The Southern Highland Reader

NATIONAL–This one goes back a few days, but Andrea Verykoukis at the Progressive Pulse blog had choice words for 11th District Congressman Heath Shuler after Shuler voted against the current administration’s stimulus package. Verykoukis went heavy on the football terminology, so why shouldn’t we follow her lead (block)?

She argued that Shuler’s point that he voted with the wishes of his “conservative district” was a little watery, and she went on to quote the Asheville Citizen-Times when it begged to differ — although the paper somehow avoided criticizing Shuler by name.

Here’s a quote from Verykoukis:

Is this guy for real? He’s a Democrat, for God’s sake, and he’s been in Washington for the past two years, and he’s really going to try to pretend the GOP hasn’t been spending like drunken sailors? He’s going to get fiscally responsible with the party that has spent $3 trillion on unnecessary wars and tax breaks for the wealthy that, I might add, most assuredly did not help anyone? Seriously?

Read the whole piece here.

Meanwhile … Shuler’s vote is a hot topic of discussion at MountainXpress.

Tags: Asheville, congressman heath shuler, heath shuler, NC Policy Watch, North Carolina, Progressive Pulse

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