Folks watching Game 2 of the World Series tonight might have seen this new ad from U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill attacking incumbent Sen. Jim Talent for his record of voting with Pres. George W. Bush.
The 30-second ad highlights Talent’s record of voting 94% of the time in support of the President’s agenda, according to Congressional Quarterly.
Earlier this month, during their “Meet the Press” debate, host Tim Russert asked Talent, “Why shouldn’t voters in Missouri say ‘Jim Talent is a rubber stamp for George W. Bush. If I disagree with George W. Bush, goodbye, Talent’?”
“Why don’t they ever say in those surveys that the president agreed with me a certain percentage of the time?,” joked Talent. “I mean, I’ve been in public life a lot longer when he has. When I went into Congress, I think he was still running the Texas Rangers.”
October 22nd, 2006 at 11:10 pm
More importantly, instead of just denoting numbers, why dont we look at what he actually voted for.
My guess is because if that was done, it would put Talent and Bush is a good light.
Figures dont lie, but liars do figure.
October 23rd, 2006 at 9:37 am
On the contrary, I suspect that considering the approximately $27 Billion (Yes, I said BILLION) given to energy companies (oil, natural,etc.)over just the last two years, people may actually be a good deal less enamored of Mr. Talent than you hope. The figure above represents the amount of money contained in the last two energy bills passed by Congress and signed by His Glorious Highness and Eliminator of Habeas Corpus Rights, President George W. Bush.