Build-a-Congressman
Chubby Rob Bishop, Utah's First District congressman/sweater model, is so cute and amiable who wouldn't want to own him?But you'd better hurry because shares in Rep. Rob are going fast. EnergySolutions already owns a full third of the congressman.
The Tribune's Matt Canham reports the Utah-based hazardous waste company has given Bishop nearly $25,000 since April. Bishop's opponent, Democrat Morgan Bowen, points out the obvious:
He's not the people of the First District's congressman. He's EnergySolutions'.And Rep. Rob is a handy appliance, indeed, for for a corporation that is fighting a bill in Congress that would block its attempt to import foreign radioactive waste to its dump in Tooele County.
Not that incumbent Bishop needs the money. The DNews reports that he used $30,000 in taxpayers cash to send out information mailers that amount to campaign brochures.
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I heard on the radio the other day that Bishop was out in front of the federal building protesting about drilling bans, claiming that it was "hurting the poor" and that regular joes like him, who have to live on a budget, were in favor of driling here there and everywhere. I laughed out loud, thinking that this is really rich, if you'll pardon the pun. Here is someone who has never met a billionaire he wouldn't suck up to, who has voted in lockstep with every possible measure that will benefit the rich and hurt the poor, claiming to be a "man of the people." It just goes to show that the hypocrisy of the Repuglicans, at all levels, knows no bounds. Greed and fear, the basis of the Republican party.
Anyone who saw Rob Bishop on the floor of the House yesterday berating the liberals from Kennedy-ville over the "wild and scenic" river issue has only to conclude that Rob Bishop is not just a funny, "chubby," guy - but also an articluate statesman not afraid to shred the left-wingers.
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