RK ARCHIVE - Deception on the George Allen Website?

+óGé¼+ôOn behalf of the Council's 180 CEOs, university presidents and labor leaders, I applaud the Senators+óGé¼Gäó efforts and desire to ensure the United States remains the most competitive economic power in the world+óGé¼-ªWe must, as a nation, innovate to compete and to prosper. This legislation is a critical step forward towards that goal+óGé¼-¥ (Council on Competitiveness Press Release, 12/15/2005).

But Ms. Wince-Smith's history suggests she is a staunch Republican partisan.
She held appointed political positions during both the Reagan and Bush 41 Administrations. She has been nominated for a Treasury Department position in the Bush 43 Administration. http://www.senate.go...

(The Chairman of the Council is Charles O.Holliday of Dupont; he is a heavy contributor to the Delaware and national GOP.)

The question arises -- was this a disguised partisan political endorsement? You be the judge.

Comments

The Council on Competitiveness IS a Republican Organization (Bubby - 9/4/2006 10:47:26 AM)

Created as a cabinet level good-'ol boys club by Reagan, it was disbanded by Bill Clinton in his first week of office. Appears to have sprung back to life under Little George, and is now feeding astroturf praise on George Allen.

The Council on Competitiveness:

The council was created to review the cost to businesses of new Federal regulations. Its most influential work in the Bush Administration came in the environmental arena, where Mr. Quayle sought to roll back regulations protecting wetlands, forests and mineral resources.
The council also played a central role in the Administration's 1992 campaign- year effort to reduce the effectiveness of the 1990 Clean Air Act even as President Bush cited it as the most important legislative achievement of his Presidency.

Then came Bill Clinton and Al Gore:

In abolishing the Council on Competitiveness, a cabinet-level group, the Clinton Administration hoped to bolster its campaign theme of ending White House privileges for special interest groups.
"Today we are sending a clear message to the special interests who used the Council on Competitiveness as a back door to avoid the law," Mr. Gore said in a statement. "That back door is closed. No longer will special interests receive special favors. No longer will our laws be ignored or undermined. No longer will decisions that should be made in public be made in private. In this Administration everyone will play by the rules and public decisions will be public information."

Amen Brother! Sixty-six days to the election.