A Weblog of Centrist Voices in American Politics
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January 24, 2008Balko Delivers a Good LaughI don't agree at all with Radley Balko that performance-enhancing drugs ought to be allowed in sports. But his editorial on the subject delivered one of the best laughs I've had in awhile: If it’s about fairness and competition, I’m dubious. Take Rep. Tom Davis, one of the more camera-hungry politicians to demagogue this issue. After the 2000 census, Rep. Davis maneuvered to have his congressional district gerrymandered to include as many Republicans as possible, ensuring his continual reelection, and limiting the number of real options for his constituents. He ran the next year unopposed. Davis also snuck a provision into an unrelated piece of federal legislation preventing an apartment complex from going up in his district because, he said, he feared it would bring too many Democrats into his district. Ba-dump bump. Posted by Kranky Kritter at January 24, 2008 09:11 PMComments
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