Senator Blanche Lincoln

…Government Subsidies Hypocrite

Senator Lincoln has at least two problems with her stance against government funded ‘socialist’ programs: her own healthcare plan and her family’s farm subsidies.

I’ve watched Blanche Lincoln in politics from the very beginning here in my home state of Arkansas and I voted for her—in the beginning—but no longer. I’ve reached the end of my tolerance for Democrats like Blanche who think and vote like Republicans and who are nothing more than transparent hypocrites. I watched and listened to her rail against the ‘government subsidized’ health care reform proposals as she explained that government subsidized programs were evil socialism and she just wouldn’t support any health care reform that received government subsidies or was government subsidized. Of course, whatever rules and ethical standards she applies to her support and votes on issues important to all Americans—like health care—doesn’t apply to her. As my dad used to say, ‘she speaks out of both sides of her mouth’—meaning, she says one thing, does another. If Senator Lincoln really believed government run health care was nothing more than vile socialism, she would drop the government subsidized health care she enjoys as a Senator. Another example of her ‘government subsidies are wrong-headed socialism’ hypocrisies concerns her family's farms. Over $715,000 was paid out of the government socialized farm subsidies program to the Lincolns in 2007. Best I can tell, her and her family still benefit from these government socialized farm programs. With such blatant hypocrisy by Blanche Lincoln on this and other issues, I’ll be voting for Bill Halter to serve as the new Senator from Arkansas.

References:
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/3086/shhhh-dem-sen-blanche-lincolns-secret-farm-cash/

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/03/02/lincoln-blocked-limits-on-ag-subsidies-while-she-collected-them/