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Wasserman-Schultz Sandbags A Colleague

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It is called Hardball, but never before on the MSNBC show or elsewhere have I seen a member of Congress pull this kind of stunt on a colleague.  Even Chris Matthews was surprised by the nasty tactic . . .

Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Fl.) and Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.) appeared on this afternoon’s Hardball to debate the just-concluded House vote on the stimulus. Like all Republicans, Bilbray voted against it.  Presumably trying to hit Bilbray where it really hurts, at one point Wasserman-Schultz cited the supposed number of new jobs that Bilbray voted against . . . in his own district.

Chris Matthews was clearly shocked at what would seem to be a breach of congressional comity–you just don’t show a colleague up like this on national TV.

DEBBIE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ: What Brian did, what Brian did by voting “no today, is he voted against creating 385,000 jobs in his own state, 8,000 jobs in his own district, aid to his state –

CHRIS MATTHEWS: Did you look this up?

DEBBIE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ: Yes I sure did.

MATTHEWS: You looked at his district?

WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ: 8,000 jobs in his district. Avoiding layoffs of teachers, firefighters and police officers.

MATTHEWS: This is oppo research!

Bilbray, eventually, got a word in.

BRIAN BILBRAY: We’re talking about the country. I didn’t have to be asked [by GOP leaders] at all on this . . . I’ve been a mayor, I’ve been a county chairman, I looked at this from the budgetary point of view. Deborah, you want to talk about it? California is getting less than 50% of its fair share per capita on this.  So don’t talk to me about my district or my state.

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This was written by Mark Finkelstein. Posted on Friday, February 13, 2009, at 6:35 PM. Filed under Uncategorized. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.   []

3 Comments

  1. d1carter wrote:

    Debbie does “Hardball”….?

    Friday, February 13, 2009 at 8:28 PM | Permalink
  2. Rivergirl wrote:

    There is no one more vile than this Wasserman-Schultz person. Have seen her tell an outright lie, knowinly lie, and then just sit there and smirk.

    Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 8:25 PM | Permalink
  3. windygeo wrote:

    Hey, it was a democrat. They can say and do anything they want. Good at “out of context” “overlooked” (i.e. forgot to pay taxes), attempting to sell senate seats, hey the list will never end. One line leads to another.

    Monday, February 16, 2009 at 11:21 AM | Permalink