From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
Newsgroups: tx.politics
Subject: Re: 10 reasons to dump Jake Pickle
Date: 11 Nov 92 14:31:01 GMT
Distribution: tx
Organization: Texas Instruments Inc

In <1992Nov9.052055.16871@awdprime.austin.ibm.com> curt@ekhadafi.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch 903 2F021 curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com 512-838-2806) writes:

>mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>>curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com writes:

>>>>curt@aixwiz.austin.ibm.com (Curt Finch/131072) writes:

>>>9.  CAGW gave him an 15% score for 1992, 24% lifetime.  This means that
>>> 	in the opinion of Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW,) he
>>>	votes to waste your money 76% of the time.
>>>	Call Citizens Against Government Waste - 1(800)872-3328

>>Yes, and we've seen some of the things they've classified as 'waste'
>>votes.  I can't say I agree with the agenda THEY are using to decide
>>which votes are a waste of money, either.

>Specifically what Fred?  
>What is it that that CAGW thinks is wasteful that you don't?
>What percentage of the time do you disagree with them?
>Have you ever even called them or read anything they wrote at all?

Didn't we just see someone post a list of things they counted as
'votes for waste' that included things like voting against term
limits, against a balanced budget amendment, and a number of other
things that have nothing to do with 'waste'?  Those are POLICY votes,
and indicate that this organization has its own political agenda when
it starts counting them as 'waste' votes.

>I seriously doubt it because if you did you wouldn't be such a flaming
>liberal Democrat who votes the party line regardless of the facts.

And just where, pray tell, did you arrive at THAT conclusion.  Must be
from examining my voting record, huh?  Let's take a look, shall we?

	1972 - Nixon (R)
	1976 - outCONUS: No vote
	1980 - Reagan (R)
	1984 - Reagan (R)
	1988 - Bush (R)
	1992 - Clinton (D)

Yep, sure looks like a flaming liberal Democrat party line voting
record to me.  Hell, I never even VOTED in a primary until the last
race for governor, and I voted in the Democratic primary because I
thought one of the candidates sounded enough like a flaming fascist to
be actively dangerous.  Then I voted in the Democratic primary this
year because there WAS no race on the Republican side and because I
favoured Paul Tsongas' ideas on economics.  

Do you always say such stupid things, or are you on some kind of
special medication as you write these notes?

>You are a far bigger knee jerk liberal than even Haugh is a knee
>jerk conservative.

Ah, yes.  I'm such a knee-jerk liberal.  Again you must be examining
my stand on the issues.  Anti gun control.  Pro death penalty.  Sure
sounds knee-jerk liberal to me.  Or perhaps it's my employment
history, with that transition from 6 years of USING weapons to a job
where I design and build them that makes me look so liberal?  Yep,
you've sure demonstrated that YOU know what the hell you're talking
about.

Get back to me when you get a clue.

-- 
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
 in the real world."   -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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