Posted by
Mike Bates on Saturday, March 21, 2009 10:45:25 PM
This week CNN's Political Ticker reported
"Congresswoman takes post in State Department." The article begins:
California congresswoman Ellen Tauscher is vacating her Bay Area seat to serve under Hillary Clinton at the State Department.
Tauscher, a moderate Democrat and a member of the House Armed
Services Committee, said in a message to her constituents that Clinton
had asked her to serve as undersecretary of state for arms control and
international security.
Let's briefly examine the congressional voting record of the "moderate Democrat" Ellen Tauscher. According to interest group evaluations compiled by Project Vote Smart,
for 2007 the congresswoman received a zero from the American
Conservative Union and the National Right to Life Committee, an F from
the National Taxpayers Union, an F- from Gun Owners of America, and a 4
from Citizens Against Government Waste.
In contrast, she was awarded 100 percent ratings by NARAL Pro-Choice
America, the American Civil Liberties Union, the National Education
Association, and the National Organization for Women. Americans for
Democratic Action assigned her a 95 and the AFL-CIO accorded her a 96.
CNN considers such a voting record to be one of a moderate
Democrat. Apparently, over at the most trusted name in news, liberals
are as rare as a Barack Obama misstep.