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Thursday, 18 May 2006
The Damn Weekly DSCC Email; Playing the Numbers Game
Topic: Politics

The rotation appears to have come full circle, as Anne Lewis is back to point out some useless facts in this week's Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee email asking for money and support. The following are a few tidbits from the email and our retort to this pearls of wisdom.

Yesterday, Democrat Bob Casey beat Rick Santorum by nearly 65,000 votes.

Before you get too excited, I should point out that I'm talking about the nominating primaries and that Casey and Santorum weren't actually running against each other. But it's still a crystal clear example of how Pennsylvania voters are ready for a change.
- No, Anne, it's not. They're not ready for change just because one candidate beat out his primary candidate by more votes. It doesn't even come close to meaning that, and that makes you a dumbass. Next?

He says that he's never voted to raise taxes. The problem, of course, is that Conrad Burns voted for higher taxes for Montanans just last week. The tax bill that passed the Senate last week will end a special college tuition tax deduction that saved Montana students more than $20 million a year. - Ehhh, technically she's right, but this isn't really the same as raising taxes, because it's just halting a government program. Remember, the US government used to pay for farmers to use DDT before cutting that funding, and we doubt someone would look at that as raising taxes.

Claire McCaskill is touring around Missouri all this week to meet with veterans and active-duty service members and to discuss her newly unveiled Military Bill of Rights.

McCaskill's plan will keep the promises this administration has broken: more body armor for our troops, a better-funded VA system, and a modernization of the GI Bill that would provide world-class opportunities to our veterans.
- Oh sigh, where to begin? This is pretty much the same as the GOP using 9/11 to win elections. Claire, no one believes you're genuine. After all, you're a politician.

Then Lewis put up a bumper sticker she saw that said "I NEVER THOUGHT I'D MISS NIXON" which we have to admit is damn funny. And now the DSCC is running a "funny bumper sticker" campaign to try to get people involved. Good idea. Hip and fun and political at the same time. But oops, she screwed it up by asking for money in the last line. And just when things were ending so well for her too...


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