Sunday, October 7, 2007

Anonymous Senators Strike Again

The Livingston Press and Argus has a decent column today (Oct. 7, 2007) summing up last week's appearance by comedien Ann Coulter, a competing talk on health care by Ann Arbor author Jonathan Cohn, and the Michigan Legislature's action to save the state from shutting down by passing a modest tax increase.

Author Rich Perlberg rightly criticizes Coulter for doing nothing but deliver recycled one-liners. But what did he expect? That's all she does. At least she didn't appear spaced-out and high, which she often does on many of her television appearances.

Perlberg reverted to Press and Argus form, however, when he was discussing the Legislature's marathon session last weekend. He refused to criticize specific lawmakers who happen to be Republican, instead preferring to leave the impression that it actually could be Democrats who are the culprits he is complaining about.

Specifically, Perlberg wrote: "Some senators were mad because some people were taking pictures of the voting board, which is a taxpayer-funded tally that records how taxpayer-funded lawmakers are voting on how to spend money that comes from — you guessed it — taxpayers."

"Some senators?" Which senators? Only one -- Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop. Michigan Liberal has the info here.

Why in the world does Perlberg not name the culprit? Names make the news, unless you're afraid to criticize Republicans.

P.S. Had Perlberg done a little research, he would have known that other senators, (code for Democrats) introduced a resolution changing Senate rules to bar secret votes of the kind Bishop sought by preventing pictures of the voting board.
The Conservative Media has the story here.

Things won't change if the public is unable to hold the guilty parties responsible and reward the others.

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