One thing I learned after hearing my area's Taliban congressman, Pete Sessions, is that he claims to be a fiscal conservative, but his record indicates otherwise.
I don't know what his definition of a fiscal conservative is, but contrary to the claims Sessions makes in his taxpayer-supported web site and his most recent mailer (sent through his taxpayer-supported franking privilege), Sessions is one of those most responsible for turning what was a $150 billion budget surplus under Bill Clinton to a massive deficit after eight years of a Supreme Court-imposed Republican administration backed by six years of Republican-controlled Congresses.
If you see any of his materials, and especially his glossy mailer sent to his constituents (which I received), he must be hoping we'll have a collective case of memory loss and re-elect him anyway despite his irresponsible spending record.
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Sessions spends a good part of his web site (see this post, for example) trying to portray Democrats as economic villains, but does he really think his old dog will continue to hunt when he is confronted by realities America is now confronted with thanks to his irresponsible votes for the budget-busting Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest 1 percent and his opposition to things that really do average Americans good, like unemployment benefits.
Rachel Maddow did an excellent job of torpedoing the economic policies of Republicans like Sessions through this piece from last week and the claims of Sessions and other Republicans like him that they're fiscally responsible conservatives (Here's the link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/...
After watching it, I sure hope Grier Raggio uses this to put Sessions on the defensive and at a loss of words since the facts don't support his claims-- and those of Republicans like him.
Here's the link to Raggio's web site: http://www.raggioforcongress.com