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History affords us many instances of the ruin of states, by the prosecution of measures ill suited to the temper and genius of their people. The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and mistaken policy. An equal dispensation of protection, rights, privileges, and advantages, is what every part is entitled to, and ought to enjoy... These measures never fail to create great and violent jealousies and animosities between the people favored and the people oppressed; whence a total separation of affections, interests, political obligations, and all manner of connections, by which the whole state is weakened.Benjamin Franklin
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"Extreme" Conservatives Not Welcome in NY?
I have routinely refused to consider opportunities in NY and California, even between gigs in the aftermath of the economic tsunami. In large part, I despise the states' politics, and it's a key reason I want to leave Maryland and will not consider returning to Illinois.
But while the Arch-Partisan Legal Plunderer in Chief Cuomo has annoyed Sean Hannity to the point of seriously considering leaving NY, I want to point out the rhetoric Cuomo is using is nothing new: Democrats for some time have sought to divide and conquer the GOP, typically focusing on isolating a small number of Tea Party conservatives. Where is this bugaboo coming from? We haven't seen key Tea Party proposals enacted like slashing spending and taxes, deregulation, reforming the Fed, protecting civil liberties, an end to international meddling, etc.
In Cuomo's black-and-white world, there are 'good' Republicans and 'bad' Republicans. 'Good' or 'moderate' Republicans support or do not oppose Cuomo's partisan Statist agenda on gun control, abortion expansion, etc. But the hypocrisy is appalling. I'm currently aware, for instance, only of 2 pro-life federal Democrats (Dan Lipinsky, Bob Casey). This is despite shifts in Gallup polling showing a plurality pro-life voter base. The last time I checked, not a single Senate Democrat came close to a medium-range ACU rating. There's pretty much a dominant "progressive" groupthink mentality, despite the fact that only 1 in 5 voters considers himself a "progressive".
But for a sitting governor to hypocritically try to intimidate (vs. embrace) tolerance of political diversity is downright un-American. Face the facts, Governor: a great number of native New Yorkers do not share your perspective of a Statist agenda: tax, spend, regulate and engage in socially experimental policies.
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