So Evil It Makes My Head Hurt

I grew up in Southern Illinois, right across the river from the 8th District of Indiana.

I remember when John Hostettler was first elected, defeating incumbent Democrat Frank McCloskey. He ran, according to this Wikipedia entry because he was dissatisfied with Bill Clinton's Presidency and the "direction of the country."

Over the last couple of years, he's made some outrageous remarks and generally just showed what a true fucktard Republican he is. I believe all of it pales in comparison to his vote last week on approprations for the reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina.

He voted no.

He voted no to providing help and aid to those displaced by the hurricane.

He voted no to helping rebuild New Orleans, Biloxi and Gulfport.

He voted no to helping Americans get their lives on track.

Why?

According to this interview with Evansville, Indiana television station WEHT-TV:

I think that we're going to see incident after incident of fraud and waste in this system, so what we need is: we need smaller aid packages with accountability; Coming back to congress and saying, 'This is what we spent your $10 billion on this week, and this is what we're going to spend the next five,ten billion on'. We're not going to get that, because, once again, we've already spent $62 billion on this situation.

Accountability. For the money spent on rebuilding an American city and helping Americans.

I understand wanting accountability. I want accountability too. Three cheers for accountability.

Unfortunately, Mr. Hostettler, your hypocrisy is showing. Might want to check that.

That's right, the "Honorable" Mr. Hostettler voted for the $87bn "Emergency Supplemental Approprations for Iraq and Afghanistan Security and Reconstruction Act, 2004"

Yeah, that little piece of pork barrel spending on reconstructing Iraq. That little blank check that Congress wrote to rebuild another country. The one they brow beat John Kerry with last year. Kerry had the good sense to vote against it - in part - because it contained no accountability provisions.

Yeah, he voted for that.

But rebuilding an American city? That's just wasteful, according to the "Honorable" John Hostettler.

I can only hope the good people of Indiana's 8th Congressional District reward him for his good deed by sending him packing come November 2006.