Back to School for Blaska

In a post at this blog today David Blaska criticizes the ACLU for being partisan. He quotes Chuck Samuelson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota, and snorts, "So much for the notion that the ACLU is non-partisan."

Here's Blaska:

I think the majority of groups are here because they really want to demonstrate to the delegates that they want to see some sort of changes in the party platform," said Chuck Samuelson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota in an AP report published on CNN. So much for the notion that the ACLU is non-partisan.

Here's what Samuelson said as quoted from the AP story that Blaska mentioned:

There are some groups that are going to be here just because this is a big stage," said Chuck Samuelson, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota. "But I think the majority of groups are here because they really want to demonstrate to the delegates that they want to see some sort of changes in the party platform.

What's partisan about Samuelson's comments? He said nothing that couldn't apply equally to those who would demonstrate outside the Democratic National Convention nor did he say anything that was supportive of the demonstrations to come. He expressed no support for the changes he thought the demonstrators wanted to see in the party platform.

Marc Eisen's last act as editor should be to send Blaska back to remedial English.