Unity and Hypocrisy
Written by Daniel on September 20, 2006 – 9:20 pm - Welcome, if you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed or subscribe to our email newsletter. Thanks for visiting!
How many times have we heard this refrain?
“Republican incumbent X votes with Bush XX % of the time.”
“Republican incumbent X is a Bush clone.”
“Republican challenger Y will just follow orders from the party bosses.”
“Republican challenger Y will vote the party not the district.”
“Republican candidate Z is incapable of independent thought.”
“Republican candidate Z is a rubberstamp for Bush-DeLay-Abrahmoff.”
TIME Magazine, in a very flattering profile of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, reports:
To condition Democrats for this fall’s midterm elections, she has employed tactics straight out of DeLay’s playbook: insisting other House Democrats vote the party line on everything, avoiding comprimise with Republicans at all cost and mandating that members spend much of their time raising money for colleagues in close races.
And she has been effective. House Democrats have been more unified in their voting than at any other time in the past quarter-century, with members on average voting the party line 88% of the time in 2005, according to Congressional Quarterly.
[emphasis added]
I simply point out that the Democrats’ slam on Republicans is purely politically contrived. There is NO actual belief among Democrats that it is good/better for America/healthy for democracy for members to vary from their respective party’s line. It’s all just a sales pitch to fit the season. As TIME’s report makes clear, it’s also sheer hypocrisy.
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September 20th, 2006 at 10:29 pm
And this is different from how Republicans campaign because….?
The percentage of the American public which cares about partisan politics is extremely low. People who overdose on party identification on either side are in the decided minority.
It’s amusing to listen to all of the Republican comentators huffing and puffing about any little criticism of the President. It’s funny, because they now criticize the exact same activity they engaged in 24-7 during the last administration.
September 20th, 2006 at 11:52 pm
And what activity would that be Wally? Engaging in oral sex in the Oral Office and then lying under oath about it in a civil lawsuit deposition?
Nah, I didn’t think so.
September 21st, 2006 at 12:25 am
Democrats vote together in a cut-throat absense of dissent while Republicans fail to coalesce as a party because it is popular to go on CNN and bitch and moan about Bush??
Stop, you’re making that up!
September 21st, 2006 at 5:16 pm
Of course they want to connect Republicans with Bush, because of the simple fact that Bush has very low approval ratings. Let’s compare criticisms: Clinton had oral sex with a woman in the White House; Bush supports torture and unlimited holding of prisoners in secret jails throughout the world.
Criticism one is valid, and Hilary should have kicked him to the curb. Criticism 2 is valid, and is costing American lives and will result in decades of hate by every country that is not America.
September 21st, 2006 at 5:34 pm
Last time I checked, Bush’s approval rating is rising… Last time I checked approval for the war in Iraq was rising too… according to the Gallup scientific poll. If fact, its 48% to 48% on which party will be elected in November.
September 27th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
[...] On overall issues, she has a 96% Liberal rating on social issues according to National Journal, making her the 17th most Liberal member of 435 on those issues. She voted the Democratic Party line 97% of the time (hypocrisy alert!) and has a 96% lifetime rating from Americans for Democratic Action, a preeminent liberal advocacy group. Shehas “an almost perfectly liberal voting record” according to The Almanac of American Politics. [...]