Comrade Betty? McCollum in running for Club for Growth big-gov prize

Paul Schmelzer — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:57:30 +0000

On Monday, supply-siders at the Club for Growth will reveal the first winner of the “Comrade of the Month” award, which highlights individuals who embody “the policies of big-government redistribution and restrictions on economic freedom.” Never shy about painting opponents as pinkos, the small-government group calls out Minnesota Rep. Betty McCollum along with Republican Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida and Democrats Richard Daley, Chicago mayor; Rep. Barney Frank; and Fox News pundit Bob Beckel. (Curiously, Fox’s bio for Beckel — who managed the 1984 presidential campaign for Walter Mondale — no longer appears at FoxNews.com; Google’s cache shows that it was there earlier today [screengrab], however.)

A club member nominated McCollum for daring to suggest health care is a right:

I’d like to nominate Rep. Betty McCollum of Minnesota’s 4th District. Fortunately she’s not my Congressman, but last week she introduced H.J. Res. 4, which proposes a Constitutional Amendment decreeing health care is a Constitutional right. It’s clear that McCollum doesn’t understand economic liberty. Nothing can be considered a “right” when obtaining that right strips the rights from someone else. The text of her resolution can be found here.

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Comrade Betty? McCollum in running for Club for Growth big-gov prize