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March 27, 2008

Steve Novick: Oregon's Ralph Nader

Last October reps Greenlick and Nolan denounced Steve Novick's "crass attempt to turn Democrats against one another, an effort that serves only his selfish personal agenda. And what's worse, he based his entire attack on talking points sent out by the Oregon Republican Party."

Now Novick has taken his agenda squarely back into his Naderite roots in two primary ways.

1. Steve Novick relies on the use of inflammatory language to
boost his campaign and his persona;

2. In order to promote his policies and personality, Novick has
chosen to equate progressive Democrats with conservative
Republicans. This is an inherently Naderesque tactic that
Democratic primary voters should see thorugh.

Politicker OR has the story:

Steve Novick today equated Jeff Merkley and Sen. Gordon Smith’s views on Social Security, and emphasized his own willingness to advocate for measures, that, according to his campaign, will "prevent a federal fiscal train wreck and exposed the intellectual bankruptcy of both Gordon Smith's and Jeff Merkley's approach to federal finances."

That's classic Ralph Nader demagoguery! Steve Novick would have us believe that the Sierra Club is unable to distinguish a progressive like Merkley from a conservative like Smith... That renowned progressive activist labor unions like the SEIU, AFL-CIO and AFSCME are intellectually bankrupt... That progressive activist heavyweights like Rob Brading and Ben Cannon might as well be backing Gordon Smith. Ditto for General McPeak, Jim Rassmann, Paul Evans and many other courageous veterans.

Bottom line: Steve Novick is so desperate to
make Jeff Merkley seem just like Gordon Smith that he's willing to
cede the Senate seat to Smith's re-election if he doesn't win the
primary. His scorched-earth tactics can only hurt Oregon in the United States Senate.

Reps Greenlike and Nolan were 100% right about Steve Novick.

Oregon deserves much better.

Posted by Kevin at March 27, 2008 07:40 AM