RI Congress ’12
John Loughlin’s campaign just released this statement: Two years ago, when I ran for Congress, I said: “The City of Providence is bankrupt and that you (David Cicilline) are deliberately hiding this fact from the people of Rhode Island. I am concerned that for political reasons your campaign for Congress is causing you to act…
In an illustration of how its methods can serve the politicians that the editors like — covering their fundamental dishonesty with a focus on minutia — PolitiFact Rhode Island has given David Cicilline a “half true” for this: “Earlier this week, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives — with the enthusiastic support of Sarah Palin, Texas…
Last week, Congressman David Cicilline was on WPRI’s Newsmakers with Tim White, Ian Donnis and Ted Nesi. After watching this episode a couple times, I think it’s fair to say that they didn’t go lightly on the Congressman, however a few times, he effectively dodged the question and avoided any follow-up. I’m sure WPRI would…
An interesting note today on Ian Donnis’ WRNI blog, where he referred back to an article of his from back in June. According to Cicilline spokeswoman Jessica Kershaw: The redistricting process has not yet begun, but looking ahead, Congressman Cicilline has confidence that this process will be done fairly and in a way that causes…
Being new to this blogging thing, I always want to tread carefully when throwing around accusations and possible libelous statements. So it’s so much easier when someone else throws around the words that I can simply quote. “He’s a liar” is a great one. This was said by Anthony Gemma in reference to Congressman David…
Earlier in the week, Congressman David Cicilline surprisingly attacked John Loughlin for wanting to destroy Medicare. Back during the campaign, we were told that Loughlin wanted to destroy Social Security and now we’re being told it’s Medicare. I was a little confused as to why the switch of plans to destroy, but an article in…