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August 22, 2006

Ridiculous Righty Response to TABOR Concerns

Daily Kos contributor "sandlapper” has been working hard to chronicle Howard Rich’s “reach into our states and into our lives,” something which I have also been following closely, as has Ed Waldo at Boregasm.

But not everyone appreciates his work. He has raised the ire of "Save the GOP" (which erroneously sees Rich, et al as conservatives rather than libertarians) and now is in their "Daily Kos Stupidity" file. How charming.

The first thing that struck me was: “Holy cow, you mean national Democratic activists have an issue with a conservative policy activist mounting a nationwide effort, yet the DKos involvement in Connecticut, et al is somehow ok with them?”

Typical conservative response when they're nabbed doing something shady: "But they did it first!"

If you've read all the posts about this issue, you will readily see how this person seeking to "save the GOP" is mischaracterizing the many concerns that have been raised by responding to a very small quote from Sandlapper's post regarding Rich's nation-wide effort:

Nation-wide efforts of Daily Kos? Who cares! MoveOn.org? George Soros? Hey, as long as they are progressives they can pour their money into any issue whatsoever! Sandlapper also imitates Emeril (Bam!) for added theatric effects and describe the effort to do the sinister act of protecting taxpayer revenues as “Conspiracy, not coincidence. Agenda, not mere generosity.” …

Markos Moulitsas (the man who said “screw ‘em” when several American workers in Iraq died) must not be questioned, but Howard Rich is an eeeevil conservative activist who must be stopped at all accounts. Moreover, allowing voters to have some control over their state’s purse strings will bring about chaos, liberal betwetting, and the injury of puppies.

He then goes on to describe what the "conspiracy" really is by merely explaining the Colorado TABOR law, which incidentally nearly everyone involved in this year's crop of ballot measures is desperately trying to run away from.

Never mind the layers of obfuscating astroturf organizations laundering money to hide its source. Never mind the illegal petitioning practices. Never mind the heavy-handed forcing of an agenda on local activists and pushing aside of local concerns. Never mind the unwanted LIBERTARIAN agenda being foisted on unwitting voters. Because those awful liberals engage in national, coordinated efforts, it's apparently no holds barred for everyone else.

This is precisely the sort of uninformed, closed-minded thinking that is getting Republicans in trouble right now. And it is precisely the reason why I remain a registered Independent. I simply will not be associated with people who tolerate illegal and unethical behavior, refuse to use the brains God gave them, and act like children.

Posted by Becky at August 22, 2006 11:59 AM