Slime ball - or perhaps douche bag is a better term - Virginia GOP Congressman Eric Cantor continues to be an embarrassment to Virginia - if not the human race in general - and has made statements that no disaster relief funds to aid the victims of Hurricane Irene should be released unless and until budget cuts are made to pay for them. Cantor's photo ought to literally be in the dictionary next to the word hypocrite. Under the misrule of Chimperator Bush, Cantor so much as emitted a whisper in opposition to Bush/Cheney regimes gross deficit spending on the fool's errand in Iraq and the botched mission in Afghanistan. Yet now, Cantor wants to leave U.S. citizens who homes and businesses were ravaged by Hurricane Irene to fend for themselves. Apparently, the critical fact is that the recipients of such aid would be ordinary citizens and small business owners as opposed to government contractors like Halliburton which are raping and over charging the U.S. government and military. None of this is sitting well with GOP New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who is beyond pissed off at Cantor. Here are highlights from the New Jersey Examiner:
As New Jersey and several states along the East Coast continue to access the damage done in the wake of Hurricane Irene, Governor Chris Christie is taking exception with the latest move by Republicans in Washington, DC. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA7) stated on Wednesday that hurricane relief will be offset by other federal spending cuts. Essentially allowing politics to overtake common decency at a time when dollars and prices should not be over examined as millions suffer.
As Christie stated, after learning of the move by the Republicans leaders in Congress, “We don’t have time to wait for folks in Congress to figure out how they want to offset this stuff with other budget cuts. Our people are suffering now. They need support now. They can all get down there and get back to work and figure out the budget cuts later. But we need the support now in New Jersey. That’s not either a Republican or a Democratic issue.”
Christie was backed by U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), who also uttered, "If Republicans want to block disaster relief, they will feel the wrath of everyday people."
The rhetoric that has taken place in both Washington and Trenton should be put aside in times of need when people are no longer Democrats and Republicans, but Americans. One would hope that Republicans put aside their opposition to nothing but cuts to allow a little spending to save lives and repair several states. Chris Christie proved at least today that he is willing to put his state before his party. Others in the GOP might want to follow the man some in the party want to see run in 2012.
Cantor clearly cares about nothing other than his own self-promotion and kissing up to the nastiest elements of the Tea party. Folks in his district need to send Cantor his walking papers come November, 2012.
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