Sweet Sweetland’s half-ass song
Every now and then, I have to throw in an obscure movie reference in the title of a post…
Even longtime observers of Randy Kuhl’s contortions and distortions about Iraq will be impressed with Republican candidate Dale Sweetland’s (the frontrunner fo the Republican nomination in NY-25) lack of candor about Iraq-related issues:
Sweetland, then chairman of the Legislature, was absent when it voted 12-6 along party lines in 2002 to indefinitely table the anti-war resolution.
“It was one of the very rare times I missed a (Legislature) session,” Sweetland said Friday. “As far as I know, I was ill or out of town for my regular job.”
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On April 3, at a news conference outside his Fabius home, Sweetland said, “The war in Iraq is a shame. If I had been in Congress at the time, I probably wouldn’t have voted to go to Iraq.”
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The House also voted to expand educational benefits for returning G.I.s by increasing taxes on individuals with income over $500,000.
Sweetland declined to say specifically if he supports the House bill.
He said he’d like to see U.S. troops pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, but said a withdrawal realistically can’t be quickly accomplished.
“If somehow people think the way to force the withdrawal is to not fund supplies and equipment to the troops, that’s the wrong thing to do,” Sweetland said.
I guess this is what Republicans call “straight talk”. Most voters have another word for it.
best. title. ever.
Thanks.
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