Firedoglake: Ben Nelson (D-Ne) Thinks Rick Berman is an Idiot. Welcome to the Club

[Omaha Steve]

http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/20/ben-nelson-thinks-rick-berman-is-an-idiot-welcome-to-the-club/

By: Gregg Levine Saturday December 20, 2008 6:38 am

Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson knows a cow pie when he smells one:



"Sometimes you see something so dumb you know the creators thought they had a brainstorm. But it really was just a drizzle. That’s how I reacted when I saw sleazy and intentionally confusing advertisements running in Nebraska media outlets that mention me.



The ads, paid for by a Washington special interest group that hides its donors, are an insult to Nebraskans who are interested in a proposed bill, the “Employee Free Choice Act,” and have shared their thoughts with me. While I have expressed concerns about the legislation and continue to weigh it, these ads are unfair to those who deserve an honest, fact-based debate if it is considered next year by Congress.



The good news is I know Nebraskans are smarter than this special interest group thinks they are. We Nebraskans certainly know a snow job from a snow storm."

The ad that Sen. Nelson refers to is likely the one concocted by “sleazy” Rick Berman—defender of greed, distorter of truth, hater of puppies, and advocate for such fine American traditions as big business and drunk driving.

"The ads apparently address a provision that would eliminate the rights of employees to cast secret ballots on union organizing petitions. There are clear views for and against this idea. But the ads cook up a stew of innuendo linking Illinois’ embattled governor to political campaign contributions, to unpopular “bailouts” for the banking and auto industries, and to the bill somehow being a bailout. This has nothing to do with the “Employee Free Choice Act.”"

Fortunately for America and anyone who believes in an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work, Berman is living proof that you can’t buy your way out of stupidtown.

FULL article at link.

[FLAprogressive]

1. takes one to know one. I suppose a DINO traitor is right twice a day. nt

[pnorman]

2. Here's some info on that anti-union scumbag:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Rick_Berman

More later.

pnorman

[TwilightGardener]

3. I've seen the ad on TV, it's one of the most bizarre cases of "six degrees of separation"

I've ever seen--trying to link Blagojevich to union bosses to the bailouts to Ben Nelson. You can't really stop crazy people with bugs up their asses if they have enough money to buy air time, I guess.