Christopher Shays

Republican Christopher Shays said today on NPR’s “All Things Considered” that he was defeated in his Connecticut Senatorial re-election bid because Democrats linked him to George Bush, “…even though I only voted with him 50% of the time.”

Oh really? That statement invites a lot of questions. Mr. Shays, did you vote with him only 50% of the time because you knew that your party’s legislative control would carry the vote without you? For which issues and bills DID you vote with him?

And even more importantly, when George Bush insisted on the Iraqi invasion, where were you and your party providing oversight and demanding due process? When George Bush was encouraging bills eroding Constitutional freedoms, where were you and your party insisting on moderation? The people trusted you and your party to actively govern your Republican president, but you chose to get down on you knees before him like a crack whore at 3 A.M.
Even in defeat, Mr. Shays, you are blind to the reason you and your party have been swept out of office: NO New England Senatorial seats are held by Republicans, and damn few in the state of New York. Yet you blame the Democrats. How very sad.