pudge's Journal: Dishonest Dean

Howard Dean is quoted as recently saying:

The president and his right-wing Supreme Court think it is "okay" to have the government take your house if they feel like putting a hotel where your house is.

But it was the three right-wing justices (Scalia, Thomas, Rehnquist) who opposed that decision, and the four liberals (Stevens, Ginsburg, Breyer, Souter) who were in favor of it. The two moderates (O'Connor against, Kennedy for) were split. There was nothing remotely "right-wing" about the decision, and in fact, it is just the opposite: it was a "left-wing" decision.

Dean adds, "We think that eminent domain does not belong in the private sector. It is for public use only." Then fine, you should welcome more right-wing justices to the court.

Much of what Dean says is crazy and stupid and deceptive and wrong, but this statement has crossed over into the area of "entirely indefensible." The guy's a first-class nutjob.

Not unusual

[Otter]

It seems like a large majority of leftists who oppose the Kelo decision are under the impression that it was the rightist judges on the Supreme Court who made the majority in that case. You would expect Howard Dean to know better, though.

It's interesting how the party line-ism that's usually so strong on both sides completely failed to get established on the left this time...

For the LOVE of GOD

[ellem]

Don't you know that EVERYTHING is:

Bush's fault
Not Clinton's fault
NeoCons fault
Project for the New American Century's fault
Republicans fault
Conservatives fault
The United States Of America's fault

I mean really pudge you should know that by now.

Darn it pudge...

[FroMan]

How can there be a discussion when you point out facts like that? I mean, throw the left a bone here to atleast give them an illusion of a fighting chance to defend Dean.

Re:Darn it pudge...

[Talinom]

In response to your bumper sticker is one that I've seen recently down in Olympia, WA:

The road to hell is paved with liberals.

Re:Darn it pudge...

[Kymermosst]

Oh man, I so need that bumper sticker, living in Eugene, OR.

Re:Darn it pudge...

[Talinom]

Go here [bumperart.com] or here [bumperart.com] and have fun!

Tech-savvy people fall for this all the time

[jdavidb]

The same thing happens often on issues important to techie-types. Every bad government policy is attributed to the right wing. Draconian copyright, illegal export of cryptographic software, and a million other mistakes our government has made are interpreted as the will of conservatives, and these otherwise brilliant people listen to the siren song of the left who rather than offering a more enlightened alternative just want to capitalize on the collective desire to curse the right.