Lincoln Chafee disagrees with the $75 million loan guarantee Curt Schilling's company will be receiving.  I happen to agree.  As I've written before, Schilling's 38 Studios has no products, not much of a track record, few assets, and Rhode Island taxpayers would be on the hook if the company defaults.  Some would argue that the plan to loan the money in phases mitigates the risk to a degree, while penalties for missing job creation targets will protect the state.  I disagree, since two of the targets involve announcing a move to Rhode Island, and actually moving to Rhode Island.  These milestones indicate nothing about the companies growth.  As for the penalties, they are so small that they are essentially meaningless.

      As you can see, I disagree, but like many people, I presented a reasoned argument.  Lincoln Chafee?  He seems to oppose the project because he feels Curt Schilling is a liar.  Here's what Linc had to say about Curt Schilling:

"My own feeling, I just remember his teammates didn't like him. They thought he was a bit of a salesman," incorrectly recalling an example of a teammate claiming the pitcher had "painted" the bloody sock.

A Baltimore Orioles broadcaster claimed in 2007 that Sox catcher Doug Mirabelli said it was faked, but Mirabelli denied it, and the broadcaster later apologized. A doctor also said it was blood.

     I could be wrong, but it looks like Lincoln Chafee is taking personal shots at Schilling and calling him a liar.  It seems that way, but Linc says we didn't quite understand, so his campaign clarified his statements for us:

"We don't trust Curt Schilling in that he doesn't have a track record of running a business of this size, and as such we're putting the taxpayers' money in jeopardy," Pagliarini said. "He's not questioning Curt Schilling's honesty and sincerity. He's just questioning whether he can produce what he says he can."


     This is absolute nonsense, and anyone with an I.Q. over 38 (Schilling's number) can see it.  Chafee absolutely questioned Schilling's honesty and sincerity.  He did everything but flatly state "Curt Schilling is a liar".  By bringing up the false rumor of the bloody sock, Chafee wasn't calling his business acumen into question, he questioned his integrity.  The worst part is that by releasing that explanation, Lincoln Chafee assumes we are as intellectually challenged as him.