Once again proving that she is the Double-talking Champion of West Virginia, Bush Republican Rep. Shelley Moore Capito is accusing a Democrat of doing what she does. In psychological terms it's known as "projection." In Capito's case it's politics as usual from her.
From an email:
Capito's Playbook: Say One Thing in West Virginia; Do Another In Washington
Charleston - Shelley Moore Capito lambasted a Democratic candidate today for the very behavior that she practices. In a Charleston Daily Mail article published today, Capito said "What disturbs me most is he'll say one thing in front of an audience in one area and say something else in a different area."
I just want to interrupt here and point out what I've said all along: Capito's faux "civility caucus" was a political ploy. Time after time she's proven she'll say anything atrocious about her opponents, including accusing supporters of a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq as aiding the enemy. Of course, now that the Bush administration has agreed to a timeline for withdrawal from Iraq she's silent. She owes the people who were right on the Iraq war issue a deep apology for her uncivil remarks and she needs to stop lying, a very uncivil behavior that she engages in time after time. Capito is as "civil" as she is "independent."
Back to the email:
"Shelley Moore Capito has an established track record of saying one thing in West
Virginia and doing another in Washington," said Talley Sergent, spokesperson for the Anne Barth for Congress campaign. "On being an independent voice, on energy, on Social Security, on the minimum wage, on nearly every issue, Mrs. Capito will say anything to get elected.
"As Senator Moynihan once said, you are entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts, and the fact is that Shelley Moore Capito is not being straight with the people of the Second District," Sergent said.
ON BEING AN INDEPENDENT VOICE:
In West Virginia:
"I'm proud of my proven record as an independent voice for West
Virginia." - Shelley Moore Capito (www.statejournal.com accessed 09/24/08)
In Washington:
According to Congressional Quarterly's voting studies, Capito votes with George Bush nearly 4 out of 5 times (76.2 percent) and with the national Republican party 88 percent of the time. [CQ Member profiles, accessed 09/06/08]
ON ENERGY:
In West Virginia: "If we wait until a new president is in office, then it will be eight or nine months at the earliest (before a policy is in place)," she said. "That's the philosophy that got us here in the first place. We should have had these conversations years ago instead of having them now." - Shelley Moore Capito to The InterMountain [08/18/08]
In Washington: On September 16, Capito voted against taking immediate action to tackle America's energy crisis. Capito voted against a bill that had millions of dollars for clean coal technology, coal-to-liquid research, and would open up the Outer Continental Shelf to drilling. [Congressional Quarterly Member Profile, accessed 09/24/08]
ON SOCIAL SECURITY:
In West Virginia: "I am committed to finding ways to strengthen and preserve Social Security." - Shelley Moore Capito, 03/04/05 (www.house.gov/capito, accessed
09/24/08)
In Washington:
In 2005, when Capito had the opportunity to vote to protect Social Security from privatization once and for all, she said - "no." (H Con Res 95, Vote # 78, 03/06/05)
ON THE MINIMUM WAGE:
In West Virginia: "From protecting the promised health benefits to retired miners, to working to ensure all mines have the best available safety equipment, to increasing the minimum wage to ensure that no one who works a full time job has to live in poverty; today's legislation benefits workers and communities across the Mountain State." - Shelley Moore Capito, 7/30/06 (www.bluefieldnews.net accessed 09/24/08)
In Washington:
Shelley Moore Capito has voted NINE times against raising the minimum wage since 2005, before she finally voted for it. (1) HR 2206, Vote #333, 5/10/07; (2) HR 1591, Vote #265, 4/24/07; (3) HR 1591, Vote #186, 3/23/07; (4) HR 5970, Vote # 425, 7/29/06; (5) HR 5970, Vote # 424, 7/29/06; (6) HR 2990, Vote #364, 7/12/06; (7) HR 4411, Vote # 360, 7/1/06; (8) HR 5672, Vote #319, 6/27/06; (9) HR 5638, Vote # 308, 6/22/06
Time for me to break this out again.
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