Even some right bloggers took note of Nickles and the gay-bashing (especially the Hormel case). The right-wing bloggers tend to be strongly libertarian on social issues.
mbs
-----Original Message----- From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Jeffrey Fisher Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:06 PM To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com Subject: trent nickles, don lott
can it be? CNN beat the lefty press to the punch in pointing out what we did already know, namely, that don nickles is really no better than lott on the race issue (or anything else). did i miss some atrios post lambasting nickles?
http://www.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/12/16/lott.nickles.ap/
"WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Don Nickles, the first Senate Republican to suggest that Trent Lott should be replaced as their leader, has built a civil rights voting record that is nearly identical to that of the man he would depose.
"The NAACP says that over the past decade, Nickles and Lott have voted the same on almost every issue deemed important by the civil rights community. And in almost every case, their votes were contrary to the wishes of that community. "
plus ça change, indeed. ;-)
j
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