The Big Apple: Rotten To The Core
By Wyatt Earp | March 14, 2010
It’s not a good time to be a politician in New York. The state is on the verge of bankruptcy, the senate is in shambles, and the governor is juggling more scandals than Lindsay Lohan. At this point, the only people who would want to run for office there are angry loners, the clinically insane, and Chuck Schumer.
Sadly, the political climate is not getting better any time soon, especially since three major figures are embroiled in scandals. This maelstrom is the subject of this week’s Family Security Matters article. Here’s a snippet:
In the good old days when somebody mentioned the phrase, “political corruption,” most Americans thought of Washington, D.C., Chicago, Illinois, or New Orleans, Louisiana. They were the trendsetters, the areas that set the bar so low not even the most flexible Jamaican could limbo under it. Then, just when you think that no one can slide under that rigid piece of bamboo, the state of New York slithers underneath with room to spare. There are currently no less than three political scandals plaguing New York politicians: Gov. David Paterson, Congressman Eric Massa, and Congressman Charlie Rangel. Can New York go any lower? That is doubtful.
Despite what some voters believe, politics is a business. Like the hierarchy of most businesses, the garbage rolls downhill. The politician on the top of New York’s dung heap is Gov. David Paterson; a man who is involved in so many scandals that even Bill Clinton thinks he’s an embarrassment to the Party.
You can read the rest of the Coney Island goodness by clicking here.
Topics: FSM | 9 Comments »
Are those guys wearing flak jackets? Might need them in NY!
As long as the guy on the left isn’t the pilot…oh, wait! he sorta is, isn’t he?
Proof – The way that state is shaping up? You’re darn right!
Joated – He’d have to be blind not to see what’s going on up . . . oh, never mind.
“It’s not a good time to be a politician in New York.”
And a worse to be to be a public employee. Maybe the next election will improve things, but I’m not hopeful.
I’ve never felt better that the lefties here in Studio City keep telling me to go back to Texas. Means my dark past is safely buried…
And now the news of the future:
This just in. Gov. patterson has been led from the Gov’s mansion in handcuffs. A spokesman for the governor has told reporters…”He never saw it coming!”.
John D – I don’t New York will land enough seats for that.
Richard – To quote Mr. Burns, “Excellent!”
Jon – Ba-zing!
It’s a worse time to be a citizen in NY and has been for oh, about 30-40 years.
They got the politicians they wanted and deserved.
I left that state and am happy, happy, happy. They kept electing the scumbags they did.
The only difference between the (D) and the (R) in NY is that the Albany Times Useless hates you if you have an (R).
They have nobody to blame but themselves.
NY pols are the worst scum pols in the nation and that’s who they apparently want.
Veeshir – It’s telling that they are starting to make Chicago pols look better by comparison.