Last week, Hackett released a statement citing Chris Carney's failure to address any of the current issues the district is facing (i.e the rising price of gas).
Instead of responding with Carney's own ideas or even rebutting Hackett's plan, his campaign took the opportunity to point out Chris Hackett's personal investment holdings in oil-companies. Carney's campaign manager Vincent Rongione said:
“It’s disappointing that once again, Chris Hackett says one thing and does another. He wants policies that support his own bank account, not the American people. Hackett stands to gain a great deal with his oil company stocks with offshore drilling, his personal dividends continue to grow at the expense of record-high gas prices. This is a guy who only looks out for himself and his own money.”
Rather than a personal investment, could it be that Chris Hackett just wants a sensible energy policy? No, addressing Hackett's policies would be too substanative for the Carney campaign. Even Carney's most recent press release on his House of Representative's web site is focused on John McCain and the upcoming election.
Below you have an outline of the Republican plan to get gas prices back under control. If something this substanative was to come from the Democrats (or Chris Carney), then maybe there could be an actual debate of merit on the issue.
If Chris Carney only likes to play politics with these issues and never act, then maybe his job as a political scientist at PSU was better fitted.
4 comments:
Is this blog entirely devoted to defending Hackett at all costs? I'm all
about promoting local blogs, but you need to give both sides of the story
here. Hack has lots of money to gain with big oil stocks, its a legit
question to wonder where he stands on attacking special interests if he is
saying one thing and profiting from another.
I see the point you are trying to make about a possible conflict of interest, but I hope you would agree that at some point it would be beneficial for Chris Carney to start debating the actual issues and quit with the personal attacks? Whether it was his personal shot on Hackett after Hackett released his declaration of principles or this recent attack to detract from the larger debate on energy policy, it's an ongoing trend in the Carney campaign.
Even the competitive race between Kanjorski and Barletta hasn't translated into personal attacks when the two campaigns traded barbs on energy policies.
yeah--but if your blog doesn't have something decent to say about Hackett, I think its safe to assume you're just a front for Hackett. Why don't you balance both sides like Gort?
Bobby, if nothing else, I appreciate your feedback. I hope you'll continue to do so in the future.
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