How the Left Operates

April 5, 2012
By Lonely Conservative

Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle (R-NY) was subjected to leftist tactics by responding to a question by a local reporter. Her opponent in the next election is former Rep. Dan Maffei, who wants his job back. He penned an attack letter that appeared in the local newspaper over the weekend that began with a lie. Buerkle was asked about the letter during an interview with YNN’s Liz Benjamin, and this is how she responded:

“I thought that his letter to the paper was irresponsible, because if you don’t like this plan, tell us: What is your plan? What is your alternative?”

“When you have the Medicare actuaries telling us that Medicare Part A is going to go bankrupt by 2024, we as legislators need to be responsible and have a discussion.

And he knows that this proposal does not effect those 55 years and above. They don’t have to worry about their Medicare program being changed or altered or cut.”

What he failed to say is that the health care law does cut Medicare, and that’s a discussion that anyone who voted for the Affordable Care Act is afraid to have, because that, in fact, does cut Medicare, and that is the law. And that is, in fact, what seniors are going to be feeling and seeing in 2014.”

Sounds reasonable to me. But how did Benjamin characterize Buerkle’s statement? Like this:

In response to my question on last night’s CapTon about how she plans to prevent this year’s rematch with … ex-Rep. Dan Maffei, from descending into a mud-slinging festival, Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle…went on the attack.

Really? She defended herself against Maffei’s lies and it’s an attack? I thought reporters were trained to be more subtle. Subtle or not, this is how the left operates.

Unfortunately, the less public leftists are even worse, as I’ve noted here in recent days.

They attack , insult and ridicule us. When we respond they unleash their hidden soldiers who come after us with vigor in an effort to discredit or destroy us. When we call attention to their tactics, they tell us it’s our own fault. As if we should just sit back and take their abuse, or succumb to their will.

Well here’s a newsflash – it ain’t going to happen. We aren’t going away and we aren’t shutting up. Get used to it.

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