Denver Post Draws False Equivalencies In Comparing Democratic and Republican Candidates
Ah your "librul" media at work.
Zappatero at SquareState.net noted this article at the Denver Post.
The Denver Post, while finding an astonishing fact about Big Oil Bob Schaffer, proceeds to muddy up the comparison between Schaffer the extremist and the eminently reasonable Mark Udall.
One analysis of Schaffer's three-term congressional record places him as the 14th most conservative out of more than 3,400 lawmakers to go to Washington since 1937. Udall, though less extreme, falls squarely within his party's liberal wing — and based on his votes is more liberal than Clinton and Obama.
Less extreme? Schaffer was ranked the 14th most conservative out of more than 3,400 lawmakers. Udall was ranked 509th, although that number doesn't show up in the article. 14th (R) = 509th (D). It's fair and balanced! And according to the Post article, both need to work on coming to the middle.
The Post continues to compare Apple Pie to Oranges:
Those voting records present significant problems for the early strategies of both campaigns, which depend on repositioning their candidates to appeal to the moderate and independent voters who most experts say will decide the race.
That would be ok if it was true. Unfortunately, for all of us Denver Post readers, and the candidates and the voters, it's not. Here are some stats on how voters now trust Democrats overwhelmingly on the issues
There's more...the update looks at the data and finds that if you look at the data for the current crop of politicians (the data used for the Post study goes back to 1932), the numbers become even more stark and surprise, surprise! Schaffer is on the far right extreme and Udall is basically right there in the middle as he claimed.
FOIST!
This should come as no surprise to anyone that's ever read the Post. This is a two-bit rag that has been filled with talking points meme for the GOP, the Denver P.D., and the corrupt D.A's office for years (for both dem and gop DAs). The Denver Post is a shameful organization
Not a surprise here. The Post used to be the "liberal" rag vs. the Rocky Mountain News, which was the conservative propaganda outlet. Then they bought and consumed each other, or some such thing, and now they're just the big corporate media outlet.
Bush = McCain = Bush
"Why Is This Bush So Happy?"
"Because Bush has found someone to promise a Third Bush Term and protect Bushco."
From the Bush WH
White House press secretary Dana Perino denied last week that Bush and McCain had been longtime rivals. "Absolutely not," she said on Fox News.
"And while I think that might be a good story line for some people to say, to try, it's simply not true. And I would say that hasn't been true ever, but certainly after they were competitors, then, in 2000 and 2004, Senator McCain went on to work his tail off to help this president."
From Washington Post
McCain has also been a strong Bush ally, most especially in the battle to liberalize immigration laws and to create a path to citizenship for people living illegally in the United States. He has reversed himself on the tax cuts, saying they should be made permanent; he has become the biggest supporter of Bush's troop buildup in Iraq; and he sided with the president against a bill -- vetoed this weekend -- that would have banned waterboarding by the CIA. Congressional Quarterly reports that McCain supported Bush 90 percent of the time in five of the first six years of his presidency.
Unless the people of Colorado demand more from their leaders, they will forever be saddled with idiots like Udall. If they would wake up and vote for anyboy who doesn't have a R next to their name they might be able to move to the 20th century.
And lets look and compare the effect of Republicon Administration policies...
And this is just today....
The Iraq war will top 3 trillion dollars
5 US soldiers were killed in a Baghdad blast
the CIA torture will continue, Bush vetos
a lawsuit was filed to get White House aids to testify in the attorney firings scandal
oil hits $108 per barrel - gas prices hit a new record
a lawsuit was filed claiming that the Fish and Wildlife Service is in breach of its own mandate
AP investigation found that a vast array of pharmaceuticals are in the US water supply
... good timing for today's distractions..
Lets not forget about the GOP Hookergate
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/05/breaking-cia-director-porter-goss-re...
CIA chief quits after 'Hookergate'
--> porter goss, politics, cia, bush, current affairs, watergate, cunningham, white house
That story is not over yet...
Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News endorsed George W. Bush in 2004. I cancelled my subscription then and have rarely read the rag since. This is no surprise. They clearly have an agenda.
That's the old Republican talking point "Their just as bad as we are". Republican Hillary Clinton is presently using that method against Democrat Barack Obama.
Phil Crane ranked 3306 on this list of 3320. In 2004 he lost his seat in congress to Mellisa Bean who was reelected in 06 and favored to win in 08. This was as solid of a red seat as there was and now its turning into a legitimate Dem seat.
Good catch Zappatero. Me thinks the far-right is now the new "center".
Yeah, and yellow is the new 'black'.
Patty D. @ 5:
What the heck are you talking about? Udall is a Dem.
Also fyi, Patty D.@5
Colorado elected a Democratic governor in the last election. The state house is Democratic and even though he is a Bush-dog dem, at least 1/2 of Colorado's senators is a Dem, soon to be 100% Dems when Udall takes Schaffer to the cleaners in November.
anonymous @ 9:
Besides the fact Bean is by many accounts a DINO, your analysis loses veracity in light of the changing demographics of the district.
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Thanks, Nicole!
The Smiths @ 6:
Why don't you looney lefty democrats stop bitching about whining about his emperor Bush. You have done absolutely nothing to stop his highness. In fact, your looney leftey democratically controlled congress has done nothing but rubber stamp emperor Bush's actions.
Trust me on this, the Denver Post has never been liberal, not even slightly...
I live in Colorado and saw the article. As my husband pointed out, it has Clinton and Obama, but no John McCain. I guess they don't want us to see how conservative he really is.
Not so... to the troll at 16.
Another comparison, Unlike the Republicans
Democrats have filed Subpoenas
http://www.democrats.com/subpoenas
And then today they were forced today to file a lawsuit...
House Panel Files Suit Against White House
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/03/house_panel_files_suit...
But hey... you wouldnt know it from the "main Stream news" today...
we know the real news mr troll....
The Iraq war will top 3 trillion dollars
a former Pentagon official has written a book attacking the CIA and other US officials over the US-led Iraq war
5 US soldiers were killed in a Baghdad blast
an Iraqi tribal leader - the head of an 'Awakening Council' - and three others were killed in a Diyala province suicide bombing
CIA torture will continue, per Bush
the House Judiciary Committee has filed suit to force two White House officials to provide information about the firing of U.S. attorneys
more trouble for Carlyle group has surfaced
oil has soared to $108 per barrel
gas prices have reached a new record
a lawsuit has been filed claiming that the Fish and Wildlife Service is now in breach of its own mandate
an AP investigation has revealed that a vast array of pharmaceuticals are in the US water supply
Liberal, Conservative; these words are completely meaningless now... if they ever did mean anything. When I see these words used to categorize a politician in a news report, I immediately stop paying attention. These words are used by reporters who are either on the take, or have an axe to grind.
Terra-Firma @ 2:
The DA is a Dem..............
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