Perriello Joins Boehner’s Call for Geithner’s Resignation…Or Not
By Jason Johnson | Friday, August 27th, 2010 | PoliticsThe rightosphere is abuzz over this blog post today at the Wall Street Journal:
Rep. Tom Perriello, a Virginia Democratic freshman and one of the most-endangered House members, has called for Geithner’s head, at a town-hall meeting in Ruckersville, Va. In a news release Thursday, the Jefferson Area Tea Party, not Perriello’s best mate, struck a rare note of agreement with the Democratic lawmaker – sort of.
“In calling for Secretary Geithner’s firing, we support Congressman Perriello’s sentiment, with the hope that by replacing our nation’s chief economic policy makers we can begin the path to economic recovery,” wrote Carole Thorpe, chairman of the group.
Some observers have noted that Rep. Perriello’s attacks on state Senator Robert Hurt’s record on taxes suggest that Rep. Perriello is attempting to flank Sen. Hurt from the right; joining Rep. John Boehner’s call for Secretary Geithner’s resignation—in defiance of Vice President Biden—could help him burnish his bona fides as a “fiscal conservative.” Yet, as Ed Morrissey notes, if Rep. Perriello truly believes Secretary Geithner should be fired, why doesn’t he make the same demand in Washington that he does in Ruckersville?
Unfortunately, rather than being the independent voice the 5th Congressional District needs to speak out against the reckless Obama agenda (that has brought stagnant unemployment and anemic economic growth), this is just a textbook case of a congressman saying one thing in his district and another thing in Washington.
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3 Responses to "Perriello Joins Boehner’s Call for Geithner’s Resignation…Or Not"
Pelosi-enabler Tom Perriello may attempt to run to the right of Robert Hurt, but that won’t work. Another tactic of his is “the principled Congressman”. He claims that he votes his principles, no matter the political fall out. Some of his supporters think Perriello very brave.
I think him very liberal. Good grief, his principles are about more government spending (stimulus)& more government control of your personal life (Obamacare) & destruction of the American economy (cap ‘n trade).
recognize him for what he is. Not good for the 5th.
Oh please, your post is utter bull. Perriello has been calling for Geithner to go for over a year. Anyone who’s been following Tom knows it. And he called for Geithner to go in Ruckersville BEFORE Boehner’s speech. This isn’t Perriello pandering to the right, this is Perriello just being himself. I’ve already posted on the absurdity of demanding Perriello say this in Washington: http://notandysere.blogspot.com/2010/08/will-perriello-call-for-geithner-to-be.html
Question, Congress is on break right now. When he returns to Washington and calls for Geithner to go, again, will you admit he’s being consistent or will you say he’s just pandering still?
I just saw a blog today link to this story on Tommy Boy from May of this year in which he talks about how he doesn’t like Geithner and sees him as a clone of Bush’s Goldman Sachs adviser Hank Paulson. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/house/ask-freshman-rep-tom-perriello.html
Seems to me Boehner is joining Perriello’s call, not the other way around.
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