Goddamn liberal media...

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060603/ap_on_go_co/democratic_...

Ok, forget for the time being that nobody in the media worried during the 1994 election cycle that all the Republican committee chairs might be hardcore right-wing zealots (which they were, and are). Forget even that there are far more powerful conservative Democrats in Congress than there are liberal Republicans (I don't see a Republican Leadership Council dedicated to destroying everything the Republicans stand for like the DLC is dedicated to turning the Dems against all traditional Democratic values). The very title of this article is a goddamn lie and they admit as much in the article. The title is very clear "Prospective Democratic chairs all liberal"...ALL...every single one...


I think it's pretty clear the message conveyed by that title. It's not vague or confusing. ALL Liberals. And yet if you actually read the article they mention two non-liberals up for chairmanships on some very important committees. Let's look at them, shall we?

Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, who would run the Agriculture Committee, is anti-abortion and as pro-gun as practically anyone in the House.

No, you didn't read that wrong. A bona-fide frothing at the mouth conservative moron up for the chairmanship of the Agriculture Committee (a committee with a considerable budget and the responsibility for a very important area of legislation). I don't know what the AP's definition of "liberal" is, but traditionally being anti-abortion and anti-gun control doesn't make one a liberal. In the reality based world it puts one far to the right of the average American.

Let's meet the other member of the all liberal Democratic chair class...

Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri is a longtime hawk in line to lead the Armed Services Committee.

Wow, I hope he doesn't hang a picture of Stalin in the committee chambers...

Of all the committees, I'd think the Dems would want to put a non-hawk on the Armed Services Committee.

And lo and behold the very last paragraph sheds some light on these so strange committee chair choices...

Republicans award chairmanships based on the evaluation of a leadership committee that takes into account leadership fealty, fundraising prowess and other factors. Democrats would award would-be chairmanships strictly by seniority.

Wow, and here I was thinking committee chairs were being chosen based on who had most recently sworn fealty to Hugo Chavez. What a relief. Too bad they buried that at the very end of the story since it proves the entire story to have been one big, festering lie. Turns out the Dems choose their chairs based on who has the most experience and...well...the Republicans make their choices based on who kisses the most ass. Well, I guess the whole story couldn't be surprising.