In her C-J column yesterday, Betty Baye told us of her weird stalker-sorta person, someone who has apparently donated a small amount of cash to the Republican Party of KY and to a current Republican candidate in her name so that she will show up on a roll somewhere and of course be privy to the deluge of campaign bullshit from the party and one of its candidates.
Well, we’ve got one too.
Ricky Jones, who’s written for us for many years, got the same form letter from Steve Robertson, chairman of the Republican Party of KY. It says, in part: “(Democrats) have been in control of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives since 2006. Yet, the Democrats still blame Republicans for everything from global warming to the high price of gas at the pumps.”
Blatant untruth? Sure. Seems to me the argument put forth by Democrats is that humans are causing global warming and the government needs to do something about it. Under 8 years of Bush, there’s been virtually no movement on that issue. In fact, the Bush administration has rolled back 30 years of environmental-policy advancement, notably on coal issues.
Democrats are arguing, too, that the U.S. needs a broad energy solution that includes deferring some of the pressure we’re bringing on the world’s oil reserves to other sources — and, importantly, by conserving. Republicans have said we should drill in ANWR to bring the price of gas down. That’s a low-supply, high-cost equation that’ll probably save us a few cents on the gallon in about a decade, according to the Bush administration’s own science.
Hm. I’ve gotten a little off track here. We’re in a brutal election the Republicans can’t win on issues, so I guess that’s why people like Robertson feel the need to lie. Thanks to our little friend for putting Jones on your list. At the very least, the spectacle is entertaining. (SG)