Tuesday, April 10, 2012
"MOMENT OF CLARITY: Let Lying Dogs Sleep"
I guess the conventional wisdom is that Congressman Stupak got snookered.
I disagree.
I doubt anyone in politics (if only for five minutes) could be that naive.
If you think otherwise, I have a bridge to sell you...
I disagree.
I doubt anyone in politics (if only for five minutes) could be that naive.
If you think otherwise, I have a bridge to sell you...
Tim Nerenz asks us to remember this and reviews how dishonest politicians can be:
"If you recall, then-congressman Stupak’s rebellion was put down when President Obama personally assured him that an Executive Order would be issued which would disallow government abortion funding and mandates on religious organizations. Mr. Stupak returned to the floor of the House from his meeting with the President to vote for the bill, reading a note explaining his flip-flop with all the conviction of a POW apologizing for war crimes while the out-of-frame guns are pointed at his head.
The President’s word of honor did not even make it to the end of Stupak’s successor’s first term; he managed to offend the Church, trample the Constitution, and sully his own character in one single act of stupidity when he broke his promise to Bart and ordered Catholic charities to buy contraceptive services for their employees."
