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Yes, he disagreed with the Democratic Party "leadership" on a bill. (He didn't even disagree with the basic - I believe, flawed - principle behind it, but rather its untargeted implementation.)
How DARE he, right?!?!
Walt Minnick is doing a great job upholding responsible principles in an oppressive, establishment-oriented environment. For two big votes now. That's hard. And it's even harder for someone who happens to have a "(D)" by his name because of the political machine in Washington.
But he doesn't toe The Party Line! Therefore, the hard left has targeted him. I'm not sure how far the machinery ties extend, (although I have a hypothesis), but moveon.org has gone after this good, decent, responsible man simply for not falling in line with the other party zombies.
Exhibit 1: This ad, which has been all over Facebook for DAYS now:
Exhibit 2: This Google sponsored ad in my Gmail account.
It might be hard to read, and I tried to make it a little bigger so you'd be able to read it, but it says the same thing: "Minnick voted no on jobs." But this time, it tells who sponsored it: moveon.org.
Oh, outrage! (I'd say "oh, joy," but I try to avoid sarcasm.) A dishonest, irrational organization is targeting "not-my" representative because he's voted his constituency and his conscience.
Fortunately, everyone I've talked to is thrilled with him. But we need to gear up to support him against the establishment machinery, because he's on moveon.org's radar now.
He's not a Party Man.
He's not a communist.
He's not a group "conservative," either.
He's independently-minded.
He's exactly the type of representative we need in our Capitol.
And moveon.org is the enforcer of thoughtcrime, of party-man socialist conformance - 'free thought be banned.'
(No, I'm not a prude: I would say "damned" in this highly-appropriate instance, but I figured my play on it fits even better.)
3 comments:
I've seen these ads as well. Walt is in my district, and I didn't vote for him, because Nancy sure doesn't need any more allies in the House. But so far I am really impressed, and if there were an election today, I'd vote for him.
A smear ad by moveon.org is an endorsement in my book!
Wow. I hadn't seen those ads...probably because I'm not in ID, but that is really good to know. Thank you for bringing it to light!
It's astonishing how quickly people are attacked once they "step out of line."
I remember when Ron Paul was constantly getting attacked and ridiculed during the primaries by his own party, for (as you say) being independently- minded and not towing the party line. It used to make me crazy!
Now I'm starting to think that those who are unreasonably attacked in this game are worth looking in to. And along the same lines, those stories or topics that the media avoids are probably the ones that would be the most important for Americans to hear.
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