Conservative Lawmakers Plead for Constituents To Fill Out Census Forms

[babylonsister]

Thank you, Michelle Bachmann, and others. :D

Conservative Lawmakers Plead for Constituents To Fill Out Census Forms

Rep. Patrick McHenry is worried about the census. Because he's a Republican from North Carolina, you might think he's worried about federal overreach or a waste of taxpayer dollars or any number of census-related things that have attracted criticism in recent months. But you would be wrong. What worries him is "blatant misinformation" coming from conservatives who are "trying to do the right thing" but instead "are helping big government liberals by discouraging fellow conservatives from filling out their census forms." McHenry cites statistics showing that conservatives are less likely than liberals to fill out census forms and census data that show that rural (and very conservative) Texas districts have some of the lowest return rates in the country. "Few things will make make Nancy Pelosi happier than large numbers of conservatives failing to respond to the census," McHenry writes. "If we do not respond, we will not be counted and if we are not counted, then we effectively will not exist. That would reduce conservatives' power in elections, allow Democrats to draw more favorable congressional boundaries, and help put more tax-hiking politicians in office." At Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall is positively gleeful: "Most rightwing bamboozlement is a no-consequences affair for the bamboozlers," he writes. "Death panels, Manchurian candidate presidents. ... It goes on and on. But it seems one old yarn from the fever swamp may have some very pernicious consequences."

http://slatest.slate.com/id/2249578/entry/3/

[blogslut]

1. ...

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha! I love that story!

[anigbrowl]

2. Don't fall for the big government lies

:rofl:

[meeshrox]

3. Bachmann, exit stage left...

:yoiks:

err...or is that stage right? High school drama was so long ago...

[BreweryYardRat]

4. Heh.

Backfires are always enjoyable.

[mrdmk]

6. When you impair your own success with propaganda and outright hate

and come out with less than the desired results (another-words worse than when you started), it is generally called BLOW-BACK.

To extend that thought, when someone uses the phrase, 'the lunatics are running the asylum', that is another way of describing the unintended event as STUPID.

[Historic NY]

5. I'd love to see red states lose REP's. because of this...so much for the constitution.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. Red state DUers might not appreciate that

[Historic NY]

12. true but because of the party of no they probably will.

[proud2BlibKansan]

13. I won't

I want more representation, not less.

[NutmegYankee]

7. Manchurian candidate presidents?

We got a Birther!

[Posteritatis]

8. At last, the petard trees are bearing fruit! (nt)

[agentS]

10. A flip flop with splash effect, I see

Now they've seen the door closing, they get scared and realize their foot-in-mouth disease has infected the whole body.

[Tabasco_Dave]

11. "then we effectively will not exist"

If only that were true.