Democrats, signs, and hoisting on petards.

You get the feeling that possibly Democratic politicians are starting to get nervous about November: they’re starting to advertise anywhere that they can.  Third Base Politics has the saga of Mary Jo Kilroy (D, OH-15), who put up a big honking sign at her HQ, then had to bring it back down for a zoning violation.  Kilroy, of course, is the Congresswoman currently trying to lie about being an anti-TARP warrior; I’m noting this latest mistake by her campaign for three reasons.

  1. It reminds me of the saga of Alan Grayson (D, FL-08), who has likewise gone the route of the Really, Really Visible Sign in order to hide a deep-seated insecurity about the rapidly-approaching November elections (Cook rates both seats as Toss-Ups).
  2. There’s something deeply entertaining about watching advocates of more and bigger government get caught in red tape and onerous regulations (it’s always onerous when it happens to you).
  3. Ironically, it’s not like big signs will even help.  The problem isn’t lack of name recognition; the problem is too much recognition of the ‘D’ after their names.

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The Mary Jo Kilroy (D, OH-15) Timeline of Lies.

Since Mary Jo Kilroy (D, OH-15) is apparently unclear about this entire causality thing, allow me to remind her of her recent history.

  • October 3, 2008.  HR 1424 (TARP) is passed in the House.
  • November4, 2008.  Mary Jo Kilroy is elected to Congress.
  • January 3, 2009.  Kilroy is sworn in as Congresswoman.
  • January 21, 2009.  HR 384 (TARP Reform and Accountability Act) is passed in the House.  Kilroy votes for the bill, and thus preserving TARP.
  • January 22, 2009.  (via Third Base Politics) A ‘resolution of disapproval‘ of releasing more funds to TARP is passed in the House.  Kilroy does vote for this; however, this is after the Senate version was defeated, thus making it what CQ accurately called a ‘hollow gesture.’
  • December 11, 2009.  HR 4173 (The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009) is passed in the House; a motion to recommit is defeated.  Kilroy votes for the bill and against the recommit, and thus preserving TARP.
  • June 17, 2010.  Video surfaces at the Jawa Report showing Kilroy claiming that she voted against TARP.

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