This week CNN's Political Ticker reported "Congresswoman takes post in State Department." The article begins:
California congresswoman Ellen Tauscher is vacating her Bay Area seat to serve under Hillary Clinton at the State Department.Tauscher, a moderate Democrat and a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a message to her constituents that Clinton had asked her to serve as undersecretary of state for arms control and international security.
Let's briefly examine the congressional voting record of the "moderate Democrat" Ellen Tauscher. According to interest group evaluations compiled by Project Vote Smart, for 2007 the congresswoman received a zero from the American Conservative Union and the National Right to Life Committee, an F from the National Taxpayers Union, an F- from Gun Owners of America, and a 4 from Citizens Against Government Waste.
In contrast, she was awarded 100 percent ratings by NARAL Pro-Choice America, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Education Association, and the National Organization for Women. Americans for Democratic Action assigned her a 95 and the AFL-CIO accorded her a 96.
CNN considers such a voting record to be one of a moderate Democrat. Apparently, over at the most trusted name in news, liberals are as rare as a Barack Obama misstep.
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She is a moderate in the same way ....
March 21, 2009 - 22:23 ET by superconthat Barack Obama is the new Reagan.
It's a bit of a stretch to say the least.
Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.
Obama might be the new Reagan
March 21, 2009 - 22:29 ET by Mike BatesThe new Ronald Reagan, Jr. that is. They both hang around with ballet dancers.
→ Dartagnon Bates
March 21, 2009 - 22:31 ET by Cool ArrowCareful with that rapier.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE!
d'Artagnan
March 21, 2009 - 22:35 ET by Mike BatesI'm sorry, you're right. I should be kinder toward our savior. Wouldn't want anyone to think I wish him to fail or anything like that.
Zing!
March 21, 2009 - 22:33 ET by superconBa doomp boomp.
Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.
Think that deserves a rimshot
March 21, 2009 - 22:36 ET by Mike BatesBut not in a Barney Frank sort of way.
Uh hoh geez....
March 21, 2009 - 22:56 ET by superconThat's it....I gotta' go.
Catch you later Mike.
Because with a name like Obama... you know it has to be good.
ontheissues.org
March 21, 2009 - 22:27 ET by katainkentHas her as a libertarian leaning liberal.
libertarian leaning liberal
March 21, 2009 - 22:32 ET by Mike BatesLet me guess: She got points for being pro-drugs, anti-Patriot Act, and a great rating from the ACLU.
hm... yep
March 21, 2009 - 22:36 ET by katainkentHer civil rights record :
Drug Stance :
subjecting federal employees to random drug tests
March 21, 2009 - 22:38 ET by Mike BatesIt might impede their efficiency.
its a good site though
March 21, 2009 - 22:44 ET by katainkentI use it all the time. Better than wikipedia any day of the week.
Maybe the CNN peeps could use it too. :)
She
March 22, 2009 - 12:18 ET by UpNorthintroduced legislation to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell, just before she resigned to help Hillary with the reset buttons. Moderate she isn't, never has been, and certainly won't be. But then, she'll fit right in with the savants at Foggy Bottom. Maybe she'll be in charge of the terps, or getting Hillary's morning coffee, or purchasing gifts for visiting heads of state?
purchasing gifts for visiting heads of state
March 22, 2009 - 12:49 ET by Mike BatesMaybe she was selected because she's expert on DVD region codes, something Obammy's administration needs a little help with.
Michael,
March 22, 2009 - 16:36 ET by UpNorthshe also has an open account at the WH gift shop, she can pick up all the Marine One helicopters the 0 and his Wookie need on a moment's notice.
The Species is Going Extinct
March 21, 2009 - 22:44 ET by dboPerhaps she is one of the few Democrats that actually paid taxes and therefore CNN considers her moderate.
Moderate democrat?I
March 22, 2009 - 02:53 ET by ConservativeRexModerate democrat?
I suppose that's like saying "he's one tall midget, eating that jumbo shrimp".
"Moderate"...
March 22, 2009 - 07:25 ET by JohnMcGrew...as being somewhere between Bill Ayers and Hillary Clinton.
The MSM think
March 22, 2009 - 10:37 ET by Mike Batesanyone to the right of Fidel is a moderate.
She's as much of a partisan as George Stephanopoulos...
March 22, 2009 - 09:07 ET by ThalpyShe's as much of a partisan as George Stephanopoulos, and that's saying a lot. CNN's characterization of Ellen Tauscher as a moderate Democrat is a lie.
Moderate
March 22, 2009 - 10:19 ET by 10ksnookerCenter of the communist party.
Shifting Spectrum
March 22, 2009 - 11:20 ET by slickwillie2001I see an obvious effort by the left to pull the entire political spectrum to the left, and relabel everyone. Any Republican short of Specter and the Fair Ladies of Maine are referred to as extremist, or far-right, hard-right, hard-core, -all those scare words.
Meanwhile on the left, there is no one that will ever be labeled 'far-left' and scare words are never used. (Is there any politician in the US that the liberal media refers to as 'far-left'? Anyone?) They are actually trying to sell the 'bamster and his cabal as a moderate! They will try and sell his fascist-socialism as centrist!
I would like to see a study of the use of the labels 'far-right' and 'far-left' in the US old media, simply based on rate of occurrence. It would be easy to do on the internet if you could filter out non-old-media and count only articles about US politics.
Is this discussed on the Stephie conference call? Or on the big 8:45 call? Or on the liberal journalists 'JournoList'?
...Tauscher a
March 22, 2009 - 16:45 ET by bigtimer...Tauscher a moderate...
I saw this earlier and had to quit laughing long enough to be able to post just this...
...and pigs fly too.
Left-Wing women scare me...
March 22, 2009 - 16:54 ET by Mother...they always look like they want to be men.
Am I the only one who thinks it's completely backwards to be 'supposedly' for women's rights by wanting the 'choice' to kill your offspring and be as UNfeminine as possible?
http://pajamasmedia....
I think someone can be a strong woman without killing her own babies and dressing like a man.
Left-wing women, Mother
March 22, 2009 - 16:59 ET by Mike BatesBut some of 'em - Barbara Mikulski and Rosa DeLauro come readily to mind - are paragons of femininity.
More or less.
*Ouch*, Michael...
March 22, 2009 - 17:08 ET by Mother...If ever there was an argument for a burka. lol! I keed, I keed.
BTW...that link I posted was to a blog by Phyllis Chesler [whom I adore] and Marcia Pappas and included some great information on the original 'women's rights' movement before it got twisted and perverted by the Left.
:)
Ouch is right, Mother
March 22, 2009 - 17:12 ET by Mike BatesGenerally, when the subject turns to looks, I take a powder. For obvious reasons.
Powder shmowder...
March 22, 2009 - 17:50 ET by Mother...you're a handsome devil! I see that twinkle in your eye! ;)
twinkle in your eye, Mother
March 22, 2009 - 20:34 ET by Mike BatesThanks, but those are cataracts.
Here are the new
March 23, 2009 - 11:16 ET by gopcongressHere are the new definitions:
2008: Moderate Republican was 1968: Democrat
2008: Centrist was 1968: Left-Leaning Democrat
2008: Moderate Democrat was 1968: Liberal Democrat
2008: Democrat was 1968: Socialist
2008: Liberal Democrat was 1968: Marxist
Hope this clarifies things for the peanut gallery.
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Moderate... Democrat... Liberal... Progressive... Socialist... Communist—The progression is clear as day.