Carney on the Defensive

The day that Republican Democratic freshman Representative Chris Carney defeated long-time Congressman Don "sumtimes ya just wanna strangle the bitch" Sherwood, the Repugs began drawing up plans to regain the seat lost as a result of Sherwood's family values.

The pretend reporter from the pretend newspaper, penned a remarkably uninformative think piece on the subject a couple of weeks ago, which Gort took up.

Now, Wilkesberry's me-too wannabeanewspaper has taken up the story.

Unfortunately, what happens when you get pretend reporters, working for pretend newspapers, is columns of comments by people like (the appropriately-named) Harold Flack, spouting absurdly false Repug talking points without challenge.

Flack and other two-bit self-designated pundits, are endlessly quoted in the Wilkesberry Time Sleezer tying Carney to Pelosi and liberal Democratic politics. As Gort pointed out, Carney is no friend of liberals and even a pretend reporter should have been able to at least ask these Repugs hacks a few questions to force them to back up their comments with something that real reporters call "facts".

As Down With Tyranny points out, Carney lied -- outright lied -- about his support for extending hate crimes legislation to violence based on sexual orientation. Those lies included one from Carney's hyphenated spokesmouth to yours truly during the campaign. Asked directly about Carney's position on gay rights, Drew Eldredge-Martin gave me this Carney quote: "I believe in equal rights for all Americans regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. We should be working with and supporting all who have loving, healthy relationships, not pulling them apart." Then, on taking office, he promptly voted against the very legislation he said that he would support.

Don Sherwood's character was clearly defective and he deserved the boot. But, what does it say about one's character when one outright lies to gain support? We never expected Carney to vote for traditional Democratic principles -- we knew he was a Dem in name only -- but we did expect him to support those things that he said he would support. When he didn't, his true character was revealed.

It would be nice to keep the seat Dem. But Carney will have to do it without my help.