That Washington
What Rhymes with Democrat?
Nothing quite as snappy as "uptight"—as in Seattle Weekly's funny "Uptight Seattleite" column.
But I do wish there was something like that for humorless Democrats.
Yesterday, I had a laugh at Sen. Murray's expense. In a story that was otherwise positive about the Democrats' DISCLOSE Act (a Sen. Chuck Schumer bill Murray has signed on to that would make behind-the-scenes top funders reveal themeselves in TV ads (the Democratic legislation is a reaction the to January's Citizens United U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations to directly fund attack ads), I wrote this:
Horrors.
A commenter wrote this in response:
Settle down there potty mouth. It was a joke. But, yes, jokes are certainly intended to make a point. (And I guess mine hit a nerve.)
Given that President Obama used his weekly White House youtube last Saturday to hype the DISCLOSE Act, and then this week, the Murray campaign was hitting me with press releases about the DISCLOSE Act while Murray's senate office was simultaneously hitting me with press releases about Murray's floor speech on the DISCLOSE Act, it sure felt like the Democrats were in coordinated campaign mode.
Yes, of course that happens all the time. That doesn't mean it's not funny, a little gross, and kinda desperate.
The DISCLOSE Act is supposed to come up for a cloture vote today. UPDATE: It did. And it lost. Here's Tiffany's report.
But I do wish there was something like that for humorless Democrats.
Yesterday, I had a laugh at Sen. Murray's expense. In a story that was otherwise positive about the Democrats' DISCLOSE Act (a Sen. Chuck Schumer bill Murray has signed on to that would make behind-the-scenes top funders reveal themeselves in TV ads (the Democratic legislation is a reaction the to January's Citizens United U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allowed corporations to directly fund attack ads), I wrote this:
Murray is giving a floor speech today hyping the DISCLOSE Act. Editorializing here, but is there any way to count these floor speeches as campaign expenditures?
Horrors.
A commenter wrote this in response:
Give me a f*cking break, Josh.
Murray is giving a floor speech today hyping the DISCLOSE Act. Editorializing here, but is there any way to count these floor speeches as campaign expenditures?
It’s a floor speech in support of pending legislation, legislation that would already be the law of the law if the Senate Republicans actually tried to do their job instead of obstructing any and all actions in Congress. By absolutely no stretch of any rational person’s thought processes could that be “editorialized” into a campaign expenditure. Hell, I doubt that even Faux News would try to float such an inane suggestion, not even as one of their “some people say” slurs.
Settle down there potty mouth. It was a joke. But, yes, jokes are certainly intended to make a point. (And I guess mine hit a nerve.)
Given that President Obama used his weekly White House youtube last Saturday to hype the DISCLOSE Act, and then this week, the Murray campaign was hitting me with press releases about the DISCLOSE Act while Murray's senate office was simultaneously hitting me with press releases about Murray's floor speech on the DISCLOSE Act, it sure felt like the Democrats were in coordinated campaign mode.
Yes, of course that happens all the time. That doesn't mean it's not funny, a little gross, and kinda desperate.
The DISCLOSE Act is supposed to come up for a cloture vote today. UPDATE: It did. And it lost. Here's Tiffany's report.
