It turns out its been one big deception. According to a report in today's Washington Post, everything the right has claimed to believe in all these years are not even issues!
"If Chafee falls, he will be the second sitting senator to lose a primary this
year. But unlike Democrat Joseph I. Lieberman in Connecticut, whose defeat is
attributed to his outspoken support for the war, Chafee's problems have little
to do with where he stands on issues. Rather, they are rooted in his
contemplative, consensus-building style, an aberration in the current bitterly
partisan climate.
By contrast, Laffey has an assertive, tough personality. He
contends that Chafee's independence has made him irrelevant, and that his
unpredictable voting patterns suggest a political identity crisis, as if the
senator can't make up his mind."
Could the Post really believe that Chafee is not being challenged because of "where he stands on the issues"? I quote:
"He opposes the war, backs abortion rights and other liberal social causes, and is an ardent environmentalist", the article goes on to state. Later on:"He opposed Samuel A. Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court and voted against the Bush tax cuts."
To paraphrase a former president, I guess the issue is the meaning of the word issue.
1 comment:
funny.
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