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For Immediate Release July 26, 2006 Contact: Amaya Smith- 202-863-8148
President Bush Endorses Capito As a Rubberstamp for His Failed Policies
Washington, DC - President Bush will be in West Virginia today at a closed press fundraiser to reward Rep. Shelly Moore Capito for rubberstamping his failed leadership and misplaced priorities. Rep. Capito is the latest in a long list of GOP candidates who are content with accepting President Bush's money as long as they don't have to be seen in public with him. Rep. Capito has endorsed the President's agenda, but she apparently doesn't want the people of West Virginia to see the President endorse her. Rep. Capito has tried to hide the fact that she continues to cozy up to President Bush but the record shows that Rep. Capito is a loyal rubberstamp who has voted with the President 80 percent of the time.
From Pennsylvania to Virginia to Maryland to Colorado and West Virginia, Republican candidates continue to find excuses to avoid the President or appear under the cover of darkness. With President Bush's 37 percent approval rate in West Virginia, it's no wonder that Rep. Capito doesn't want to appear in public with the President.
"West Virginians want strong leaders who will take a stand against the Bush Administration's incompetent leadership on national security, immigration, the Iraq war and the economy," said Democratic National Committee spokesperson Amaya Smith. "Instead of working for the interests of West Virginians, Rep. Shelly Moore Capito has consistently put her Party's interests ahead of the American people by rubberstamping the Bush Administration's failed policies. Democrats like Mike Callaghan are offering a bold agenda of change for the people of West Virginia which focuses on America's real priorities and puts working families first."
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