Corzine - It's not about the voter - It's all about him

Today's article in Newsday Poll: NJ sharply divided on death penalty; lukewarm on Corzine yields some interesting results. While it is not surprising that our legislators feel no responsibility to take the constituents desires into account in New Jersey, it is rare that an elected official show such contempt for the those who put them in office. From our illustrious governor:

Corzine said he wasn't surprised by the findings, but didn't waver from his position.

"The public is very divided on this issue, and I'm very clear about where I stand and have been since I ran for political office and I'm not changing," he said.

Sounds like his position on taxpayer funding for stem cell research. He said the public was for it. When they told him they weren't in a referendum, he said he didn't care he would find a way to spend the money anyway.

Until the voters in this state learn to get a backbone, we will continue to be taxed incessantly and watch as the legislature bans the death penalty in the face of a 40 percent increase in murders in NJ. Maybe the repeal of the death penalty will help us be able to franchise the success of top murder cities like Camden, Trenton and Newark to other cities in the state. We could start a cottage industry in political corruption combined with citizen murder.

Oops. We already have that. Never mind.

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