So, I've never read the Glendale News-Press, but they published an article on John Colbert, the Republican Congressional Candidate for California's 29th District (currently occupied by Rep. Adam Schiff). The article is here. I'm loathe to link to it because the article isn't very enlightening, and comes across as biased. On the other hand, read for yourself and decide what you think of Colbert. I suppose I'll look into Colbert's platform a bit more, but as it stands he just sounds like a poster-child for the Party of No, and dangerously, one who doesn't seem to have a very good grasp of how legislation gets done in Washington DC.
Oh, if you do read the article, don't skip the two comments. They're classic ideological nonsense.
I tried to post the following comment in the paper's forum but couldn't seem to get it to work:
Sorry, but the statements made by Colbert don't give me confidence he'd do a good job as our representative. Hackneyed statements about Rep. Schiff being from the "far left" are either just colorful rhetoric or indicate a candidate who truly has no idea how the lawmaking process actually works. Sure, if you don't provide (or understand?) the context, it's easy to make it sounds like a Congressperson is voting for a fish over farmers! Healthcare reform: what, specifically, are you opposed to, Mr. Colbert?
And sorry the reporter, Bill Kisliuk, introduced his article in a way that seems to agree with the candidate he's supposedly objectively reporting about rather than, well, objectively reporting. What proof do you provide that "Congress is killing jobs" other than Colbert's assertion that it is? This is just an ideologically loaded statement.
Well, from the two posts so far it looks like Mr. Colbert will get at least two votes.
