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DEL.ICIO.USWestmoreland: We got what we deserved
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Libertarian blogger Jason Pye snagged an interview with U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Sharpsburg) today. Here’s the link.
As usual, Westmoreland - often mentioned as a gubernatorial possibility in 2010 - was chockfull of quotes. To wit:
— “The Republican party in Washington got exactly what they deserved. We had abandoned any type of leadership that we had. We were controlling the money and it was being spent hand over fist. We failed to deal with the immigration issue. We failed to deal with the fair tax. We kind of abandoned our authority. The shame of it is that we got what we deserved, but the American people did not get what they deserved.”
— On Dennis Hastert, the former U.S. Speaker of the House: ”One of the nicest people I’ve ever met, but I think he was the weak link in the leadership.”
On gun control in the nation’s capital: “You got a better chance of being killed in D.C. than you do Iraq.”
— On presidential preferences, Westmoreland said he was a fan of Fred Thompson, the former senator from Tennessee, and that he isn’t fond of Rudy Giuliani, John McCain or Mitt Romney.
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By Bull Moose
March 25, 2007 1:02 AM | Link to this
Dear Lord is Lynn Westmoreland relevant? Honestly? As one of Tom DeLay’s biggest defenders in Washington, DC as a freshman, Westmoreland is now attacking the same system he defended.
By Get Up Kid
March 25, 2007 1:34 AM | Link to this
Bull Moose, do you actually ever take the time to get educated before you spout off or do you make this crap up as you go along?
By Sam Sludge
March 25, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this
Lynn, we’re still laughing at your interview on the Colbert Report last year when you admitted being the “do-nothingest congresman” in the Capitol. I never thought anyone could be worse than Sunshine Perdue as Governor, but I do believe you just might be. God help us Jawjans!