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Thursday, June 21, 2007
Stuck In the Middle...
... with almost every member of the House of Representatives. Then, of course, you have the Clown to the Left of me (Dennis Kucinich) and the Joker to the Right (Ron Paul). What were they voting for? Roll Call 513:
In case you've been in a cave for the last few months, Paul and Kucinich are both running for President. Kucinich is courting the whacko left fringe, and Paul claims to be a conservative, but is more Libertarian (and not in a good way) ***. Makes me really hope Fred! gets in the race officially or Duncan Hunter gains a lot of popularity. Please.
The eleven people who voted "present" and the eight who didn't vote at all probably won't get any press. If they're your reps, you might want to ask them what they were thinking. (Well, Conyers was one of them, so we know that he wasn't thinking. But ask the rest of them.)
*** I had originally stated in the post that Ron Paul wasn't invited to the GOP debates. Cornelius points out in the comments that Ron Paul has been at the GOP debates. I remember hearing that a lot of insiders wanted him booted from the debates because he is a Libertarian in Republican clothes. For some reason, I thought he had been uninvited. I was wrong, and I removed that statement.
Calling on the United Nations Security Council to charge Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with violating the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the United Nations Charter because of his calls for the destruction of the State of IsraelOh, yeah, that's one to take a stand on. Uh-huh. In Ron Paul's "defense", he routinely votes against any and almost all resolutions because they're not resolutions and, in his mind, are a waste of time. (Well, at least he's consistent, right?) Dennis "My Tinfoil Hat Is Too Tight" Kucinich's excuse? "Ahmadinejad was misquoted." (I can't find a direct quote.)
In case you've been in a cave for the last few months, Paul and Kucinich are both running for President. Kucinich is courting the whacko left fringe, and Paul claims to be a conservative, but is more Libertarian (and not in a good way) ***. Makes me really hope Fred! gets in the race officially or Duncan Hunter gains a lot of popularity. Please.
The eleven people who voted "present" and the eight who didn't vote at all probably won't get any press. If they're your reps, you might want to ask them what they were thinking. (Well, Conyers was one of them, so we know that he wasn't thinking. But ask the rest of them.)
*** I had originally stated in the post that Ron Paul wasn't invited to the GOP debates. Cornelius points out in the comments that Ron Paul has been at the GOP debates. I remember hearing that a lot of insiders wanted him booted from the debates because he is a Libertarian in Republican clothes. For some reason, I thought he had been uninvited. I was wrong, and I removed that statement.
