Ehrlich Out Of Touch

3:02 pm EST February 27th, 2006 | Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Our Republican governor Bob Ehrlich must have gotten a call from the mothershipt today

Speaking with reporters today, the Republican governor not only reiterated that he was coming around to Bush’s view on the sale of port operations in Baltimore and elsewhere to a Dubai firm, but he offered his unequivocal support for the president’s domestic eavesdropping program.

“I wholeheatedly support the President as regard to domestic surveillance,” he said. “I want to know what the bad guys are saying in wartime.”

Asked if he believes the President was on firm legal ground to approve the eavesdropping without first going to court, Ehrlich, a lawyer, said: “Absolutely. I do.”

Like his Lt. Governor, Bob Ehrlich is out of touch with average Marylanders. He’s too far to the right for Maryland, and that’s why he should lose in November.

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10 Responses to “Ehrlich Out Of Touch”

  1. scratch says:
    February 27, 2006 at 10:02 pm

    Apparently the mothership also phoned you and told you to keep reminding us that Ehrlich and Steele are “out of touch with average Marylanders.” When do they issue new buzzwords?

    This particular argument against E&S suggests this motto: “Democrats: Better security through polling.” You have my permission to use it in print.

  2. Oliver Willis says:
    February 28, 2006 at 1:02 am

    How is it polling or even talking points to show that Ehrlich, who is giving unyielding support to an unpopular Republican president, is out of touch with Marylanders – who have never been Bush supporters (from 2000-present), and are even less so now?

  3. scratch says:
    February 28, 2006 at 6:02 am

    Your post suggests that Ehrlich should take a position on these two security issues based upon what other people think. Adopting the priorities of one’s constituency in matters of business, social policy, and environmental concerns is one thing…aligning one’s views on security based on polls–as you suggest in this post that Ehrlich should do–is quite another.

  4. qkslvr_wolf says:
    February 28, 2006 at 9:02 am

    You know, while I agree that sometimes you have to do something unpopular because its the right thing to do, you are royally screwing up “right thing to do”.

    But the right thing to do does not mean “spy on people with no oversite”. That just opens the door to abuses of power. The right thing to do does not mean “pencil whip a port deal with a foreign government just because they’re your personal chums”.

    The right thing to do, when we’re in a war that you are so fond of comparing to WWII, would be to ask people to ACT like we’re in a wa, take some responsibility, and MAKE A FEW SACRIFICES. Like raising taxes so we can pay for it without cutting veterens benefits and making my kids and grandkids pay off huge national debt. Like asking people to carpool and take public transit. Like actually following good business practices and BIDDING contracts for major efforts, and following up on them, and cracking down on graft. Like showing some balls and remembering what this country was founded on. Like not playing up people’s mindless fears and hate (like trying to amend the constitution to ban gay marriage, terri schiavo, etc.).

    I mean, as a military man, it really chaps my ass that I might have to go get killed in a civil war in iraq when people like scratch and dugger and frank won’t even agree to a small tax increase to pay for health care should I survive to retire. Yeah, thanks for the support guys. I’d rather you give me the funds to do what is asked without putting out country into permanent, inescapeable debt rather than just waving a damn flag and claiming you love me.

  5. scratch says:
    February 28, 2006 at 10:02 am

    Wolf…

    You don’t know a damn thing about me. Your post contains valid points but when you venture into personal assessments of other posters you’re on shakey ground.

  6. qkslvr_wolf says:
    February 28, 2006 at 11:02 am

    Do you support increasing taxes to pay for the war?

  7. scratch says:
    February 28, 2006 at 12:02 pm

    Do you support increasing taxes to pay for the war?

    Yes, I would support some type of tax to pay for the war, though I would probably not support a raise in income taxes to be dumped into the general fund.

  8. qkslvr_wolf says:
    March 1, 2006 at 2:03 pm

    Well, then I partially apologize. I’ll fully apologize when I see you advocating that openly to dugger and frank, et al. :-)

    How about we just crush the corporate tax loopholes that abound? you cool with that?

  9. bozzy says:
    March 2, 2006 at 11:03 am

    Should lose? He will lose. Take that to the bank.

  10. scratch says:
    March 2, 2006 at 2:03 pm

    Wolf…

    You are entitled to think whatever you wish about my position on taxes.

    I’ve been in the military arena my entire adult life (and much of my childhood, for that matter,) so your “me versus you and people like you” stance holds no water and sounds silly.