Thursday, December 14, 2006
A strategic Dollar Bill voter explains her rationale
Lovely alerted me to this
Letter to the Times Picayune Editor (printed in full):
Lest Mr. Jefferson see this "victory" as vindication and support, I'd like to set him straight. I voted for Mr. Jefferson precisely because I believe he is guilty of ethical and legal lapses, with the hope that he will be removed in disgrace on a national stage before he has the chance to do any more damage.
My alternative was to vote for a "junior Hillary" who may be able to stay in Congress indefinitely and who would no doubt promote a liberal agenda even more aggressively than Mr. Jefferson has. As a realistic conservative, I know that it will be difficult to elect a truly conservative congressman in our area, but I think our chances are much better against Jefferson or an empty seat than against Carter.
Analysis of the demographics of the vote will bear this out. The more conservative Jefferson Parish residents voted overwhelmingly for Jefferson. They didn't vote that way out of support for Jefferson but out of a determination to keep Carter out of office. Sorry Mr. Jefferson, but many of those same voters will now be working to have you removed from office as soon as possible.
What a shame that our political options have come to this.
Diane P.
Bridge City
According to this voter's "analysis", Jefferson Parish voted
against Carter, and
for Dollar Bill... because Carter is a "liberal". And after re-electing Jefferson, these "realistic conservatives" will be "working" to have him removed because it might help them in a future election*.
Thanks Diane! Great Work!
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*For those who feared that if Carter had won, she would have a lifetime seat, remember that her base of support would have been white Uptowners and West Bankers-- not exactly an impregnable electoral fortress. They would quickly desert her for any other viable candidate (black or white) that I can think of. It's hard to imagine her not having stiff competition... unless she did a great job, of course.
6 Comments:
What a cynical bastard...voting for the "greater of evils" instead of the lesser...
"What a shame that our politics have come to this."
Is what somebody should say to her.
What's even a bigger shame is the people duped into believing that Jefferson is less liberal than Carter and has their same "family values." In 2004, he voted 77% of the time with the Human Rights Campaign (GLBT rights group) position, and in 2002, voted 100% of the time with them. Interestingly, in this election year, he only voted for legislation supportive of gays and lesbians 1/3 of the time. [from their congressional scorecard at hrc.org] And where's his anti-abortion crusade?
The good news, however, is that he can now take his buddy Derrick Shepherd's fight to keep people's pants up all the way to the U.S. Capitol!
sad that this actually gets printed in the t-p. wonder what they skipped over to print this.
Clear Channel doesnt care about Madison
If only New Orleans cared about New Orleans
If it had been a concert at the High Noon Tuesday evening it would have been a sold out show. Four hundred ninety supporters of Madison's Air America affiliate, the Mic, packed into the venue with more spilling out onto the patio and into the parking lot. Multiple speakers, including politicians and Mic advertisers, took to the stage to express their concerns and frustration over the decision by Clear Channel to dump the progressive talk format and replace it with FOX Sports. But those speakers, while they all brought important messages, weren't the most striking part of the evening. What struck a chord in me was the casual conversation after the event from unsuspecting folks who sounded like they were snapped in the ass with a towel. They were saying things like, "Clear Channel doesn't care about Madison," "why does Clear Channel get to make our decisions," "Clear Channel owns too much."
It struck a nerve because it has been a long time since there has been casual talk like that in a public space....
Clear Channel doesnt care about Madison
lets circle these fema trialers
This Diane P. is a real patriot. That's what America is all about. Vote for the candidate you most wish to be indicted. Guess what? You just screwed everybody. Especially the kids.
