Paul Greenberg Editorial Praises First Lesbian in Ar Legislature

(From email by Chris Andersun)

Paul Greenberg, editor of the editorial page for Arkansas Democrat Gazettte, is at work once more in his usual efforts to PROMOTE AND/OR DESTROY particular legislators in Arkansas. Every time a conservative pops up with some good conservative idea like passing laws against illegal immigration, Greenberg brings out his BIG GUNS and keeps up the barrage of fire until he SCARES every conservative into retreating in fear that he/she will be the next object of Greenberg's POISONOUS GALLONS OF INK.

Ironically, Greenberg has accused these conservatives of SCARE TACTICS in almost every negative article he has written about them. If you are not familiar with the type of editorials he writes about conservatives, see the quotes below.

BUT, Greenberg can't heap enough praise on legislators who promote homosexuality, illegal immigration, and school consolidation. On August 26 Paul Greenberg wrote an entire 600 word PUFF PIECE on the "first openly gay legislator in Arkansas," the legislator who was given credit for stopping a bill that would have banned adoption by gay couples in Arkansas.

Of course Greenberg never mentions her homosexual lifestyle; he is much more clever than that. He praises Webb exuberantly for giving back a campaign donation in the GIGANTIC amount of $1,000. Even Greenberg asks the question, "Why should this be news?" Of course, he gives a good answer for that question but none that gives any clue about the real reason he is praising her.

(Interesting note: Paul Greenberg's son, Dan Greenberg, is now a Republican representative and has voted very conservatively. And years ago Greenberg appeared to be a conservative. Perhaps his son will help undo some of the damage his father has done.)

Compare the following sections of Paul Greenberg articles on conservatives and then a section of his article on Kathy Webb.

"When the Gunner DeLay / Jim Holt / Denny Altes types start pushing away the largest and fastest-growing ethnic minority in the state and country by shouting about ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ! at every turn, is that Mike Huckabee’s fault ?

"When the scaremongers in what remains of the state’s GOP talk about cutting off funding for medical care—even pre-natal care—for illegal immigrants, that’s certainly not Mike Huckabee’s fault; he understands the danger of trying to reduce the Republican Party to an exclusive club of the native-born. Besides, every one of those babies is going to be a native-born American citizen right out of the womb, and don’t you know they’re going to remember how their mamas and papas were treated ?

"Talk about an effective way to produce a whole generation of rip-roarin ’ Democrats. Cut off health care for innocent children ? Deny them a fair chance to compete for college scholarships ? No wonder Mike Huckabee famously said he doesn’t drink that kind of “Jesus juice.” Neither do most of us Arkansans when we think about it. Those kinds of ideas just push even more people away from the GOP here in Arkansas." Read entire article at this link: http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/206077/
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Following is the first section of his editorial on Kathy Webb by Greenberg. Compare that to the one above and ones that follow on a couple of conservatives.

"You had to know something was strange about Kathy Webb, and not just because she happens to represent the People's Republic of Hillcrest in the Legislature. And no, we're not talking about the commission on global warming that she got established, or her wanting landfills to recycle Styrofoam. Never mind her ownership of a popular Asian restaurant and the likelihood that she knows how to eat with chopsticks.

"But now Representative Web has gone and done something even stranger, namely refunded a campaign contribution. Seriously.Turns out, politicians can do that. It's legal and everything.Who knew?

"It seems Ms. Webb turned down $1,000 in contributions from some electric power companies who might have business before her commission on global warming. Sounds reasonable. It sounds so reasonable that…hey, wait a second. Why should this be news? Isn't it just the right thing to do? Don't our elected representatives make it a policy to avoid such conflicts of interest?

"Sadly, no. It says something—and not something good—about American politics when a legislator's rejecting such contributions is news. (EXTRA! EXTRA! Ethics spotted in Little Rock). In a better world this wouldn't be news at all. "
(From editorial titled "Strange sighting, An exception to a dismal rule" in Arkansas Democrat Gazette". No link for this one because I could not find online.

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