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Republican member of Tennessee’s congressional delagation, Rep. Marsha Blackburn gets royally raked over the coals in today’s Nashville Post.
The lengthy article, which relates very specific allegations made by mostly anonymous sources, accuses Blackburn of being a petty bully with a big chip on her shoulder.
One of the more interesting anecdotes in the piece brings to mind the troubles with missing receipts currently faced by various Knox County public officials:
Congressman Marsha Blackburn, the Republican U.S. House member from Brentwood, has had a remarkably successful career in a relatively short amount of time. Now, a number of GOP operatives speaking on condition of anonymity are telling NashvillePost.com that the tactics that she and her staff employ are wearing thin.
When longshot Republican primary opponent Tom Leatherwood, the current Shelby County Register of Deeds and * like Blackburn * a former State Senator, announced last month that he will challenge Blackburn in the primary he also levied a litany of charges against his rival.
Leatherwood said his former colleague was “part of the problem” in Washington and threw everything but the kitchen sink at her. His charges ranged from supporting ear-marks for pork barrel spending to turning in a bag of ashes when asked by her then-boss, Gov. Don Sundquist, to justify expenses for a trip to Los Angeles with itemized receipts.
At the time, Blackburn was serving as Sundquist’s Film and Music Commission director. NashvillePost.com sources have since confirmed that the receipts incident did occur.
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Here in the west (7th district) we know Marsha and she ain’t conservative. See her Poor votes here:
http://mickeywhite.blogspot.com/2006/08/marsha-blackburn-and-her-bad-votes.html