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Michael Bennet “Doesn’t Confuse the Blogosphere with Real People and Real Voters”
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| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Mar 25, 2010 02:50pm |
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| Category | Idiocy |
| Author | Michael Whitney |
| News Date | Thursday, March 25, 2010 04:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Hey, Internet! Did you know that by reading news in an online medium you cede your rights as both a voting citizen and as a person? According to Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, that’s all true!
Bennet is feeling the pressure at home for bailing on his promise to “save the public option,” and now he’s lashing out. A local TV news outlet in Bennet’s hometown of Denver reported last night that Bennet says he “doesn’t confuse the blogosphere for real people and real voters.” Watch the local news report to the right of this post (our petition delivery starts about 1 minute in; Bennet’s quote is at the very end).
The petition we delivered yesterday included signatures from more than 35,000 people across the country, including about 2,000 Coloradans. But Bennet wants to plug his ears and pretend people who support the public option and want him to follow through aren’t “real people and real voters.”
That’s not the only instance of Bennet feeling the heat. His campaign went as far as to accuse his primary opponent, Andrew Romanoff, of “aligning with the GOP” to “embrace the kill the bill strategy.” Bennet sent out a press release chock full of lies about what Romanoff is asking, and what the Senate is actually debating. Here’s just a snippet
As final, critical health care reforms are considered in the Senate, Former House Speaker Andrew Romanoff — who has consistently refused to support Democratic health care reform efforts — continues stand with Republicans in Washington in opposition to real health care reforms.
What else to call this but a crock of ****? Romanoff is simply asking Bennet to do what he wanted to from the beginning: include a public option in the reconciliation package. For Bennet to go as far as to accuse his opponent of “aligning with the GOP,” and then to allege his constituents are not “real people,” is beyond the pale. |
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