Not All Attacks Are Created Equal
July 24, 2008
On July 15, we posted the results of a public opinion survey commissioned by the American Justice Partnership Foundation which revealed that an overwhelming 75% of Americans believe state Supreme Court justices should be elected by the people.
Today, Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts – a group funded by George Soros which is fighting to take away the Constitutional right of Pennsylvanians to vote for state judges – attacked this survey. As supporting evidence for their attack, they cited Bert Brandenburg from Justice at Stake – a group funded by George Soros which is fighting to end democratic elections for state judges all across America. They also attacked the prestigious polling firm Ayres, McHenry & Associates, Inc., citing for authority Media Matters for America – a group funded by George Soros dedicated, believe it or not, to uncovering conservative bias in the media.
Does anyone see a pattern here? Are all these Soros-funded attacks being written from the same computer?
The apparatchiks toiling away at the various Soros-funded entities know they are peddling a losing argument. So instead of defending their point of view – that Americans shouldn’t be allowed to vote for some of the most powerful public servants in their states – they malign a pollster.
The bottom line: Americans overwhelmingly want their democratic right to vote protected – whether it’s for President, Senator, Governor, State Supreme Court Justice or City Council member. They can launch all the attacks they want, but none of the Soros-funded groups can alter this fact.
Posted by Dan Pero in the categories: Judicial Elections, Justice at Stake, Pennsylvania
3 Responses to “Not All Attacks Are Created Equal”
Two comments come to mind:
First, trying to tie all the groups together via George Soros is like saying that there’s some vast conspiracy of symphony orchestras because they all get funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts, like many non-profit, progressive policy organizations, gets only a portion of its funding from the Open Society Institute, though you seem to imply that they are (at best) exclusively funded by Soros, or (at worst) a front organization for Soros.
Second — you haven’t addressed the methodology questions that the judgesonmerit.org blog brought up. You’re throwing around this straw man George Soros argument, but I’d like to hear how you would answer what judgesonmerit says are fundamental flaws in the American Justice Partnership Foundation poll.
[...] already responded to the personal attacks on Ayres, McHenry, one of the most prestigious polling firms in the [...]
Yeah, glomarization. You attempted to make hay here about the fact that Brian Fitzpatrick had written his “Tennessee Plan” white paper for the Federalist Society. Are you on Soros’ payroll?