypocrisies are just from the spotlight whores who can’t keep their mouths shut. Imagine how many Congressmen simply labor within the shadows and wreak havoc that evades headlines. THOSE are the types that really need to go.
LOVE the news about Pelos(k)i taking a dig at nObama. This is like watching a snake and a GIANT spider fight to the death: no matter what, someone’s gonna end up wounded and that’ll make the exterminator’s job that much easier.
“these same simpletons get re-elected every year”
Well, we’re talking RI (Providence) politics here. It’s pretty much as corrupt as New Jersey, only a lot smaller. You gotta understand – and believe me, I KNOW – these pols are not so much ‘elected’ as they are ‘installed’.
Holy eff. I think he’s pretty confused about which side he’s on. Or what issues he’s supporting. I can’t believe someone like him is working for the government. Sad. Just sad.
Dickheads are always confused.
and yet people keep re-electing idiots like this. I bet if they actually read stuff about their Congressmen and Senators they actually may vote based on what kind of person they are. Then again, that would mean that they actually care.
I like the SNL sketch that has the Kerry-Bush debates. Kerry says “When talking to those that support the war, I support the war. When talking to those that oppose the war, I oppose the war. That’s not flip-flopping, that’s pandering.”
That’s not a picture of the senator is it? And who else beside me knew that was a Shazam! shirt?
Alright so I’m an idiot.
@MisterSnitch — The “tips” e-mail is upward and to the right. And if you want to try your hand, we accept guest submissions.
Really?! Guest submissions?! Ooooh baby!
Being from RI we refer to him as Wheldon Shitehouse (thank Buddy Cianci), I can not stand this man! He only won because there were 3 parties running for that seat and the indie Chaffee stole the Repub votes.
Why on earth is it a picture of Sheldon from “Big Bang Theory?” I was so hoping he’d been busted wit a hooker!