Posted on 10/22/2002 2:22:48 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Rich Democrat lawyer Bill McBride is trying to portray himself as a moderate candidate for governor of Florida, but in a state of maniacally Jeb-hating newpapers, one daily has the guts to expose McBride.
"Moderates don't call for hundreds of millions of dollars in new taxes, as McBride has done," writes Peter A. Brown in the Orlando Sentinel.
"They don't talk about tax reform to make everyone pay their fair share but want to exempt the wealthiest Democratic special-interest constituency: trial lawyers, such as McBride.
"Moderates don't, as McBride has done, kowtow to the teacher unions. Moderates offer new ideas to improve schools, not the same old ones that he's pushing to increase funding without requiring anything tangible in return. ...
"Moderates do not endorse the teachers-union effort, as does McBride, to bar competition from the system by trying to rescind financial incentives for businesses to provide scholarships for poor kids to attend private schools.
"Moderates don't see why opportunities for those children, most of whom are racial minorities, should be denied to curry favor with teachers, one of the most powerful Democratic interest groups.
"Moderates don't claim they are for the death penalty, but oppose carrying it out until a hypothetical time when the never-ending concerns of opponents can be met.
"Most of all, moderates don't argue that the proposed amendment that would limit the size of public-school classes wouldn't cost much, when in fact it would lead to billions in new taxes in addition to the hundreds of millions he already proposes. McBride is for the amendment because it is the top agenda item for the teachers union, which has spent millions to promote his candidacy."
And then, the ultimate insult:
"As much as McBride tries to convince voters that he isn't Michael Dukakis with a Southern accent, the company he keeps and the ideas he has adopted give him away."
Sounds like a real liberal "rat" to me. He appears to be a front man for the teachers' union.
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