tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post8650947163237454911..comments2024-03-17T08:07:12.695-05:00Comments on Between The Lines: Democrat candidates paint stripes on horse, call it zebraJeff Sadowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03972004592729833310noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10214951.post-62663836755573414632008-10-19T15:34:00.000-05:002008-10-19T15:34:00.000-05:00You sure do love the American Conservative Union. ...You sure do love the American Conservative Union. A review of their "ratings" reveals that they are based upon 25 "key votes." <BR/><BR/>http://www.acuratings.org/2007senate.htm<BR/><BR/>I am sure these 25 votes represent a true reflection of the issues that face lawmakers, and that it just happens to work out such that the average score for a Republican is 80.94%, and a Democrat, 5.9%. Right...<BR/><BR/>And by their calculations, Landrieu's 2007 score of "40" would mean that she is 6.7X more conservative than the average Democratic Senator! Even her "life" score of 22 would make her 3.7X as conservative.<BR/><BR/>And with regards to the Americans for Democratic Action, their ratings suffer from a similar loaded scale, and you forgot to mention Landrieu's 65 rating in 2006.<BR/><BR/>Throwing around a statistic like voting "with your party about 78 percent of the time," and making no attempt to detail exactly what issues separate Landrieu from the rest of her party, I would say, is pretty much the definition of attempting "to con voters."<BR/><BR/>But then again, I guess voters know what they're getting when they read "between the lines."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com