“I have never been more ashamed for my country”
[The pundits] dusted off the old theme that the Democrats need to "reach out" more to the "heartland." Reach out? How, exactly? Forget that these folks blindly ignored all objective reality -- and their own best economic and national-security interests -- and voted for Bush. Look what they did at the Senate level:
In Kentucky, they refused to use even basic sanity as a litmus test, and reelected a guy with apparent late-stage dementia
In Oklahoma, they tapped a fellow who wants to execute doctors who perform abortions, who was sued for sterilizing a woman against her will, who pled guilty to Medicaid fraud, and who largely opposes federal subsidies, even for his own state
In Louisiana, they embraced a man who has made back-door deals with David Duke and who was revealed to have had a long-running affair with a prostitute
In South Carolina, they went with a guy who thinks all gay teachers should be fired
In Alaska, they reelected a woman who was appointed by her father to the job after a spectacularly undistinguished career as an obscure state senator. And compared with the rest of the GOP Class of '04, she's the freaking prom queen.
These are the stellar elected officials that the "heartland" has foisted on the rest of us.
In Kentucky, they refused to use even basic sanity as a litmus test, and reelected a guy with apparent late-stage dementia
In Oklahoma, they tapped a fellow who wants to execute doctors who perform abortions, who was sued for sterilizing a woman against her will, who pled guilty to Medicaid fraud, and who largely opposes federal subsidies, even for his own state
In Louisiana, they embraced a man who has made back-door deals with David Duke and who was revealed to have had a long-running affair with a prostitute
In South Carolina, they went with a guy who thinks all gay teachers should be fired
In Alaska, they reelected a woman who was appointed by her father to the job after a spectacularly undistinguished career as an obscure state senator. And compared with the rest of the GOP Class of '04, she's the freaking prom queen.
These are the stellar elected officials that the "heartland" has foisted on the rest of us.
- Janet Sullivan, in Salon .
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