Progressive Doublespeak

Interesting column by Bruce Bartlett over at Townhall. The Dems just keep associating themselves with radical groups, hypocritical radical groups, I should say. Look at this:

According to a Dec. 25 report in the Boston Globe, the Democratic Party is joining forces with the activist group ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) to place initiatives on state ballots this fall to raise the minimum wage. The idea is to energize the poor to vote for Democratic candidates, as well as the initiative.

ACORN's involvement in this campaign is amusing because a few years ago the group sued the state of California in order to be exempted from its minimum wage requirement, which was higher than the federal government's. In its appellate brief, ACORN acknowledged that the more it had to pay each worker, the fewer such workers it would be able to hire. Of course, the same thing is true for businesses, as well - something minimum wage advocates refuse to admit.

Read the rest of this, it really is hilarious. I don't know if this is in Peter Schweizer's book or not, but it certainly should be. The entire column lists ACORN's hesitation to do exactly what it expects businesses in this country to do. This is another one of those columns that'll leave you shaking your head...