Statesman Journal Addicted to Lame

I thought the New World Order had arrived the other day when I saw that the Statesman Journal had endorsed Chris Dudley for governor. "You can teach an old dog new tricks!", I thought with a smile. Alas,  I have just read this morning's edition and we are urged to give Kurt Schrader another shot at screwing up the country from Washington, DC rather than letting Scott Bruun go back and begin repairing the damage. Sigh.

Here is the newspaper's reasoning in a nutshell:

"He is moderate, he listens, he is accessible, he stands to up his party leaders when necessary and he represents Oregon well."

Oyvez! Where does one start with this statement? When did he stand up to party leaders? On healthcare? Nope. On anything of substance? Nope. The Democrats have replicated Sherman's march through Georgia behind Generals Pelosi and Reid, pillaging the country's basic institutions and values, and where was Mr. Schrader? Marching along obediently behind and voting with them 97% of the time, albeit in a flannel shirt and Rockports in a low key Oregon-sort of way! The whole darn house is on fire and instead of putting it out he is looking and sounding like John Denver while saying incisive things like "Gosh, we hope it will be okay." No, the SJ is addicted to lame.

www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20101013/OPINION/10130422/1048