Tom McClintock speaks out on farm animal, gay marriage measures

[JackBeck]

State Sen. Tom McClintock, the vocal conservative Republican from Thousand Oaks, probably shouldn’t expect an invitation to the next party by PETA or the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center after comments he made today on two controversial ballot measures.

Locked in a tight race for Congress with Democrat Charlie Brown, McClintock announced today that he opposes Proposition 2, which prohibits confining hens, pigs and calves in small cages that prevent extension of their limbs.

"Sorry, but farm animals are food, not friends," McClintock said. "Plan on somewhat happier cows and much higher grocery bills if this one passes."

He is equally likely to stir up opponents of Proposition 8 with his support for the measure that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

"Lincoln asked, 'If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? The answer is four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it one,'" McClintock said in a statement. "And calling a homosexual partnership a marriage doesn’t make it one."

Calls to the "No on Prop. 8" and "Yes on Prop. 2" campaigns were not immediately returned. McClintock also announced that he opposes Proposition 1A, the high-speed rail bond, calling it "the most outrageously expensive boondoggle in California’s long history of outrageously expensive boondoggles."

--Patrick McGreevy

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2008/10/mcclintock----n.html

Is this guy trying to out-Santorum ol' Ricky?

[Gormy Cuss]

1. That's Tom.

He's consistent -- always has the bat shit crazy conservative opinion that will win in his district.

[Tikki]

2. He ran for a California office last election and lost...

He and his little bun boy Tony Strickland are both trying to get their way into
some kind of office after being termed out in CA offices.

McClintock, yes, is from Thousand Oaks (Southern California) but notice!!
he is running for Congress in an Eastern California district.

McClintock and this Strickland are fools.

Tikki

[petronius]

3. Haven't heard from him in a while - I wondered where he went

I also didn't realize that he was Thousand Oaks, I figured he was in the Central Valley somewhere. He's definitely the pace car for social conservative nutjobbery (although he has in the past made fairly astute observations on the CA economy, IIRC...)

[Wiley50]

4. At least he doesn't conflate the two like Rick Santorum did n/t

[Greyskye]

5. Please help keep this guy OUT!

His fantastic Dem opponent, who has the unlikely name of Charlie Brown, could really use some love! http://www.charliebrownforcongress.org/

Here is his Act Blue page: http://www.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/16314

McClintock is jumping districts to try and take over for John Doolittle, who is retiring after being heavily implicated in the Jack Abramoff scandal. This is a really close race, and it would be incredible if we could get a Dem into this heavily Republican district!