Ah, this is more like it.
Bucking the trend of conservative blogs retrofitting
themselves
for Republican flackery, Ben (I think Domenech) at RedState
takes a cudgel to Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. The popular
site hosted Romney for a
gushing Q&A wherein he claimed he never called himself
"pro-choice," even when he was running to win office in his liberal
state. Quoth Ben:
That's all well and good. Mitt Romney wants to be called pro-life. I'd like to be the King of all Londinium and wear a shiny hat.
But let's not kid ourselves: there is no substantive difference between the position labeled "pro-choice," declaring your support for "the right to choose." And that is something that Mitt Romney has done repeatedly over the course of his political career. To say otherwise is to tell a lie.
Nailing blowhard politicians with their own words is one of the simplest and most important features of political blogging. Good to see it's not being totally lost to partisanship.
(Related: August Pollak of Campus Progress has a take on that PJM event that puts mine in the shithouse.)
Reason on Facebook
Reason on Twitter
Reason on YouTube
Reason RSS
Editor's Note: We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of Reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment for any reason at any time.
norbizness|9.27.06 @ 1:58PM|#
We are sure those are Domenech's own words, right?
lunchstealer|9.27.06 @ 2:00PM|#
nice Firefly reference, and it's at least refreshingly honest.
So Domenech has gotten over his whole copy-paste issue, and is blogging for reals now?
|9.27.06 @ 2:36PM|#
Maybe I'm dense, but what's unusual in 2006 about a far-right Republican commentator attacking a "moderate" Republican?
|9.27.06 @ 10:49PM|#
It's a good thing for Ben that Republican web-rags have no standards.