Duplicity

Ralph Nader asks Bush which planks of the Texas GOP Platform he likes, since he hasn't adhering to a lot of them:

Then follows policy after policy of great specificity in direct opposition to what the Bush Administration is doing and not doing. For example, the Texas Republican Party demands that Washington repeal NAFTA and GATT and get out of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. It is adamant against any gathering, accumulation and dissemination of personal data and information on law-abiding citizens by business and governments. It wants "all citizens" to be free from government surveillance of their electronic communications.

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The Platform has one demand that is quite sensible -- namely "The Party does not support governmental subsidies, tariffs, bailouts, or other forms of corporate welfare [including sports stadiums] that are used to protect and preserve businesses or industries that have failed to remain relevant, competitive, and efficient over time."

President Bush made his fortune by getting Texas taxpayers to pay for the Texas Rangers's new baseball stadium. His government now expandscorporate welfare on the backs of individual taxpayers, while allowing huge tax escapes for large multinational corporations.

And, of course, it wouldn't be a Nader piece without a jab at the Democrats:

As for the Democratic Party, why didn't it make hay with this Platform, as the Republicans surely would have if the shoe was on the other foot. Why? Because the Democratic Party IS hay.

Oh, a horse is a horse, of course, of course..