I read this earlier, but forgot about it, so thanks to D-Chance for reminding me about this abomination:
But because of one of his first pieces of legislation, Democrats now have their most brazen attack line of the emerging 2010 campaign season: that Republicans are insensitive to rape victims.
The charge stems from a Franken-sponsored amendment that would prohibit the Department of Defense from contracting with companies that require employees to resolve workplace complaints — including complaints of sexual assault — through private arbitration rather than the courts.
Thirty Senate Republicans voted against the amendment, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, liberal commentators and state Democratic Party chairs have been merciless.
***But the campaign could also be detrimental for Franken, complicating his efforts to redefine himself as a low-profile pol who wants to work with Republicans to solve the nation’s problems.
“Franken’s amendment may make sense for national Democrats in laying down lines of attack heading into the 2010 campaign — but this is not what Franken needs to build a base in Minnesota,” said Larry Jacobs, an expert in state politics at the University of Minnesota. “Being a poster boy of a hard-hitting campaign against the Republican Party is the opposite of what he needs in Minnesota.”
Thirty Republicans are exposed and vulnerable with an objectively pro-rape voting record, and it is bad news for… the Democrats. We haven’t seen wankery like this since Mark Halperin claimed that McCain not knowing how many houses he owned during an economic meltdown was bad news for Obama.
You just can’t make this shit up. I’m adding the Politico to the blogs we monitor and mock category on the blogroll.
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