.... "Senators Barbara Boxer, Tom Harkin and Ted Kennedy are centrists? By the reasoning of The Washington Post they must be," the Media Research Center's Brent Baker writes at mrc.org .
"In a profile last week of Democratic Senator John Edwards of North Carolina, who is running for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, Washington Post reporter Richard Leiby referred to 'his centrism.' But Edwards earns about the same vote ratings as Boxer, Harkin and Kennedy," Mr. Baker said.
"In 2000, he earned an 85 percent rating from the liberal Americans for Democratic Action. That year Boxer [California Democrat] got the same rating and Kennedy [Massachusetts Democrat] earned 90 percent approval. In 1999, Edwards matched Kennedy with a 90 percent rating for the freshman senator's rookie year.
"The American Conservative Union assessed Edwards at 12 percent in 2000 and 8 percent in 1999 for a 10 percent career average. Compare that to a nearly identical career 9 percent for Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, a well-established liberal. On the conservative side, Sen. Conrad Burns of Montana, at 89 percent lifetime, and Senator Bob Smith of New Hampshire, at 92 percent over his career, are about as conservative as Edwards is liberal...
31 Posted on 08/15/2001 13:56:13 PDT by That Poppins Woman"
Nice post, ma'am...MUD
-Solomon (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8)
I am praying for leaders who are wise enough to know what time it is.
35 Posted on 09/22/2001 23:21:12 PDT by EternalVigilance
Thanks, EV...MUD