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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Matchstick men and their marks"
Matchstick men and their marksby Steve Benen at the Maddow Blog
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But the Utah Republican nevertheless believes his efforts -- and the notoriety of his crusade -- will rile up the base and help fill his campaign bank accounts, so he pushes the message anyway.
Indeed, we talked last week about House Republicans voting for the 40th time to repeal all or part of "Obamacare"? Why would they do this, over and over again? Some of this surely is intended to confuse the public about the stability of the health care law and some of it probably has to do with public relations.
But let's not overlook the most obvious motivation: these are politicians who want to take in a bunch of cash and see repeal votes as a reliable hook for a fundraising appeal.
Even Jennifer Rubin, a far-right writer at the Washington Post, is calling them out on the scheme: "This is a shopworn tactic: Stake out a ludicrous position, insist you are serious and then blame other pols (the sober ones) or even the public when the whole thing collapses. Really, do they imagine voters are so dim as to not realize this is purely an exercise in self-promotion and a fundraising technique?"
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"Matchstick men and their marks" (Original Post)
applegrove
Aug 2013
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Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)1. I really expected something entirely different.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)2. Certain voters are that dim. nt
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)3. The essence of American politics. n/t