Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Appointed better than elected?
Not exactly a trend, but still an interesting combination.
Supposedly, a politician elected with a good margin has 'capital', has the 'tailwind of public support' behind him, enabling him to take actions that offend the bureaucrats and elites.
Also supposedly, a politician who fell into office more or less by accident should lack 'capital', and should be timorous and cautious, letting the bureaucrats and elites run him.
Well, who are the courageous politicians this year?
Jan Brewer of Arizona, state Attorney General who fell into the governor's office when Comrade Napolitano was chosen as head of the federal Heimatssicherheitsdienst. Brewer immediately started to fight the Feds on immigration and hasn't weakened yet.
And now Gov Patterson of New York, who fell into office when Spitzer was honeytrapped. Patterson was clearly meant to be a weak pawn, yet he's now speaking courageously against the Cordoba Victory Arch.
Brewer and Patterson are both speaking for a huge percentage of the public, which means they are operating with the traditional 'tailwind'; they are behaving as the strong elected official supposedly should do.
But the elected officials in both cases are standing against the people, running with the treasonous bureaucrats and elites, behaving as the weak accidental politician supposedly should do. ¶ 3:25 PM
Supposedly, a politician elected with a good margin has 'capital', has the 'tailwind of public support' behind him, enabling him to take actions that offend the bureaucrats and elites.
Also supposedly, a politician who fell into office more or less by accident should lack 'capital', and should be timorous and cautious, letting the bureaucrats and elites run him.
Well, who are the courageous politicians this year?
Jan Brewer of Arizona, state Attorney General who fell into the governor's office when Comrade Napolitano was chosen as head of the federal Heimatssicherheitsdienst. Brewer immediately started to fight the Feds on immigration and hasn't weakened yet.
And now Gov Patterson of New York, who fell into office when Spitzer was honeytrapped. Patterson was clearly meant to be a weak pawn, yet he's now speaking courageously against the Cordoba Victory Arch.
Brewer and Patterson are both speaking for a huge percentage of the public, which means they are operating with the traditional 'tailwind'; they are behaving as the strong elected official supposedly should do.
But the elected officials in both cases are standing against the people, running with the treasonous bureaucrats and elites, behaving as the weak accidental politician supposedly should do. ¶ 3:25 PM
