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Title: Washington Examiner: 'Upton is wrong choice for Energy and Commerce'
Post by: Chris_ on November 09, 2010, 08:28:33 PM
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Examiner Editorial: Upton is wrong choice for Energy and Commerce
Examiner Editorial
November 8, 2010


If nothing else, Michigan Republican Rep. Fred Upton has a lot of nerve to campaign to succeed California Democratic Rep. Henry Waxman as chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Upton is wholly unsuitable for the job, as a stroll down Memory Lane quickly reminds us.

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At a time when creating millions of new jobs is essential if we are to get the economy growing, House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner should do whatever is necessary to ensure that a genuine conservative become chairman of the committee. This committee will have oversight authority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which President Obama hopes to use to impose a cap-and-trade energy policy despite the fact that it failed to gain congressional approval because of fierce public opposition. Upton's claims of being a Reaganite notwithstanding, there is nothing in his voting record to suggest he would be an aggressive opponent of Obama's plan to impose cap-and-trade through regulation.

Maybe that's why Upton appears to be the Democrats' favorite Republican to succeed Waxman.  Boehner should make sure they get no such opportunity.
Washington Examier (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Upton-is-wrong-choice-for-Energy-and-Commerce-1501156-106920973.html#ixzz14nLZwcLR)

Go read the snipped part at the link.  If Elanor Clift approves of this guy, I wouldn't let him within 50 yards of a chairmanship.
Title: Re: Washington Examiner: 'Upton is wrong choice for Energy and Commerce'
Post by: thundley4 on November 09, 2010, 08:40:09 PM
He also along with another DemonRat cosponsor was responsible for the banning of incandescent light bulbs.  He's more of a Democrat than a RINO.
Title: Re: Washington Examiner: 'Upton is wrong choice for Energy and Commerce'
Post by: 5412 on November 10, 2010, 07:06:36 AM
He also along with another DemonRat cosponsor was responsible for the banning of incandescent light bulbs.  He's more of a Democrat than a RINO.

Hi,

When are the Republicans going to learn?  Do not need Rino's nor do we need lib newspapers setting our agenda and telling us what to do.

What a crock!

5412
Title: Re: Washington Examiner: 'Upton is wrong choice for Energy and Commerce'
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on November 10, 2010, 09:04:53 AM
He also along with another DemonRat cosponsor was responsible for the banning of incandescent light bulbs.  He's more of a Democrat than a RINO.

I think it was ultra-lib Jane Harman.  Heard Rush or someone else talking about it yesterday.