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Since when did we start adding Nolan Charts on Congressman? It's a notoriously innacurate measure of political beliefs. Preston 23:53, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
The criticism section, and particularly
seem to be thoroughly biased against Rep. Aderholt. skip (t / c) 07:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
Criticism of Herr Reichsfuehrer Aderholt's sexual activity is totally inappropriate for this entry. Whatever he does to propagate facsism in his spare time, his sexual habits are WAY off base and this should be corrected immediately.
Two comments in the "House Record" section appear to be violation of the NPOV policy: "He voted against the free trade agreements with Chile, Morocco, and Singapore, but supported the US-Australia FTA. One wonders what the difference really was among these agreements, though the answer is not hard to find."
"Aderholt caused controversery when he attempted to pass a law to give police a divine right style powers in 2004"
The former is drawing a biased conclusion using unprofessional and judgmental language. An article should not make conjectures about the author's thoughts on a particular subject as the wording of this sentence does.
The second also uses unprofessional language that is inappropriate (namely, the phrase "divine right style powers"). This attempts to paint the subject as autocratic and undemocratic without any justification or evidence. It should also be noted that this statement neither includes details of the negative powers mentioned, the subject's involvement in the legislation, or even the title of the bill. Furthermore, the fact that "controversy" is misspelled in this sentence and that it lacks a period would indicate that the author lacks any serious commitment to serious and accurate reporting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Montypyth6 (talk • contribs) 18:01, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
I just went ahead and removed the "one wonders... though the answer is not hard to find" quote (see above for the full quote. First of all, it's self-defeating: If the answer isn't hard to find, why is anyone wondering? Also, the answer is most likely that it was in the best interests of his district and constituants to vote against the Chile, Morocco, and Singapore Acts. In a related note, if you refer to the page for Rep. Mike D. Rogers, from Alabama's 3rd District, you'll see that he also voted against the Morocco Act, stating that it would harm Alabama's textile industry. See anything sinister there? I sure don't. So anyways, I removed that line, as it really has no place in the article. SpudHawg948 07:45, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
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