March 29, 2009
N.C. Democratic Senator: Obama's Budget "Completely Unsustainable and Unacceptable."
North Carolina 's junior senator Kay Hagan defeated incumbent Elizabeth Dole in November, riding a Democratic wave that saw Barack Obama win in a normally "red" state.
That hasn't kept Hagan, who now holds Jesse Helms' old seat, from lashing out at the big government bloat of one of the most incompetent Administrations in American history.*
From WRAL:
"e;I agree with a number of ideas in President Obama's budget, but I was particularly concerned about the deficit spending in his proposal," Hagan said in a speech at the North Carolina Associated Press Broadcast annual meeting at Elon University. "It's completely unsustainable and unacceptable."Her decision to renounce some of the popular president's ideas comes as a striking contrast to her campaign last year, when she cozied to his mantra of change as North Carolina voters swept both into office. It underscores her eagerness to depart from the big-government plans of her party even as she tries to influence legislation as a backbencher in Washington's upper chamber.
The Democratic lawmaker who took office on Capitol Hill just three months ago said she has been working with colleagues to cut the growth in non-defense spending from 12 percent in Obama's budget to 6 percent. The former state Senate budget writer said politicians right now need to discourage spending that does not create jobs or improve the economy.
Remember, folks—this is from a Democrat who used Obama's surging popularity to get into office; she's now distancing herself from him as much as she can within the party, and just after a little more than two months into Obama's Presidency.
* William Henry Harrison died of pneumonia on his 32nd day in office. That's worse, I guess, though it might be interesting to see what Harrison accomplished in 32 days versus Obama.
Harrison was replaced by John Tyler, the Joe Biden of his generation, who is generally referred to one of the worst Presidents in American history and was deemed "His Accidency" by his many critics.
Gives me hope! I hope she is strong enough to stick to her guns in this matter....
Posted by: Minorcan Maven at March 29, 2009 02:13 PMP.S. And I hope it inspires INSURRECTION throughout the Democratic ranks!
Posted by: Minorcan Maven at March 29, 2009 02:17 PMSenator Dole voted against the "stimulus" bill, Sen. Hagain voted for the pork bill from Obama, this woman will not help America, she is just responding to all of the negative mail we folks in coastal North Carolina are sending her every single day.
Hagin is a good ole water moccasin. Just like her boss Obama they eat their young.
Posted by: duncan at March 29, 2009 05:07 PMThis will be corrected next week. The DNC ran short of symbiotes and had to reschedule her implantation.
Posted by: PA at March 30, 2009 12:58 AMNow only if she will put her money where her mouth is.
Posted by: Picric at March 30, 2009 04:13 PMHagen has been a reliable, liberal vote for Obama so far. She voted for the "Spend-us-Silly" bill. She is currently just giving herself cover; like other dems from "red states". She talks about how the budget is too big and then Bayh, Conrad, and her will announce a breakthrough in budget talks. A deal that will cut maybe .5% from the budget and she and the others will vote for it. The MSM will talk about she helped reign the budget in, and she can look like a moderate.
Posted by: jbw at March 31, 2009 10:41 AMHagen has been a reliable, liberal vote for Obama so far. She voted for the "Spend-us-Silly" bill. She is currently just giving herself cover; like other dems from "red states". She talks about how the budget is too big and then Bayh, Conrad, and her will announce a breakthrough in budget talks. A deal that will cut maybe .5% from the budget and she and the others will vote for it. The MSM will talk about she helped reign the budget in, and she can look like a moderate.
Posted by: jbw at March 31, 2009 10:59 AMRats deserting a sinking ship are STILL rats...
Posted by: Tom Wolff at April 2, 2009 03:34 AM
