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CjB's avatar

My head hurts when trying to discern politic motivations. I am pleased when any group or person defends free speech even when it involves strange bedfellows.

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Daniel Lowenstein's avatar

I agree with Paul Mirengoff in this piece, but I think there is another angle to it that he does not mention. Democrats in Arizona may be hoping Lake is the Republican candidate for Senate next year, because just as they beat her for governor, she'll be easier to beat for the Senate than a more sensible Republican candidate. The clinic, presumably liberal (though I don't know that) might be happy to defend her in the hope a victory by her will enhance her chances in a Republican primary. Criticism of the clinic by the Washington Post and other liberals does not interfere with that strategy.

I'd like nothing better than to be able to praise a liberal for a principled stand in a matter like this. But there may be more than principle involved here.

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