Thursday, July 29, 2010
Arkansas Politics Rick Crawford, then and now
Posted by Max Brantley on Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 6:51 AM
The Democrat-Gazette reported this morning that deficit hawk Rick Crawford, the Republican candidate for 1st District Congress, declared personal bankruptcy in 1994 to dodge credit card and medical debts. (Of course he opposes health coverage help for the country's lame and impoverished, too.)
A piquant quote from candidate Crawford's website:
If businesses in America spent money the way the federal government does, they would be in bankruptcy. If people ran their personal finances the way Congress does, they would be in jail.
Or maybe running for Congress as a Republican.
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For once, House Republicans can't have it both ways
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Rick Crawford takes both sides; Tea Party folds on tax cut
December 22, 2011U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford has posted on his website encouragement for House Speaker John Boehner to compromise on the payroll tax cut, as Senate Republicans have asked ..... immediately above a news release decrying this "irresponsible" deal. /more/
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Reminds me of that other financial conservative expert telling us all how inept government is with spending and borrowing and paying......you know, the guy who pens in the Dem/Gazette. Gitz.
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It is a lot easier being a fiscal conservative once you discharge all of that pesky unsecured debt. Ask Bradley Gitz.
A former rodeo clown who declared bankruptcy who is now running for Congress as a Republican? Are the Hollywood screenwriters paying attention??
dead wood... Guess you'd rather have your hero Jim Guy Tucker, the convicted bankruptcy fraud former congressman, felon, in the House?
Guess his liver kept him out of the SLAMMER
Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, ran on a campaign of Tort Reform and won. This was after he received millions in his own lawsuit concerning a tree falling on him.
Greg Abbott, Texas Attorney General, helped bring Tort Reform to that state. This was after he received millions in his own lawsuit when a tree fell on him.
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