Re: J.T. The -ick



wily mo aster <mitchell_aster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

: i was trying to ask for specifics about how liberal NPR and PBS are,

it's just so obvious that it can't be explained, huh?

: but while we're on the subject of john f-ing kerry being the most
: liberal member of the senate, let's examine that. how'd that idea get
: started? the RNC said so. where'd they get it? wel, they got it from
: the national journal. that's the magazine that does those nonpartisan
: legislator vote rating scores that everyone uses.

: so, it's legit, right? well, it would be, except that they were
: actually using the score just from 2003, when kerry was out campaigning
: most of the time and only came back for the most critical votes. they
: did the same thing to edwards and he came out fourth. over their whole
: careers, kerry was 11th and edwards was in the high twenties somewhere.

: kerry didn't even cast enough votes in 03 to qualify for a rating in
: social policy or foriegn policy; the rating was based entirely on
: economic policy. the national journal itself actually ran an article
: trying to clear all this up.

what do you think about that, fred?

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