[Speed Gibson,
Tuesday October 24, 2006 at 12:43am]
Are we hacks, too?
I heard Gil Gutknect interviewed on the "Final Word" segment of the NARN this past Saturday. He spent a considerable amount of time on Ethanol, speaking of its many supposed advantages like energy independence and cleaner air. It was largely a crock, topped off with a cute piece of spin to claim ethanol really isn't subsidized - just taxed less!
Hosts King and Michael swallowed their whistles, letting Gutknect go on unrefuted. Is that what it's come to, now, the Hugh Hewitt vote GOP at all costs mantra? Forgive me King for using you as an example, but this seems to be a widespread problem in our ranks.
Now Gutknect is still a far better choice than challenger Tim Walz. At the national level, I will in fact be voting the straight GOP ticket, seeing nothing but issueless, underqualified candidates like Klobuchar on the DFL side. Mark Kennedy has it right. We have made some mistakes in Iraq, but cut and run is worse - for Americans and Iraqis alike. Socialized medicine doesn't work. And tax cuts beat tax increases as history repeatedly shows.
So are we going to stop all intellectual debate until after the election, desperate to retain control of the Congress? I would have been content to just confront Gutknecht with the hard fact that enthanol is not an energy source, at least not from corn.
The victory that counts, the majority that truly can govern must come from voters with their eyes open.
Hosts King and Michael swallowed their whistles, letting Gutknect go on unrefuted. Is that what it's come to, now, the Hugh Hewitt vote GOP at all costs mantra? Forgive me King for using you as an example, but this seems to be a widespread problem in our ranks.
Now Gutknect is still a far better choice than challenger Tim Walz. At the national level, I will in fact be voting the straight GOP ticket, seeing nothing but issueless, underqualified candidates like Klobuchar on the DFL side. Mark Kennedy has it right. We have made some mistakes in Iraq, but cut and run is worse - for Americans and Iraqis alike. Socialized medicine doesn't work. And tax cuts beat tax increases as history repeatedly shows.
So are we going to stop all intellectual debate until after the election, desperate to retain control of the Congress? I would have been content to just confront Gutknecht with the hard fact that enthanol is not an energy source, at least not from corn.
The victory that counts, the majority that truly can govern must come from voters with their eyes open.