28
Jun
WOW! George Voinovich may have single-handedly killed the amnesty bill
By Joe C. (from Right Angle Blog)
I am not a fan of and don’t listen to Sean Hannity as a rule, but by pure serendipity I happened to be listening when George Voinovich was on today (HT: Hotair). I was inviited! Like witnessing a horrible car wreck bursting into flames – you don’t want to acknowledge the horror, but you can’t turn away.
I could not believe that this man was a U.S. senator – and worse, I voted for him! This tells you the quality of Democrats in this state because RINOvitch was head-and-shoulders better and won in a landslide over Eric Fingerhut in 2004. Needless to say that the quality of Democrats hasn’t improved, which says more about the Ohio electorate in ‘06- but I regress.
GV has now become an iconic figure in the illegal immigration debate, representing the arrogance of the pro-amnesty supporters from the President on down. His “interview” was so embarassing, his ignorance so profound, his demeanor so childish, that his performance may have actually killed the amnesty bill by virtue of other senators rushing to dissociate themselves from him.
I don’t think I’m overstating it when I say that any illusions GV may have had of running for re-election in 2010 were dashed today. All any challenger would have to do is continually replay this blithering at every campaign stop and make it a TV ad with the trailer: “Do you want this idiot in the senate for 6 more years?” I doubt that anyone could vote for him with a clear conscience.
Follow the reactions across the political spectrum and blogosphere starting with the liveblog and links from Nasty, Brutish & Short and a great round-up at BizzyBlog; but here’s a teaser from Kathryn Jean Lopez at The Corner:
But Senator Voinovich was on Hannity’s radio show this afternoon and has been getting terrible reviews, via my inbox, since. Here’s one:
Did you hear him on Hannity?
Talk about singularly unimpressive.
1. He had no idea what the Fairness Doctrine was.
2. He essentially came on to say “Quit Calling My Office”.
3. He admitted he had only read summaries of the bill.
4. He hung up after it was clear Hannity was going to clean his clock.
I would feel bad for him if he wasn’t a RINO. He deserves this. Seriously, how can you feel bad for a guy who cried over the Bolton nomination?
Just reading the various comments is worth hours of laughter. Bookmark them for some day when you’re feeling really down. You can always say, “Boy, at least I’m not George Voinovich.”
RINO-payback’s a bitch, George.
