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March 10, 2009

GOP Congressman admits to playing dirty politics

Our friend Spyder brought this to our attention in comments but I feel it deserves more publicity here.

From Think Progress"

Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) “offered an unusually blunt description of the Republican strategy right now.” Dropping any pretense that his party’s opposition to Obama’s agenda is based on anything other than politics, McHenry explained that House Republicans’ only goal right now is to “bring down approval numbers for Pelosi and for House Democrats”:

“We will lose on legislation. But we will win the message war every day, and every week, until November 2010,” said Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., an outspoken conservative who has participated on the GOP message teams. “Our goal is to bring down approval numbers for [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi and for House Democrats. That will take repetition. This is a marathon, not a sprint.”

Think Progress goes on to note that "in fact, McHenry is echoing the sentiments of the House Republican leadership."

Posted by Kevin at March 10, 2009 12:05 PM