I suppose I could have referenced the
Mafia, Mafioso, Blood 'n Crips, Medellin Cartel, Skinheads, Sinaloa
Cartel, Bratva, whatever. However, I am Samurai and therefore choose
the Yakuza.
I call your attention to two points of
datum:
- staffers of NJ Gov. Chris Christie, potential presidential candidate, unnecessarily closed the GW Bridge for several days to punish the mayor of Fort Lee for his failure to support Christie's bid for governor
- staffers of Senate Minority Leader McConnell pressured a local radio affiliate to drop Mark Levin's radio talk show, because he dares to criticize same
Whether or not the leaders in question
directly ordered these acts of vengeance is beside the point. The
fact is that said politicians fostered an environment where, at the
very least, such actions are thought of as conscionable political
activities.
Question: is this the type of
Republican party that you can support? I ran for the House in 2010,
and I am having second thoughts.
The power of ideas is no longer
respected, but rather the exercise of raw political power.
Antics like these are why the
Republican Party is not in the ascendancy, and will not be so on the
visible horizon.
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