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I do not know what Bible this man is reading. His speech is reminding me of our President — see how great I am.

[9YearLurker]

Perhaps there’d be greater hypocrisy here if he’d been a recipient of food stamps at level that would no longer be permitted under what he suggests, no?

I’d do away with agricultural subsidies if I could, but tax avoidance is not tax evasion.

And really, even if he had previously benefited from food stamps, to suggest he thereafter couldn’t favor cutting back on them else he’d be guilty of hypocrisy would, for example, stop almost any white who believed racism was still an issue to favor any steps against it—because they’d at least believe they have been a beneficiary thereof in the past.

I don’t know this congressman or whether he’s worthy of any defense, but I hate almost any Republican being accused of hypocrisy, whatever his position.

[Chode]

nothing new, from my area but with a twist, he even had a BIG sign on top of the car...

William T. Smith (January 25, 1916 – March 30, 2010), better known as Bill "Cadillac" Smith, was a member of the New York State Senate from Steuben County, New York. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the state senate from 1963 to 1986. Upon his retirement, Randy Kuhl was elected as his replacement.

He earned the "Cadillac" nickname after buying a Cadillac using money he gained from farm subsidies, which were intended to prop up crop prices by paying farmers not to grow crops. Smith, a fourth-generation farmer, drove the Cadillac around the district as a campaign prop demonstrating the largesse of the federal government's entitlement programs, which led to his election to the state senate, defeating a Republican incumbent. Smith was noted for his staunch fiscal conservatism, pushed for cost estimates on state bills, and voted against the state enrolling in Medicaid (the only member of the entire New York legislature to do so) because he believed the cost would be much more than estimated. At one point he had reached the position of deputy majority leader.