Monday, July 09, 2007
Gordon Smith and the smell of dead fish
Here’s more on Gordon Smith and the Klamath fish kill.
He used his office to get water to the farmers; he then used the farmers he’d used the water for to get votes for himself. That nicely summarizes politics as usual.
Loaded Orygun
http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/
Look while you still see us, move while you still have us...
Monday, July 09, 2007
Gordon Takes Credit for Carrying Their Water
Listen to what people were saying in 2002 about Gordon Smith's involvement in the Klamath water fiasco:
Some say you can't fight the federal government...they should meet Gordon Smith.
Water's our problem--and bureaucrats.
He took it straight to Bush.
He wouldn't take no for an answer.
That's Gordon. He stood up for us.
Gordon Smith carried our water.
Wow, for someone who wants to avoid scrutiny on this re-bubbling topic, those statements have to be a little inconvenient right now, don't they? The way these people tell it, when Gordon Smith found out that "bureaucrats" (read: federal biologists) wanted to give Klamath River water to fish instead of farmers, he not only got involved, he went right to the head of scientific inquiry in the US--President Bush! And somehow, though Republicans have been famous for taking whatever answer the President gives them, this time Smith wouldn't budge! He carried their water.
Could these people be any more obvious with what they're saying? Whatever it was that got the decision turned around in Washington to overrule the fish and slake the land's thirst instead, the people saying these things believe that Gordon Smith was instrumental in getting it done. Who could have put them up to say such things?
How about Gordon Smith?
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There are only two things Gordon Smith really wanted his Klamath constituency to retain from that viewing experience: the name Gordon Smith, and chsh-chsh-chsh-chsh-chsh. It's like he's bragging to the farmers--"I got your water turned on, don't forget me this fall." Chsh chsh chsh.
He used his office to get water to the farmers; he then used the farmers he’d used the water for to get votes for himself. That nicely summarizes politics as usual.
Loaded Orygun
http://loadedorygun.blogspot.com/
Look while you still see us, move while you still have us...
Monday, July 09, 2007
Gordon Takes Credit for Carrying Their Water
Listen to what people were saying in 2002 about Gordon Smith's involvement in the Klamath water fiasco:
Some say you can't fight the federal government...they should meet Gordon Smith.
Water's our problem--and bureaucrats.
He took it straight to Bush.
He wouldn't take no for an answer.
That's Gordon. He stood up for us.
Gordon Smith carried our water.
Wow, for someone who wants to avoid scrutiny on this re-bubbling topic, those statements have to be a little inconvenient right now, don't they? The way these people tell it, when Gordon Smith found out that "bureaucrats" (read: federal biologists) wanted to give Klamath River water to fish instead of farmers, he not only got involved, he went right to the head of scientific inquiry in the US--President Bush! And somehow, though Republicans have been famous for taking whatever answer the President gives them, this time Smith wouldn't budge! He carried their water.
Could these people be any more obvious with what they're saying? Whatever it was that got the decision turned around in Washington to overrule the fish and slake the land's thirst instead, the people saying these things believe that Gordon Smith was instrumental in getting it done. Who could have put them up to say such things?
How about Gordon Smith?
***
There are only two things Gordon Smith really wanted his Klamath constituency to retain from that viewing experience: the name Gordon Smith, and chsh-chsh-chsh-chsh-chsh. It's like he's bragging to the farmers--"I got your water turned on, don't forget me this fall." Chsh chsh chsh.
