Democrats Lie About Margaret

The local democrat party has a statement lying about Margaret O'Brien. Let's take a closer look.
Reaction to Margaret O’Brien Announcement

Reaction to Margaret O’Brien Announcement
Submitted by webmaster on January 29, 2010 - 1:27pm.
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61ST DISTRICT
This morning’s announcement by Portage Councilmember Margaret O’Brien that she will seek election to the 61st district of the Michigan State House comes as no surprise. The Republican Party, their Wall Street backers and Mrs. O’Brien have consistently engaged in wedge politics, capsizing real debate on important issues, and unfortunately we expect this trend to continue in 2010. The KCDP and local Democratic candidates understand that the nonsense politics of the Republican Party and Mrs. O’Brien aim only the degenerate the debate to divisive issues such as abortion and guns. The fact of the matter is the citizens of the 61st deserve honest candidates who will focus on important issues like job creation and government reform. The KCDP is committed to both economic and government reform, and we believe that our message of middle-class values will resonate with the voters in 2010.

Let's break this down line by line.

The Republican Party, their Wall Street backers

[The Kalamazoo County Republican Party has NO Wall Street backers. The Kalamazoo County democrat party is more-or-less owned by Jon Stryker, a billionaire who inherited his wealth. If we're talking about national parties, who did Wall Street give more to, Obama or McCain? Here are a couple columns shredding this nonsense.

CAN'T WE AT LEAST GET A TOASTER?
GORDON GEKKO IS A DEMOCRAT]

and Mrs. O’Brien have consistently engaged in wedge politics,

[Examples? This is a lie. O'Brien has worked well with the other Portage Council members. Her best-known issue was eliminating special road assessments in Portage, a position that was eventually endorsed by a majority of Portage voters.]

capsizing real debate on important issues,

[Capsizing? Debate is a boat?]

and unfortunately we expect this trend to continue in 2010. The KCDP and local Democratic candidates understand that the nonsense politics of the Republican Party and Mrs. O’Brien aim only the [sic] degenerate the debate to divisive issues such as abortion and guns.

[Evidence? Why exactly are opposing baby-killing and opposing stopping people from protecting their lives against murderers divisive? Because democrats support these things! Calling an issue divisive is just a way of avoiding defending an indefensible position.

I particularly like the "divisive" argument. Apparently, English is divisive. And not even the normal amount of divisive, but slightly divisive! In this argument, it doesn't matter how popular an issue is, as long as one person opposes it. Then it's "divisive, " which means that it must be opposed, regardless of merit. Somehow, I doubt that the Gazette has ever opposed anything that they otherwise supported because it might be "divisive." Was the civil rights movement divisive?

See here: English attacked again]

The fact of the matter is the citizens of the 61st deserve honest candidates who will focus on important issues like job creation and government reform.

[Margaret's announcement talked about nothing but the economy and jobs.]

The KCDP is committed to both economic and government reform, and we believe that our message of middle-class values will resonate with the voters in 2010.

[Does the KCDP consider boycotting local businesses and trying to put people out of work to be the sort of economic reform that will resonate with middle-class voters?]

Reprehensible.