Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Chron: The Voice of the GOP.
Carla Marinucci is, as always, talking up the chances of the GOP in the next election:
GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO, has repeatedly lambasted "the politicians" whom she says have run California into the ground - pointedly referencing Attorney General Jerry Brown, a Democrat and former two-term governor who is running for a third term in next year's election.
"Californians have had it with career politicians - they're done," said Whitman.
Except Brown was governor a long time ago, and Carla could point out, maybe, that the current governor (a) belongs to the GOP, and (b) is definitely not a career politicians. Even I seem to recall he was in the movie business before. We can't recall his name, as he is not named directly in the article (only once, as a clarification of someone's point). But Carla goes on:
A similar theme is emerging in the U.S. Senate race, where Republicans Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO, and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore of Irvine are vying to oust U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat.
Fiorina said recently in Washington that she has the best shot at defeating Boxer. "If someone has a spending problem," Fiorina said, "you stop giving them money."
Except, Carly, in recession, cutting spending is not the solution. Cutting the state spending only results in more jobs lost, which ripple down into an economy contracting more. Long term budgets matter, but short term deficits are not the problem right now, getting out of the recession is. But Carla Marinucci won't mention that, either.
But most hilarious is the intro of the article:
In blue-leaning California, the dangers for Democrats are becoming evident as the GOP works to fire up voters with issues like budget deficits, health care reform and the costs of curbing global warming.
Budget deficits: You mean those created by Bush's tax cuts, Bush's wars and Bush's recession? Health care reform: what's the GOP plan exactly, beyond stalling and obstructing in Congress? And curbing global warming: again, what's the GOP position beyond denying science?
That GOP can fire up voters on these issues is not funny actually, but a testimony of their ability to manipulate the media. Of course an objective, truth seeking journalist would laugh at their stance on those specific issues. But all we got here is the Chron.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO, has repeatedly lambasted "the politicians" whom she says have run California into the ground - pointedly referencing Attorney General Jerry Brown, a Democrat and former two-term governor who is running for a third term in next year's election.
"Californians have had it with career politicians - they're done," said Whitman.
Except Brown was governor a long time ago, and Carla could point out, maybe, that the current governor (a) belongs to the GOP, and (b) is definitely not a career politicians. Even I seem to recall he was in the movie business before. We can't recall his name, as he is not named directly in the article (only once, as a clarification of someone's point). But Carla goes on:
A similar theme is emerging in the U.S. Senate race, where Republicans Carly Fiorina, a former Hewlett-Packard CEO, and Assemblyman Chuck DeVore of Irvine are vying to oust U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer, a Democrat.
Fiorina said recently in Washington that she has the best shot at defeating Boxer. "If someone has a spending problem," Fiorina said, "you stop giving them money."
Except, Carly, in recession, cutting spending is not the solution. Cutting the state spending only results in more jobs lost, which ripple down into an economy contracting more. Long term budgets matter, but short term deficits are not the problem right now, getting out of the recession is. But Carla Marinucci won't mention that, either.
But most hilarious is the intro of the article:
In blue-leaning California, the dangers for Democrats are becoming evident as the GOP works to fire up voters with issues like budget deficits, health care reform and the costs of curbing global warming.
Budget deficits: You mean those created by Bush's tax cuts, Bush's wars and Bush's recession? Health care reform: what's the GOP plan exactly, beyond stalling and obstructing in Congress? And curbing global warming: again, what's the GOP position beyond denying science?
That GOP can fire up voters on these issues is not funny actually, but a testimony of their ability to manipulate the media. Of course an objective, truth seeking journalist would laugh at their stance on those specific issues. But all we got here is the Chron.
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