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Monday, 13 November 2006

San Francisco values
Bryan Preston

The incoming Speaker of the House hails from a county that voted:

to impeach both President Bush and Vice President Cheney (which would put Rep. Nancy Pelosi into the presidency), by a margin of 59 to 41.

for publicly financing candidates in state races by raising taxes on corporations and financial institutions, 52-48 (it failed statewide, 75-25, in spite of Pelosi’s voters’ support). ...

... That SNL parody is funny, but there is such a thing as San Francisco values, and I think it’s fair to say that they’re far out of the American mainstream. ...

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Waging war on JROTC
Michelle Malkin

Caution: San Francisco values at work. Even the left-wing San Francisco Chronicle says the political leaders of Baghdad by the Bay have gone too far:

SAN FRANCISCO public schools have problems, but a popular military-themed program isn't one of them.

Still, a four-vote majority of the seven-member Board of Education is likely this week to cancel the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps classes. The justifications are predictable: School leaders must stand up to the Pentagon's half-baked "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gay service members, and to the war in Iraq.

This blunderbuss sloganeering fits snugly with an advisory vote last year barring military recruiting at schools. But the reasoning, compelling as it sounds to progressive San Francisco, is inadequate. The high-flown arguments fall apart when drill-and-discipline JROTC basics are examined. ...

Posted by Bill Faith on November 13, 2006 at 03:08 PM in Nancy Pelosi, Politics | Permalink

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