Take a look at Laura Berman's column in today's Detroit News:
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070310/OPINION03/703100378
Joe used to be a pretty quiet guy, but now he's shouting out his message on billboards. Winning by only 5% in November has put a scare into him and he's coming out of his shell -- giving speeches, appearing on TV, voting with the Democrats on an energy bill.....
Yes, it may seem on the surface that Joe has changed his tune on energy now that he's voted with the Democrats and is talking openly about alternative energy sources, but is this reallly how he feels or is he just acting to try to convince the voters he's wised up? I think we know the answer to that, don't we? Joe doesn't want to take a chance on losing in '08, so's he's saying things he thinks will appeal to the voters in the 9th even if he doesn't really believe them.
He can't on the one hand say we need alternative fuel sources, electric cars, hybrids, fuel cells, etc. and then say we shouldn't increase fuel standards or hike gasoline taxes. Duh! Don't those go hand-in-hand? If we make all of the changes to our cars that he says we should make, fuel economy will automatically go up, won't it?
The only thing worse than a Joe Knollenberg who votes with Bush almost 100% of the time is a Joe Knollenberg who pretends to have changed his tune when all he's doing is acting out of fear of losing his seat by voting the way he thinks the people want him to vote until he's got a majority back in the House (which probably won't happen for a while), at which time he'll go back to being the same old Joe. You can fool some of the people......
Oakland County voters aren't stupid -- they can see right through this charade.
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It is nice to see that even the Press sees Joe's charade for what it is.
Of course the good news is that we have been able to influence his voting patterns for his last term in office. He is going to vote more left than ever before.
It will be interesting to see if his "conversion" will be met with a GOP primary challenger from the right this next time.
I just looked at the Freep and they have a story on No No Knollenberg's billboard -- and the comments by readers show that once again, Joe is on the wrong side of the issue.
I just did a quick count and it looks like over 80% of the commenters think JOE IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE ISSUE!
Maybe Joe shouldn't rely so heavily on what the lobbyists tell him to do.
It would be really interesting to have someone from the right challenge him this time -- they might have a better chance of beating him with the Republican base than Pan Godchaux did last time out.
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