The point is they laugh at what you say.....

Carla Axtman

(H/T to Daniel Powter)

Well, you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day

Recent days have not been kind to the conservative/Republican folks hoping to move things their way.

On November 13, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled to essentially uphold the ballot titles for Measure 66 and 67 despite a serious whinefest from the anti-tax fairness cabal. Just four days later, a Marion County judge judge rejected a legal challenge to the ballot title process that drafted the language.

The kids at the Oregon version of Freedomworks tried to sell the idea that Measures 66 and 67 "target the middle class". But only their true believers are buying. Jeff Mapes did a little fact-checking, and that Freedomworks claim only flies if you're playing Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. In other words, it's a lie.

Finally, the Oregon Senate Republicans were forced to eat a plate full of crow this week when they sent out a press released with wild-ass claims on state employee pay. It turns out that they were wrong..and gave a stupid excuse to Mapes. In addition, the GOP talking point that state workers are doing better than private sector workers is bad and therefore we should hack back state worker pay just slays me. Is this the how the GOP makes life better for Oregonians..playing to the least common denominator?

Update: 7:20PM: Oops..forgot one. On Monday, State Senator Jason Atkinson (R-Central Point), issued a press release with the BRILLIANT idea of having the first $2,400 of unemployment payments be tax exempt. The idea is SO good in fact, that it's already IN Measure 66! Perhaps the "Vote Yes!" campaign should hire Atkinson to be a spokesperson. Somehow I doubt the GOP would like that very much.

Hear that sound, Oregon GOP/conservatives? We're laughing AT you, not with you. There's only so many times you can be asked (begging, pleading) to clean up your act before it just seems too futile to try.

By Carla Axtman Nov. 19, 2009