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More polite than I would be

By Michael J. Smith on Friday September 1, 2006 02:55 PM

Here's Jonathan Tasini, a propos MoveOn's underhanded attempt to manufacture an endorsement for Hillary -- or at least, a non-endorsement for Tasini -- by its members:
It's great that MoveOn has responded to the many New Yorkers who wanted the organization to poll its members about the Senate race in New York. I'd just like to suggest that the respective bios of myself and my opponent, Hillary Clinton, left out some important facts.

My friends at MoveOn cite Hillary Clinton's votes for issues that every Democrat supports--for example, protecting Social Security--but the poll neglects to say that she supports NAFTA and other free-trade agreements that hurt workers (I oppose so-called "free trade"), that she sat on the Board of Wal-Mart for six years, that she believes in discrimination because she opposes same-sex marriage (which I support), that she advocates criminalizing flag-burning (I'm opposed to such an attack on the First Amendment), that she has never been for single-payer health care and is the second highest recipient of lobbyist money (I'm campaigning for single-payer, "Medicare For All" and do not get any corporate lobbyist money).

Your "friends at MoveOn", Jonathan? With friends like these....

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Tasini is just playing the game. After Hillary gets the nom we'll be reading of his "reluctant" support for her. Who knows, maybe he'll get a nice little administration post for being a good Judas goat.

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