Propaganda Central
I’ve only read a couple things on DFL.org, but that’s what the articles seem to point towards.
Here’s one of my favorites thus far:
How many Senators will it take to pass an amendment to ban gay marriage? Fortunately, not enough today. The Senate voted to kill the amendment. A majority had been predicted by the Republicans, but fell short with a 49-48 vote. The vote not only killed the amendment, but it also killed the energy the Republicans are trying to build for the election season.
I have a question for all my conservative readers out there: Does the Defense of Marriage Amendment not passing make you less likely to be energized to vote this fall? Or more energized? If you’re like me, this just makes me more energized to vote GOP this fall because I know what a Democratic House and/or Senate would do to the moral climate in America.
With the situation in Iraq and energy crisis, elected officials have more important pressing issues to deal with than same-sex marriage.
When did the high gas prices turn into an energy crisis? When Democrats shot down the drilling in ANWR? Or when Ted Kennedy blocked the building of a windfarm where his family’s favorite yachting area is? Or was it some other time?
If politicians put as much passion and energy into bills addressing real domestic problems rather than trying to pass discriminatory legislation, then progress would be made in solving more pressing issues.
So Bill Clinton was a bigot when he signed the DOMA law in 1996? Or was he just being a phoney? Are the people in all the states that overwhelmingly passed Definition of Marriage constitutional amendments bigots?
Here’s another of the goofy articles on that blog:
So when Kennedy says he’s an independent thinker, he really means just three percent of the time. With Bush’s approval rating falling to new lows each day, it’s no wonder Kennedy prefers voters ignore the 97 percent of the time he played the President’s lapdog.
What this idiot doesn’t say, and what the Strib doesn’t say, is that Mark Kennedy voted against two of the biggest initiatives of the Bush administration, No Child Left Behind and drilling in ANWR.
The problem with statistics is that clever people can make them say just about anything. That’s the instance here. If you looked at all of Mark Kennedy’s votes, I don’t doubt the accuracy of the claims. If, however, you want to look at how often Mark Kennedy agrees with President Bush on each of the issues, I’d suspect that you’d get a much different picture. In fact, I’d guarantee it.
Besides, who’s calling who a lapdog? Amy Klobuchar won’t make a campaign move without first getting permission from Chuck Schumer. Schumer tells her to stage a photo op at a gas station to highlight high gas prices, which he’s partially responsible for. Next thing you know, Amy’s at a Brainerd gas station for a photo op. Nevermind that she doesn’t offer a plan to solve the problem. Is this idiot telling us that Amy Klobuchar isn’t a lapdog who doesn’t have an idea of her own? Give me a break.
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June 7th, 2006 at 5:03 pm
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June 7th, 2006 at 5:45 pm
“because I know what a Democratic House and/or Senate would do to the moral climate in America”
Indeed. We’ve already seen what a Democratic Executive can do in re morals… :/
June 7th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
Senate set to reject gay marriage ban
President Bush offered a new pledge of support Monday for a constitutional amendment that would ban
June 7th, 2006 at 6:09 pm
So Tubby doesn’t believe in discriminatory legislation? What about the death tax? Or, for that matter, any tax at all? They all discriminate against those of us willing to go out and bust our butts trying to make an honest buck.
What about his (and McCan’t’s) amnesty bill? That discriminates against anyone who has an honest job in this country.
What about his whiney stoppage of the wind farm? That discriminates against anyone who uses electricity in his particular region of the country.
What about all his welfare/entitlement goodies? Those all discriminate against anyone with a lick of sense (which automatically leaves out nearly all the donkeys in Congress) and who has the sense to earn their own feelings.
What he really means when he says what he did is that he objects to anyone proposing anything that could be remotely connected to having a moral standard.
‘Course, if I had beaten a murder rap, maybe I would, too.
June 7th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Entitlement programs…..
Like the Republican prescription drug program?
Like the current Department of Defense budget?
Before we cast stones, let’s remember who’s had control of Congress since 1994 and who’s had control of both that and the presidency since 2000. If the entitlement programs haven’t gone away, and government hasn’t gotten smaller, you don’t need to look to the other side of the aisle for someone to blame.
June 7th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
“So when Kennedy says he’s an independent thinkerâ€
Kennedy meant to say he was an independent drinker.
June 7th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
The Kennedy they’re talking about is MARK Kennedy, not Tubby. DFL.org is a blog that rips on Republicans and that’s what they were doing there.
June 7th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
Honestly, this thing doesn’t affect my energy level.
I’m fed up with the national GOP and have no intention of voting for any Republican running for federal office come November. (Un)Fortunately, I am equally fed up with the California Democratic party and will most likely be voting Republican on all state offices (with the possible exception of AG).
It was a cheap stunt to quell the resistence to big government conservativism that has taken over the party. On some levels I hope it backfires. If only to remind the national party what we send them to DC to do.
June 7th, 2006 at 10:17 pm
KG, Thanks for essentially voting Democrat. I hope you don’t live in a Republican district. If you do, I’d be mightily upset. This notion that you’re sending a message is foolish. The only message that gets sent is that the only Republicans getting elected will be moderates. NICE MESSAGE!!!
June 8th, 2006 at 9:23 am
Gary, I’d rather a moderate Republican get elected than a big government conservative. I’m tired of deficit spending and interference with state’s rights and individual rights by the GOP.
And I do live in a Republican district, so Republican in fact that my Congressman is running unopposed. I’ll just be withholding my vote.
And I’m not sending a message - I am exercising my right to vote how I choose. I have made a determination that neither party represents my rather libertarian point of view and that divided government would be the best situation.
June 8th, 2006 at 9:33 am
ANWR?
Right, because the US doesn’t do enough to help energy companies benefit to the detriment of its citizens.