Proportional Representation, Conservatwirps, and the Guinier Incident [Was: The Shays-Meehan Spam Finance Bill]

[Bill Humphries]

On Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 08:31 PM, Russell Turpin wrote:

> So there is an important
> link between PR and minority representation.

With which the Right used to spin and dissemble.

While that does not explain Clinton's lack of spine, his lack of support 
for her does not absolve the Right of their behavior in that incident. 
Limbaugh and company twisted the statement "there is a link between 
proportional representation and minority representation" into "she's a 
quota queen".

In a better world, Clinton would had shown the country the lie the 
Conservatives were spreading, and presented the thugs their own 
(figurative) heads on silver platters.

And if we had Proportional Representation, the Republicans could purge 
their ranks of the Taliban night school graduates, and the religous right 
would be a 40 odd person minority in the Congress which the body politic 
could crush under its boot heel. And we wouldn't be the laughing stock of 
the Civilized World.

Once again, so much for the vaunted integrity of American Hezbola.

-- whump

Why yes, I am fscking cranky today.