Some Democrats Don’t Admit Their Mistakes; They Attack Republicans Instead
In his campaign for the special election in California’s Tenth Congressional District, to fill the seat vacated when its then-representative Ellen Tauscher became Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, the Democratic candidate, California lieutenant governor John Garamendi accused his Republican opponent David Harmer of supporting “off shoring jobs,” citing a story from Utah’s Deseret News from April 23, 2004.
So, what does the Democrat do when alerted to this error?
Well, he takes a page from the playbook of the Democratic National Committee. He attacks his Republican opponent, you know the one whose campaign alerted him to the error:
The important point is that David Harmer opposes President Obama’s efforts to create jobs in the 10th congressional district, provide for our schools and children, repair our roads and highways, deliver much needed medical services, and fund research programs. The bottom line is that David Harmer’s positions are just out of touch with the people of the 10th congressional district.
Note the clever wordsmithing–he says opponent opposes President Obama’s efforts to create jobs. And well, those efforts don’t seem to have amounted to much at least not in the Golden State. If the number of new jobs in the state’s Tenth Congressional District is anything like the number of new jobs in the state at large, more jobs (many more) have been lost than have been “saved or created.”
This guy Garamendi is almost a caricature of the divisive, self-righteous politician who sees only errors on his opponents’ side. If Hollywood scribes didn’t always seek to denigrate Republicans, they might be taking notice.
Wonder what happened to that new era of politics President Obama promised?
UPDATE: This chart shows huge job losses in the region where the 10th Congressional District is located (H/t Instapundit).
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Libs (politicians and newsies) aren’t know for checking their facts.
The boiler-plate about roads, schools, and The Children shows characteristic lack of an original thought.
Someone should remind Garamendi just how much is spent in California and then ask him just how much more is needed.
I guess we need more tax money to fund multi-million dollar retirements for California employees. I read yesterday that a retired manager at the SoCal water district has collected more than $3.6 million in retirement… that’s more than I will earn in a lifetime (working and retirement – and I’m in the upper 25% of earners).
Comment by SoCalRobert — October 15, 2009 @ 10:40 pm - October 15, 2009
I’ve been saying for a long time that we need to have a program on television in which the premise is Democrats and Republicans debating issues on a constant basis. Part of the problem conservatives have is we only have televised “debates” during an election…and even then they are of questionable format. Their needs to be a forum built speicifically around this purpose that takes place all the time; in which liberals are forced into a debate situation. They can be defeated when put up against legitimate debate.
Comment by Christopher — October 15, 2009 @ 11:02 pm - October 15, 2009
It would seem Garamendi supports off shoring jobs and workers to anywhere else but California.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — October 16, 2009 @ 1:21 am - October 16, 2009