Sherwood Boehlert: Handling of Debt Crisis An Embarrasment

Contributing RP and former GOP Congressman Sherwood Boehlert was recently interviewed by his local paper about the debt ceiling crisis.  Here’s an excerpt:

Former Congressman Sherwood Boehlert didn’t mince words when asked about Congress’ handling of the recent debt crisis.

“I think it was an embarrassment to the country,” he said.

Boehlert, a Republican, retired in 2006 after serving the area for 24 years as a U.S. Representative from New Hartford.

During his time in office, he said, he’d never seen a situation like the possible default that plagued the debating heads of Congress the last few weeks. And, he added, he couldn’t have thought of a worse way to handle it.

“I think it’s an anomaly, and I hope it’s a temporary anomaly,” he said.

Click here to read the full article in the Utica Observer-Dispatch.