Nasty Little Man

Senator Stevens doesn't support our troops

Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and the Repugnantcans in the U.S. House care more about a little oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) than our troops overseas. In a disgusting display, Stevens tacked an amendment on ANWR drilling onto an unrelated defense spending bill, the House passed it, and then Old Man Stevens went to bat for it in the Senate. The bill also included a laundry list of other unrelated amendments. Well, the Senate just knocked it down.

If you want to debate drilling in ANWR, fine. But to play games with a bill that everyone knows would have bipartisan support is gutter politics. In fact, the Philadelphia Inquirer said today

The integrity of the U.S. Senate is up for a vote today.

Inquirer editorial: U.S. Senate shenanigans same old drill- An Arctic end run

Note the headline. That's the kind of reframing of the message that the southpaws have to do. Yesterday a caller on Ed Schultz's show was defending the no-warrant "3-way calling" that Bush has been indulging in, and Schultz said, "You right-wing nuts are un-American." Exactly right. Steal their lines.

For a hilarious bit on Senator Stevens as The Incredible Hulk, check out the podcast of today's Bill Press Show. The bit is 2.5 hours into the show.

posted by Kinder Gentler Little Man @ 1:22 PM