Friday, May 14, 2004
The Rapid City Journal
May 8, 2004
Don't stay home
The Federal Marriage Amendment (engineered by Karl Rove) isn't just to encourage voting from the fundamentalist minority but to create anger and disgust with a government willing to attack minorities via Constitution. (Phone "Push polls" with gross distortions of candidates' records are also a well-documented tool from Rove to alienate and manipulate the electorate.)
An issueless candidate, Larry Diedrich, cravenly forced the issue in our Legislature - a gratuitous attack on the character of his fellow South Dakotans, furthering the impression that the evangelical fringe is worth pandering to.
Given the "spontaneous" campaign of "EMILY's List" letters appearing across the state, it's laughable to assume the GOP's extremist religious fringe would view Stephanie Herseth as anything but a witch (daring to wear pants in public). The only power these money-changers of the temple have is that they always vote.
While her opponents complain about "outside interests," Herseth is being gunned for from the White House itself.
If you're Native American, Jewish, Black, Hispanic, disabled, Asian, gay, or female, the Republican Party isn't just assuming you won't vote for their candidate, they're counting on you not to vote at all. S.D.'s true majority must not stay home from the polls.
May 8, 2004
Don't stay home
The Federal Marriage Amendment (engineered by Karl Rove) isn't just to encourage voting from the fundamentalist minority but to create anger and disgust with a government willing to attack minorities via Constitution. (Phone "Push polls" with gross distortions of candidates' records are also a well-documented tool from Rove to alienate and manipulate the electorate.)
An issueless candidate, Larry Diedrich, cravenly forced the issue in our Legislature - a gratuitous attack on the character of his fellow South Dakotans, furthering the impression that the evangelical fringe is worth pandering to.
Given the "spontaneous" campaign of "EMILY's List" letters appearing across the state, it's laughable to assume the GOP's extremist religious fringe would view Stephanie Herseth as anything but a witch (daring to wear pants in public). The only power these money-changers of the temple have is that they always vote.
While her opponents complain about "outside interests," Herseth is being gunned for from the White House itself.
If you're Native American, Jewish, Black, Hispanic, disabled, Asian, gay, or female, the Republican Party isn't just assuming you won't vote for their candidate, they're counting on you not to vote at all. S.D.'s true majority must not stay home from the polls.
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