No, it wasn't right for Stark to say it, but it doesn't stick out when it's viewed in context - click here for details and a video. He was talking about children's health care, and I think he got a bit carried away.

The Republican Spinmeisters were quick to jump on Stark's remark, and I imagine they'll milk it for all it's worth for the next week or so. John on the Sunset Coast, it seems you're using Rep. Stark's remarks as a defense of Ann Coulter's tactics. It looks to me like Stark kinda stumbled into his inappropriate remark. I don't think there's any comparison with Ann Coulter. Coulter does her deeds in cold blood. She knows exactly what she's saying, and she shoots to kill.

I suppose that's our culture - in our our legislative bodies, in our media, and even here on Mudcat, we seek to defeat our opponents by spin and character assasination and out-of-context quotes and all sorts of combative tricks that have little to do with resolving the issue at hand.

What? You don't think there's "spin" at Mudcat? - look at this thread title: BS: Shrub begins new war- on sick children. Now, I disagree with Bush's veto of the children's healthcare bill, but I certainly dn't believe for a minute that he wants to wage war on children. That's the strongest example I've seen lately, but there's lots of it here, so much that it's well-nigh impossible to have a reasonable discussion here at times. It's all about propaganda, folks. Isn't that a shame?

-Joe-