Mo GOP Washingon delegation blasts Steelman’s anti-Hulshof ad
As my colleague Tony Messenger blogged earlier, state Treasurer Sarah Steelman has launched a tough ad against fellow Republican Kenny Hulshof, a congressman from Columbia, over the spending bills he’s supported in the U.S. House.
This afternoon, Missouri’s five other Republicans in Washington came to Hulshof’s defense. Here’s the joint statement from U.S. Senator Christopher “Kit” Bond, and U.S. Reps. Todd Akin, Roy Blunt, Sam Graves and Jo Ann Emerson:
“It is disappointing that our fellow Republican, Sarah Steelman, would attack the good work of Missouri’s Republican representatives in Washington, D.C. It is not helpful to take votes out of context, distort interest group ratings and cast aspersions on our motives at a time when we, along with Kenny Hulshof, are doing everything possible to thwart the extreme agendas of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
“Here are the facts. Kenny Hulshof has a 95% rating from the Americans for Tax Reform, a 95% lifetime rating from the US Chamber of Commerce, a 94% rating from Eagle Forum and an 89% lifetime rating from the American Conservative Union. Suggesting that Kenny Hulshof is anything but an effective and committed conservative leader is wrong, misleading and a disservice to voters.
“The people of Missouri deserve better.”
Steelman spokesman Spence Jackson replied that she’s standing by the ad that he said targets Hulshof’s “wasteful, pork barrel spending.”
Obviously these other bloggers are all political acolytes and their attitudes are what is spelling the death of the Republican party. Everyone knows that Washington D.C. is broken. There is a culture of corruption fed by earmarks, pork barrell spending, and the cowardice of our congressmen, including Kenny Hulshof. Sarah Steelman is being treated like evey republican who has tried to return the party to its beliefs. Kit Bond, and his retinue, acted the same way to John McCain, before he won, and Jeff Flake, the couragous congressman who, unlike get along go along Kenny, offered amendments to remove wasteful earmarks, and Tom Coburn, the conservative Senator from Oklahoma. Either Sarah Steelman will win the primary and send Congress a message, or we will continue to spend and spend and spend until gasoline is $8.00 a gallon, nobody can afford a gallon of milk, and the only people with money will be the lobbyists and lawyers