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Rob Kailey is a working schmuck with no ties or affiliations to any governmental or political organizations, save those of sympathy.
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Tue May 22, 2007 at 11:45:04 AM MST
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| Montana Headlines responded to my recent post on the Montana Legislature, in which I responded to his claim that the Good Guv's budget was inevitable, and, therefore, House leaders' obstructionist tactics were unnecessary.
MH:
Even if one were to accept the idea that in any political situation there are only two choices (an idea that is mentioned only to be condemned,) one wonders how such a "corollary" would be arrived at, other than by intentionally creating a caricatured Republican strawman to swat about.
The far more obvious alternative case to be made was for Democrats and Republicans to arrive at a modest but real compromise on spending and taxes in the special session. It is hard to tell whether Montanans should be intrigued by the idea that perhaps progressive thinking isn't capable of arriving unaided at the concept of compromise -- or unsettled because Democratic partisan discipline won't allow it, even in an essentially tied legislature.
Me, on January 3rd:
Still, I admit that it's a good thing that there's a legislative check on all the spending proposals the Governor will make. Republicans should have a say in what our state budget will look like. That's not a bad thing - unless the Sideshow Scott Sales dog & pony show turns the whole negotiating process into a circus. Which might just happen.
So much for MH's understanding of "progressive thinking." |
| Jay Stevens :: The House Made out of Straw |
| A "strawman" argument is one that revolves around a falsely constructed rhetorical entity that's built to be struck down. (Like Bush's "some say" statements, as in "some people say we outta just surrender to the terrorists"...)
Were it only true that I had created Republican straw men to knock down, instead of characterizing legislators that are all too real. However...on day one - in November of 2006 - Scott Sales declared war on the Democrats, and on day two, Michael Lange followed, saying, "my job is to show no quarter to the Democrats..." It was obvious to even the most casual observer what those folks were up to, and what their intentions with the legislature was.
They wanted combat.
And what did we get?
Let's stop pussyfooting around these ugly facts, shall we? |
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