Snowe lashes back at tax-cut advocacy group running attack ads

boston.com ^ | 4-22-03 | Kevin Wack

[SheLion]

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe lashed back Tuesday at a conservative group running TV ads that attack her for opposing the size of President Bush's tax cut proposal.

In ads running this week in Maine, a tax-cut advocacy group called the Club for Growth questions Snowe's Republican Party loyalty, equating her opposition to Bush's proposal to French opposition to the U.S. war with Iraq.

[goldstategop]

The RINO Snowe is upset because the heat's getting to her. Time to ratchet it up another notch.

[SheLion]

Ping!!

[SheLion]

The RINO Snowe is upset because the heat's getting to her. Time to ratchet it up another notch.

Exactly!

[TLBSHOW]

Slam this traitor but GOOD........

[denydenydeny]

God bless the Club for Growth.

[Cedric]

You're damn right I consider prescription drugs for seniors to be pork!

[_Jim]

The senator asked incredulously, ''I mean, can you believe anybody describing prescription drugs as pork barrel spending?''

You mean - taking *my* money and giving it to someone else so YOU can list it as "an accomplishment" and get re-elected?

Why - not at all! That's simple robbery!

[Carolinamom]

Snow did not mention the REAL pork in this bill. Apparently, she doesn't mind IT.

[reelfoot]

"[W]hich has occasionally targeted GOP moderates": read "GOP leftists." Keep the heat on these pinkos.

[_Jim]

Snowe ... called the advertisements ''abhorrent.''

Awww .. poor baby - tired of living in a democracy with a guaranteed free speech?

Cuba is only 90 miles off our shores ...

[fight_truth_decay]

I am still reeling from the reduction in our Homestead exemption.

[tractorman]

In my business, when there's a downturn in the industry and the cash flow is turning negative, I don't raise prices to stimulate sales. I lower prices and CUT spending. Real cuts, not just a reduction in increased rate of spending.

When was the last time the government applied this principle?

I'd guess never.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I think prescription drugs are pork barrel and I'm 65 years old. I also think most prescription drugs do more harm than good.

[goodnesswins]

SHEESH....let's see, Rush, Bill Gates, Oprah are all in their late 40's, early 50's.....soon they too can be eligible for FREE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS!

[1Old Pro]

They sure hate being "exposed" for what they really are don't they.

[freedomcrusader]

Would you like some fromage with your whine, Ms. Snow?

And yes, dammit, a prescription drug benefit IS MOST DEFINITELY pork-barrel spending.

[eBelasco]

Anyone who disagrees with Bush's policies while a war is on is a traitor. Nuff said.

[Cedric]

Prescription drugs for seniors is the worst kind of pork! At least with "regular" pork, you end-up with an over priced building or a road going nowhere or something! What do we get from forking-over untold sums to seniors? More bitching, whining and demanding from the greedy geezers.

[fight_truth_decay]

The Land for Maine’s Future Board today (April 3) announced the selection of 22 land conservation projects as finalists for the 2003 round of funding under the $50 Million Bond approved by Maine voters in 1999. The Board allocated a total of $9.5 million to support these finalists. Governor John Elias Baldacci welcomed the news saying, “Maine citizens treasure the natural heritage of this state. They understand the connection between a healthy environment and a sound economy. http://www.state.me.us/spo/lmf/press/finalists.php