sailingaway
06-11-2010, 07:34 AM
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20100611/OPINION01/6110308/Extreme+driving
" The May primary put Kentucky out front on the highway, because Republican voters opted for constitutional fundamentalist Rand Paul as their standard-bearer and their candidate for U.S. Senate. He hopes to win the seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Bunning; the only entity that has less to show for Mr. Bunning's 12 years in office than Mr. Bunning is Kentucky. That is the best to hope for if Dr. Paul wins in November. (In case you're wondering, Dr. Paul is still the only non-payroll, public defender of the BP oil company.)
Now Nevada joins Kentucky on the fast track to the fringe, having eschewed a candidate who spoke of trading chickens for doctor visits (no kidding) in favor of Republican Sharron Angle, who has voted against fluoride in drinking water (hailed as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the past century) and voices support for The Oath Keepers, a group cited by the Southern Poverty Law Center as evidence of a recent return of the militia movement. (Two degrees of separation: The founder of OathKeepers once worked as an aide to Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, Rand Paul's father.) She hopes to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who just helped deliver health care reform to the American people. "
To be honest, they sound like they are getting desperate to me: "We TOLD you how bad they are!! AGREE WITH US!!!"
They also note that both Rand and Angle won their primaries and are leading in the polls, yet continue to call them fringe and extreme.
I don't think those words mean what they think they mean.
I'm going to comment now....
" The May primary put Kentucky out front on the highway, because Republican voters opted for constitutional fundamentalist Rand Paul as their standard-bearer and their candidate for U.S. Senate. He hopes to win the seat being vacated by Sen. Jim Bunning; the only entity that has less to show for Mr. Bunning's 12 years in office than Mr. Bunning is Kentucky. That is the best to hope for if Dr. Paul wins in November. (In case you're wondering, Dr. Paul is still the only non-payroll, public defender of the BP oil company.)
Now Nevada joins Kentucky on the fast track to the fringe, having eschewed a candidate who spoke of trading chickens for doctor visits (no kidding) in favor of Republican Sharron Angle, who has voted against fluoride in drinking water (hailed as one of the top 10 public health achievements of the past century) and voices support for The Oath Keepers, a group cited by the Southern Poverty Law Center as evidence of a recent return of the militia movement. (Two degrees of separation: The founder of OathKeepers once worked as an aide to Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, Rand Paul's father.) She hopes to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who just helped deliver health care reform to the American people. "
To be honest, they sound like they are getting desperate to me: "We TOLD you how bad they are!! AGREE WITH US!!!"
They also note that both Rand and Angle won their primaries and are leading in the polls, yet continue to call them fringe and extreme.
I don't think those words mean what they think they mean.
I'm going to comment now....