Good Govt NJ Style - Hide the Senator!
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) has decided to come off his mountain and debate Dick Zimmer on November 1, 2008. The State of New Jersey is awash in government corruption scandals. The perpetrators in these scandals are almost exclusively Democrats. Lautenberg is allegedly one of the parties leaders and yet, he refuses to debate, speak or really appear in public that much.
At the heart of good government is the access citizens have to the process and the people who run it. Every citizen of this state has a right and a responsibility to hear from the candidates from elected dog catcher to governor to (yes, Mr Lautenberg) Senator. Yet, Frank Lautenberg refuses to even pretend that he has to act like he wants our votes. True, this state has a lot of people who will vote for this man because they are told to by their union or their boss. But there are also people in New Jersey that want to hear from the man.
But even then we are shortchanged. For example, in a recent Newsday story about King Frank agreeing to a late debate, there were plenty of quotes from Zimmer. But from Lautenberg-only a "spokesman". This was the same trend during the primary. Is this man even alive anymore? Can someone check his pulse? (I can't wait for a spokesman for Lautenberg to issue a press release that yes indeed, the senator is alive)
New Jersey citizens have a right to hear from you Mr Lautenberg.
Labels: Dick Zimmer, lautenberg, New Jersey Corruption, senate
posted by Dennis @ 3:00 PM
2 Comments
2 Comments:
Maybe it's like Fidel Castro -- he's deceased, but the true leaders of the political machine don't want anyone to notice. Come to think of it, Soviet leaders used to get "sick" for a long time before finally dying. Does this show that Lautenberg has picked up tips from his ideological masters?
I was thinking the exact same thing. Maybe Zimmer should travel around the state doing Town Hall meetings with a cardboard cutout. It would at least show more effort that Lautenberg has put in the past 5 years.
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