aTypical Joe: a gay New Yorker living in the rural South
Sunday, April 30, 2006
A paltry and transparent effort
Thankfully we see through the tomfoolery:
The Senate Republican plan to mail $100 checks to voters to ease the burden of high gasoline prices is eliciting more scorn than gratitude from the very people it was intended to help.
Aides for several Republican senators reported a surge of calls and e-mail messages from constituents ridiculing the rebate as a paltry and transparent effort to pander to voters before the midterm elections in November.
