Janet Peckinpaugh Gets Her Identity Politics Wrong.
You know why it seemed like a good idea. Former television personality Janet Peckinpaugh, running for Congress in Connecticut’s sprawling 2nd district, proclaims that if elected she’d be the first woman to hold that office. Her campaign even attached a list purporting to include the names of everyone–which means all the men–who’ve had the honor of serving the 2nd. Republican Peckinpaugh says that means 35 men have represented the districted since it was created in 1935. Every other district has elected at least one woman, and it goes on…….
Uh-oh. Names from history can be so confusing, especially when you need to meet that press release a day quota. Who can be expected to know that the dignified name of Chase Going Woodhouse, of New London, who served from 1945-1947 and 1949-1951, belonged to a distinguished, trailblazing Democrat? She also served as Secretary of the State in the early 1940s.
This is the sort of thing that keeps a Republican candidate out of the top tier of the national party’s Young Guns funding program.
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Who was it who wrote this press release for Janet? It wasn’t Danica, Janet or Ed Munster. I heard it was someone from the Yankee Institute who obviously isn’t very bright because anyone who has been around the 2nd CD for a while has heard of Chase Going Woodhouse.
When most Democratic voters cannot identify the Speaker of the House, it isn’t surprising that the Peckinpaugh campaign could not identify a woman by the name of “Chase.,” who served a brief four years in the House of Reps. The gaff is minor and inconsequential unless of course you’re in the Courtney camp and you want voters to forget you voted to impose a $1742.00 annual energy tax on every American family (Treasury Dept.), or $3,000 to $4,600 by 2035 if you believe the Heritage Foundation. If you remember more recenmt political history, you will recall that Courtney said it would cost the equivalent of a postage stamp per day ($160/yr.). On that score, Courtney loses by a mile. Peckinpaugh opposses cap and tax.
You’re right kenny the “gaff is minor and inconsequential.” Courtney will defeat Peckinapugh by at least 18 points and this won’t widen the gap by much more. It sure does make her look dumb though.
Seriously? How can this woman seriously run for public office? Can Ms. Peckinpaugh explain her own spending as she has reluctantly admitted that she almost lost her $700,000 house in Hartford to foreclosure and was behind on taxes because she “needed” to buy a house near the water before selling the first house? She also admits she needs this job as she has run through the multi-million dollar settlement she received AND the retirement fund she amassed while working as a newscaster, a job that for many years paid in excess of $200,000. Really? This woman wants to manage the taxpayers money in Washington? Wow, these Republicans are the biggest hypocrites going.