The reason the Christi Administration addresses the monies from the federal government as if their own to distribute is because State Senator Barbara Buono used those issues as a wedge issue during the Governor's race. I suppose Christi could have set the record straight then, but, he didn't want to appear diminished in authority either. He also had some say in trying to prod the federal authority along, so perhaps he did have an interest in it however distant.
Blood Sport. I never liked it in our politics. I don't think it is good for the country. It demands citizens to be held at bay to understand the underpinnings of the American Political Games. It prevents citizens from their personal power to know facts, discern how government works and who indeed is telling the truth or even to discern what is in their best interest. If a politician is relying on his morality be that of the Ten Commandments, that same politician doesn't want the public in on the truth about their real morality.
New Jersey and New York does play blood sport. It is primarily focused on sex scandals and improprieties of power. The defense is always to deny those escaping realities to the public, but, inevitably the media has a strong position in carrying out the bloodletting at will. The New York Times was determined to rid the state of Governor Elliot Spitzer because Wall Street has their back and Spitzer didn't.
Am I naive of this reality and the power it carries? No. I just don't approve of it.
Politics is a blood sport. (click here) President Obama is not, by temperament, a warrior. That's why he lost last week's debate. Obama is rational, deliberate and thoughtful. They are good things if you're a college professor. They're not if you're fighting a battle.
Democrats were enraged by Obama's performance. It was bloodless. He didn't show enough fight. Partisans expect their standard-bearer to be ruthless and aggressive. Especially if your opponent gets down and dirty, as Mitt Romney did. You're expected to do whatever it takes to win. Remember how Lloyd Bentsen humiliated Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice presidential debate ("Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy")?...
Blood Sport. I never liked it in our politics. I don't think it is good for the country. It demands citizens to be held at bay to understand the underpinnings of the American Political Games. It prevents citizens from their personal power to know facts, discern how government works and who indeed is telling the truth or even to discern what is in their best interest. If a politician is relying on his morality be that of the Ten Commandments, that same politician doesn't want the public in on the truth about their real morality.
New Jersey and New York does play blood sport. It is primarily focused on sex scandals and improprieties of power. The defense is always to deny those escaping realities to the public, but, inevitably the media has a strong position in carrying out the bloodletting at will. The New York Times was determined to rid the state of Governor Elliot Spitzer because Wall Street has their back and Spitzer didn't.
Am I naive of this reality and the power it carries? No. I just don't approve of it.
Politics is a blood sport. (click here) President Obama is not, by temperament, a warrior. That's why he lost last week's debate. Obama is rational, deliberate and thoughtful. They are good things if you're a college professor. They're not if you're fighting a battle.
Democrats were enraged by Obama's performance. It was bloodless. He didn't show enough fight. Partisans expect their standard-bearer to be ruthless and aggressive. Especially if your opponent gets down and dirty, as Mitt Romney did. You're expected to do whatever it takes to win. Remember how Lloyd Bentsen humiliated Dan Quayle in the 1988 vice presidential debate ("Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy")?...
