Ineffective + Political Posturing = Gordon Smith
How ineffective is Gordon Smith?
How little does he actually care about following through on what he says?
Just ask him.
Although Smith boasted to columnist George Will he would have a dozen Republican U.S. Senators by September 2007 helping to get troops out of Iraq, he’s tallied zero support for removing troops.
“Smith's loneliness may be assuaged in September, when Petraeus reports on the effects of the troop surge. ‘There is,’ Smith says, ‘a high expectation that we’ — Republican senators — ‘will be able to vote for something different in September.’ And: ‘I can,’ he says, ‘think of a dozen Republican senators who will be with me in September.’"
(George Will Column, 6-17-07)
But, Smith’s ineffectiveness in Washington, DC doesn’t stop him from telling Oregon’s media he’s fighting for us.
“Lindsay Gilbride, the press secretary in Smith's office, responds: ‘Senator Smith understands and shares the concerns of many Oregonians regarding U.S. troops fighting in Iraq...[and] will continue to be the consensus builder among Republicans and Democrats in the Senate.’"
(Willamette Week Online, 12-7-07)
“September has come and gone, yet Gordon Smith has nothing to show for his political posturing except for more scripted responses. He claims to be a consensus builder, but he has not moved a single GOP colleague,” DPO Communications Director Marc Siegel said. “The only consensus Smith has built is among ineffectiveness, political posturing and Gordon Smith. Either Smith has no influence with his colleagues or he doesn’t actually believe what he’s saying.”
Posted December 10, 2007 Iraq 0 comments
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