Bill Shuster Bashes The Stimulus While Taking Credit For Its Success

ThinkProgress:

Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA) is a vocal opponent of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act who not only voted against the stimulus, but goes out of his way to mock it as "going nowhere" and doing "nothing to encourage growth." Using the "failed" stimulus as his evidence, Shuster has been claiming that the government is incapable of reforming healthcare. But while Shuster tries to gain political points by bashing the stimulus, he has been quietly claiming credit for its benefits in his district, as well as advocating for an expanded role for Recovery Act money in his community:

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Comments

[oldguru]

04:56 PM on 12/01/2009

Cognitive Dissonance­. The natural state of a Repub's mind.

[lvdragonlady]

02:39 PM on 12/01/2009

2 faced jerks that is what they are.

[Anym]

02:11 PM on 12/01/2009

The DNC doesn't have ads running against him displaying this informatio­n because?

[totaldisbelief]

01:36 PM on 12/01/2009

what a sad little man.

[jonahbasset]

12:42 PM on 12/01/2009

Haley Barbour's got his name plastered all over the stimulus project signs in Mississipp­i too. Imagine that...

[MadeandBakedintheUSA]

11:55 AM on 12/01/2009

MAKE ME SICK!

They are such HYPOCRITES

Makes you wonder why their white folks support em don't it!

[RSKaz]

11:47 AM on 12/01/2009

Like all neocons, Rep. Shyster considers his flip-flopp­ing a GOP resume builder.

[w8aminute]

10:22 AM on 12/01/2009

Don't give Florida's Rep. John Mica a pass either. He's still touting the stimulus funds for bridges THAT DON'T NEED REPAIRED in his district - and, of course, he voted against it and blasts President Obama any chance he gets.

[Joeinloth]

08:20 AM on 12/01/2009

Do you know who this guy is? He's the son of Bud Shuster, who managed to bring his district I-99. To my knowledge (admittedl­y imperfect) the only interstate NOT to run between at least two states! It's known as the Bud Shuster Memorial Highway. MOoe proof that, while the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, neither does the sap!

[blizb]

09:32 AM on 12/01/2009

Well he is just another Republican hypocrite who try to blame Obama, vote no on everything­, take credit for the good things a Democrat does and take taxpayer salaries to tell their constituen­ts private health insurance is best when they won't cancel their own government care to buy private themselves­. They vote no on healthcare supposedly due to the abortion issue when the RNC pays for insurance that covers abortion. HYPOCRITES­.

[TParrish]

07:54 AM on 12/01/2009

As a resident of the State of Pennsylvan­ia (who did not vote for Shuster) I would like to publicly apologize for this man's stupidity and bipolar politics. In spite of the fact that the state went Democrat in the national election, most of the geographic state is very Republican­. I am afraid we have not seen the last of guys like this.

[Imzadi]

07:03 AM on 12/01/2009

Taking a play right out of Cantor's and Piyush's book...

Typical.

[msgirlintn]

04:28 AM on 12/01/2009

Why is it that the Repubs that all voted against the stimulus seem to be the ones that know best how to spend it? It's not just Shuster, it's the biggest majority of them.

[LittleMittens]

03:12 AM on 12/01/2009

hypocrite. typical

[JessWonderin]

02:44 AM on 12/01/2009

EEEECH!!!!

Why do Republican Politician­s THINK WE ARE SO . . .so . . . . . so . . . republican­???????

[denicci1977]

01:21 AM on 12/01/2009

Same as Gov. Bobby Jindal...