A Little Reality

February 4th, 2010

Betty Sutton Casgh For Clunkers

What about these headlines Sutton?

“To liberals, intentions are more significant than the outcomes they achieve.”
- Quinn’s Laws of Liberalism

The CARS ( Cash For Clunkers ) program created wonderful results for a very limited number of Americans.  The legislation also gave a boost to the name recognition of an inexperienced representative from Ohio’s 13th district.   In case anyone in OH-13 had missed all the press coverage given to CARS, Congresswoman Betty Sutton graciously (at your expense) produced a spectacular multi-page, full color mailing to proclaim her own greatness.

If you were to believe the “Look-At-Me” mailings from early 2009, you might think the congresswoman had single handedly rescued the American auto industry from the brink of total destruction.  The reality, of course, is drastically different.  Sutton’s Cash For Clunkers program was nothing more than a quick high.  America, as it turns out, was the big loser at the end of Sutton’s program.  According to numbers provided by the CARS website, the big winners were foreign auto makers.

The following visual representation of the CARS program was recently shared on Facebook.

Cash For Clunkers

Between July 1 and August 24, 2009, the federal government provided 677,081 rebates to individuals who traded in an older, inefficient vehicle for a new fuel efficient one. This diagram illustrates the countries from which vehicles were "cliunked" and the countries that built the cars for which they were traded. http://politicalmath.wordpress.com

Kill Babies? Yes We Can!

November 7th, 2009

Sutton says NAY to Stupak-Pitts

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Bety Sutton Votes To Allow Federal Funding For Abortion

Today, the House took another shot at Congressman Stupak’s call for a ban on abortion funding in the health reform bill. The Stupak-Pitts amendment was agreed to with a vote of 240-194. Among the yeas were sixty-four Democrats. Not among the sixty-four, Ohio Representative Betty Sutton.

“Any lawmaker who votes against the Stupak-Pitts Amendment is, in effect, voting in favor of establishing a federal government program that will directly fund abortion on demand, with federal funds.” D. Johnson, legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee

In moments like this we see that actions really do speak louder than words. Congresswoman Sutton had yet another chance to stand behind her August Tele-Town-Hall statements, but instead slapped OH-13 with another bold faced lie. Sutton’s vote on Stupak-Pitts demonstrates her deep seeded belief that life and law are of little importance. Listen to her words from August 26th.

Dems voting Yes include:

Altmire, Baca, Barrow, Berry, Bishop (GA), Boccieri, Boren, Bright, Cardoza, Carney, Chandler, Childers, Cooper, Costa, Costello, Cuellar, Dahlkemper, Davis (AL), Davis (TN), Donnelly (IN), Doyle, Driehaus, Ellsworth, Etheridge, Gordon (TN), Griffith, Hill, Holden, Kanjorski, Kaptur, Kildee, Langevin, Lipinski, Lynch, Marshall, Matheson, McIntyre, Melancon, Michaud, Mollohan, Murtha, Neal (MA), Oberstar, Obey, Ortiz, Perriello, Peterson, Pomeroy, Rahall, Reyes, Rodriguez, Ross, Salazar, Shuler, Skelton, Snyder, Space, Spratt, Stupak, Tanner, Taylor, Teague, Wilson (OH)

But it’s a jobs bill!

September 16th, 2009

Obama Admin: Cap And Trade Could Cost Families $1,761 A Year

read the story at: www.cbsnews.com

Ok, this makes me laugh a little.  When I called Sutton’s Washington office the evening of the Cap & Trade vote, the congresswoman’s staffer told me that numbers like these were highly inflated.  He even went as far as to suggest that such numbers were nothing more than lies from the bill’s opponents.  “In fact,” he said, “the congresswoman has looked at this carefully and believes it will only raise energy bills by less than a dollar per month.”

Oh, Betty, will you ever wake up and recognize that Ohio’s 13th isn’t in California?

DC Tea Party

September 12th, 2009

Congresswoman Sutton,

The people are coming!

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Betty Sutton, we are on our way.

From: summit912.com

Hundreds gathered at the 356th Fighter Group Friday evening to fill 7 busses bound for Washington DC.

The patio overlooking the runway of the Akron Canton Airport was packed with local patriots toting hand made signs. While waiting for the busses to arrive, they recited the Pledge of Allegiance, prayed and enjoyed a “Mini Tea Party”, complete with a short visit from Ben Franklin.

Residence from all over northeastern Ohio have chartered over 40 busses this weekend to be part of one of the largest protests in history. The lively crew leaving this evening not only represented Ohioans, but also people from Pennsylvania, Michigan, Colorado, Iowa and Oregon.

More images and the full article are available at summit912.com