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DNC Chair: Why Martin Frost Should Not Get the Job

Markos of Daily Kos:

I don't care if someone is a moderate, liberal or conservative Democrat. You could be any of those things and still be a partisan Democrat. The DNC chairmanship is a partisan position. As such, Martin Frost is grossly unqualified for the position.

...To be clear, I don't care what Democrats might have to say to get elected in deep red districts. But if you spend a year distancing yourself from the Democratic Party and sucking up to Bush, Hastert and Hutchinson, then you have no business trying to run the Democratic Party.

He's right. Martin Frost ran for re-election in his Texas District by praising Republicans, as if he were one of them, and hiding his Democratic party affiliation. You can watch this CBS newspiece , featuring one such ad, thanks to Ana at Anatopia. Note that the word "Democrat" is nowhere to be found.

Here are the ad stills, courtesy of Daily Kos.

Who backed President Bush?

Kay Hutchinson and Martin Frost.

Speaker Hastert and Martin Frost.

John McCain and Martin Frost.

Here's more, a political ad storyboard, again praising Bush and failing to mention the Democrats.

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    Proving once again that "the h*ll with them Kos" doesn't understand electoral politics, or morality, very well. Man, I miss voting Democrat. -C

    Re: DNC Chair: Why Martin Frost Should Not Get th (none / 0) (#2)
    by glanton on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 12:25:20 PM EST
    Cliff: I miss the days when your posts at least almost made sense.

    Add the gov of NC while we are planning to shun people -- I think KOS gets it exactly right And Joe Biden doing his Uriah Heep immitation deserves a slap

    ps Cliff It would be voting Democratic but since you never were one -moot point

    Re: DNC Chair: Why Martin Frost Should Not Get th (none / 0) (#5)
    by Jlvngstn on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 01:02:39 PM EST
    Hey Cliff, I nominate Arlen Specter and Lincoln Chafee for the head of the GOP. Will anyone in the party second?

    Re: DNC Chair: Why Martin Frost Should Not Get th (none / 0) (#6)
    by Repack Rider on Wed Jan 19, 2005 at 03:44:01 PM EST
    Once there was a time when the evidence of what a politician said during the campaign vanished with the electrons on the TV screen. The blogosphere never forgets and never forgives, a politician's worst nightmare. Kind of like the Republican Party, only for a good purpose.

    noname - I am a democrat but I used to vote Democrat. We live in a republic but I recently voted Republican. Our system is a constitutional republic but is often referred to as a democracy. See, words mean what they mean and not what people say they mean. And they do have meanings. This ee cummings moment brought to you by Downy. -C

    the pedigree of honey does not concern the bee; a clover, any time, to him is aristocracy. (emily dickinson... not ee cummings, but apropos i think)