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Thursday, October 25, 2007

White House dumbness

Okay, this definitely sounds like I'm repeating myself: The Bush White House has again come out with a position that makes them sound just plain dumb. This time (via Joe.My.God), it's a statement on their opposition to HR 3685, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA).

The statement (a PDF is downloadable here) uses all sorts of mumbo jumbo to try and make it sound as if some sort of legal analysis has been carried out, though internal contradictions in the statement make that highly unlikely. Maybe it was the lack of good legal minds in this administration (keep in mind that many of their senior lawyers are products of a law school associated with a far-right TV preacher and were selected primarily for their adherence to a fundamentalist christianist agenda).

At any rate, the thing just reads like typical Bushie spin, just more PR puffery on behalf of the Worst President Ever. But buried inside it is moaning about “religious freedom”. The religious exclusions already contained within the ENDA bill aren't good enough for the fundies/Bushies.

All of which reinforces that compromise with winguts is impossible. Personally, I think effort and money should go toward electing sane and rational people and then undoing all the damage done by the Bushies. Everything else is just wasting resources which are far more limited on the side of reason than the side of the Bushies and their backers. I think it's time to start rebuilding and repairing America rather than trying to “compromise” with those hellbent on destroying it.

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