Reply #73: all polticians lie. you're surprised she voted yes with elections coming? [View All]

[kodi]

the actions today in the house are not stand alone antics driven by crazy homophobes. they are part of a whole cloth that seeks to isolate and defeat moderate democrats by exploiting divisive cultural issues in an election year.

if the dems held the house the bill today would have never made it to the floor for a vote. now if herseth votes yea knowing the bill will never become law, and by that vote helps secure her re-election, the dems might have a fighting chance to re-capture the house and prevent such hateful measures from seeing the light of day.

principles matter a great deal. but if you don't win you don't get to decide. hersth's election was not the end all to what she and others are trying to do. its just the beginning.

you and your friends are justifably angry and should voice it. but i am curious actually that anyone would have thought that herseth would not vote for this considering how close her election was and the political culture of her voting district.

had she voted against it, her fall opponent would use it as a cudgle against her in november and the result would be one less democrat in the house. whether or not one considers such a politician as herseth a democrat on this issue is beside the point. the point for herseth is to win in november, even if it means a yea vote in a house bill on an issue that will never clear the senate.

i am sure you get this aspect. this is tactical politics.

and again, there is no santa claus, and all politicians lie (even Democrats). one should expect it, and plan for it.

change comes slowly to those who want it most. but in the end, if the dems are in the majority, this sort of legislative crap would be reduced.

finally, don't forget, the senate already killed any action on such nonsense that the house bill details.