Chuck Schumer Keeps Showing He's Not a Real Democrat
Obviously, there are often times when the American electorate wishes there were term limits (other than elections which favor incumbents overwhelmingly).
Senator Chuck Schumer, an occasional Democrat, is a great argument for term limits.
I wrote this about Schumer recently: "Is Chuck Schumer, the Democratic senator from New York, really a Democrat?
"He has a "D" after his name, but Senator Schumer's voting record, especially regarding Bush appointees, should set off alarm bells.
"The biggest alarm, for me, was his ignorant, active support and vote for then Attorney General Michael Mukasey, a known GOP flunky, who showed himself to be a Bushite loyalist first and always, and a man of no integrity. What did that say about Schumer?"
Ken Silverstein at Harper's shows Schumer's hypocrisy regarding his for the cameras outrage at AIG, whose former CEO was a big campaign contributer, as was Hank Paulson at Goldman-Sachs and other fat cats.
U.S. News, March 17, 2009:
“They should voluntarily return them. If they don’t, we plan to tax virtually all of it,” New York Sen. Chuck Schumer declared on the Senate floor. “To those of you getting these bonuses: be forewarned, you will not be getting to keep them.”
New York Post, February 17, 2004:
Sen. Charles Schumer has compiled a powerhouse list of more than 200 fat-cat supporters for his re-election, including some of President Bush’’s top fund-raisers, The Post has learned. The list—which the Democrat’s campaign will make public today—includes a dozen of Bush’s top contributors, the so-called “Rangers” and “Pioneers” who have pledged to raise up to $200,000 for the president’s bid for re-election…Other Bush “Pioneers” and “Rangers”—those raising $200,000 or more—include Bears Stearns Chairman James Cayne; AIG Chairman Hank Greenberg; Johnson Company’s Robert Wood Johnson IV; Kohlberg, Kravis’ Henry Kravis; Credit Suisse First Boston CEO John Mack; Merrill Lynch chairman Stan O’Neal; and Goldman Sachs CEO Hank Paulson.
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