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Debating points

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Speaking of Tuesday’s Congressional debate (see previous post): I know that the only way Republicans can win is by insulting the intelligence of the voters. It often works, and given their policies, they have no alternative. But isn’t there a limit? On more than one occasion during Tuesday’s debate, Sullivan lambasted Joe because, despite the […]

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Beware the “L” word

Thursday, October 9, 2008

There is a reason any politician should be a little gun shy about calling his opponent a liar. It’s almost an unwritten rule that you stay away from the “L” word (not “liberal”, this time). It’s a charge that’s awful hard to walk back, and if you can’t back it up you can make yourself […]

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Joe Courtney visits Groton

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Joe Courtney dropped by Groton headquarters to visit the troops a short while ago. Joe is that rare person-a politician who is also a genuinely nice guy.

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Congratulations to Joe Courtney

Sunday, October 5, 2008

Joe voted against the second bailout bill, for which he should be applauded. He was right on the merits with his first vote, and there was no logical reason for him to change his vote for the second bill, which by any measure important to a Democrat was worse than the first bill. Joe’s to […]

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Joe Courtney votes against the bailout

Monday, September 29, 2008

Anyone on Joe’s email list, which probably includes most of my readers, knows by now that Joe Courtney voted against the bailout, since he sent an email to announce his vote. You can verify it here, and yes, if you follow the link, the bailout legislation was attached to a bill: To Amend the Internal […]

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Courtney Fund Raiser

Sunday, September 21, 2008

A little diversion as we contemplate the prospect of Congress giving Henry Paulson, a creature of Wall Street, unfettered power to help out his Wall Street buddies. Our own Congressman, who it would be nice to hope would resist the pressure to back this Christmas present to the greedy, is having a fundraiser here in […]

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A follow-up for Sean, if I might

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Paul Choiniere has a column in the Day this morning about Sean Sullivan’s long shot candidacy in the Second District Congressional race. He summarizes Sean’s political philosophy: He feels government has grown well beyond the means of the average taxpayer to support it, that the ever-larger budget deficits are a major cause for concern. He […]

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Joe Courtney does us proud, Congress sells us out

Friday, June 20, 2008

We can be justly proud that our Congressman voted against Iraq war funding and against the outrageous FISA bill, as did all our Connecticut Democrats. It is unlikely that the Congress has ever surrendered so much power to a president in this nation’s history. They have made the most unpopular and no doubt worst president […]

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Open letter to Joe Courtney

Monday, June 16, 2008

Dear Joe: A few months ago you and most of the other freshmen Democrats took a courageous stand. You were among the most courageous, because it was not so clear then that the Democrat with the narrowest 2006 margin of victory would have such an easy time winning re-election. You voted to preserve the Constitution […]

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Joe Courtney endorses Obama

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Joe Courtney endorsed Obama today. I suppose we can argue about timing, but better late than never, and better now than later. After yesterday, it seems likely that Hillary will die the death of a thousand cuts, as the remaining superdelegates announce overwhelmingly for Obama. Here’s Joe’s Announcement in full. It’s especially good that he […]

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