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State of Washington House Now Forbidding Political Speech
...The Democrat majority in the Washington State House of Representatives is censoring Republican commentary on Mrs. Gregoire's budget. The Olympian reports "House orders news releases edited for forbidden phrases"House Republicans say there are "seven dirty words" you can never say when talking about the Democrats' budget this year in Olympia. Republican news releases using the forbidden phrases were removed from Web sites and edited this week by order of the House Chief Clerk's Office and its legal counsel. The reason: The words impugned the motives of the other party's members at taxpayer expense, House Chief Clerk Rich Nafziger said Thursday. "You can't use taxpayers' dollars to sling mud." Rep. Joel Kretz went ahead and issued a press release listing the 7 forbidden phrases: 1) "Shell game" 2) "...lack of honesty with taxpayers..." 3) "It's not truthful to say this money is being put into reserve." 4) "Tax-and-spend liberals" 5) "...lack of truth in the majoritys message..." 6) "...the majority party does not believe..." 7) "Disingenuous" Speaking of which, this is a good time to learn more about Mrs. Gregoire's tax-and-spend liberal budget, which proposes $503 million in new spending and disingenuously claims that money is being put into reserve. Posted by: Anonymoose 2006-02-25 |
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