Ken Nelson

So my Dad finally checks out the new “KenNelson.com”…. he e-mails full of concern that I’m just a “repeater of negative partisan half-truths”.

He’s a hardcore, but likeable, liberal who still thinks the Swift Boat Veterans For Truth were lying, so I’m used to notes like that.  He also considers himself  “middle of the road”, which caused me to snort last time he wrote that.  But hey,  I like him still.

But I did figure this was a good opportunity to clarify what goes on KenNelson.com and what doesn’t.

First off, most (all?) political posts will be disqualifying information. I generally do not write anything good about a candidate (from any party).   If you want reasons TO vote FOR somebody, look elsewhere.    As I peruse the web, if I encounter information about a candidate that DISQUALIFIES them from the position they seek, I’ll post it.  Not just bad stuff, but REALLY BAD stuff.

For instance, I’ve covered a lot of bad things about Obama, including:

• support and active involvement with voter fraud
• fraudulent fund raising
• long term association with anti-Americans, Communists, Marxist, or terrorists (or all of the above)
• membership in a socialist political party
• general and blatant lying about past statements and actions
• support for genocidal Marxists abroad

Gosh… do you want a President involved in any of that, no matter how much you dig one or another policy of his?   I don’t.  If a Libertarian or Republican did it, I’d disown them.

A lot of DQ’s on Obama, but I’ve also had this disqualifying (in my mind) about McCain:

• he’s a political idiot
• he isn’t “brave” as I define it
• his immigration policies stink
• he was wrong to vote for the bailout

Sorry that there is more to disqualify Obama, but note that I’ve also said (repeatedly) that we have horrible choices this year.  I’ve even proposed changes to our electoral system to give us better choices in the future.

Oh… and if I think something is “half-true” I don’t write about it.