As blogged earlier, Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar wrote to Denver's KOA radio, which carries Rush Limbaugh locally, to complain about Rush's comments about riots during the Democratic National Convention.
KOA, owned by media conglomerate Clear Channel, had local domo Lee Larsen respond. His letter is a classic of senatorial speak, just like you'd get from your Senator if you wrote advocating a position. It is full of the dismissive rhetoric about what a great American Salazar is, how sacrificially he serves in our nation's highest deliberative body.
As close as the letter gets to taking a tough stand or advocating a position, is that it points out that in America we have constitutionally-guaranteed free speech and that Rush was exercising his.
Salazar, as liberal a Democrat as serves in the U.S. Senate, likes to fashion himself a moderate. He occasionally votes conservative on a dead duck like the flag burning amendment, but when it really matters, Salazar always votes liberal. Salazar wears a really ludicrous looking cowboy hat, which makes him look even less like a cowboy that he already does. This is intended to burnish his moderate, reasonable Western image. Salazar is a lousy public speaker with a poor command of the English language, who doe not think and respond well on his feet.
Larsen closes by telling Salazar what an honor it was to have him on KOA discussing the issue, and how generous it was of Salazar to take time from his busy schedule to talk with callers on KOA.
Talk about giving a solon a dose of his own medicine! I've quit writing to Senators and Congressmen because I can't stand to be patronized with the phony baloney letters that come back. It is exciting to see the tables turned, giving a Senator exactly what he dishes out to the citizenry on a regular basis.
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