Robert Novak calls out Sen. Thune and the Railroad to Nowhere
March 5th, 2007 by Brendan SteinhauserHere is the Robert Novak column taking Sen. Thune to task for supporting a federal $2.3 billion loan to a private railroad.
FreedomWorks and our chairman Dick Armey played an instrumental role in “derailing” this project.
Thune worked as a paid lobbyist for the South Dakota-based railroad before his election to the Senate and has received political contributions from company executives.
The DM&E loan cannot prove a cautionary tale for Thune unless he knows he went in the wrong direction and admits it, at least to himself. If he has not come to terms with this, he is not alone. Well-meaning conservatives such as Thune get caught up in procuring the benefits of the federal leviathan for their states and their constituents. It is much of what ails the Republicans.
