Analysis: NY politics goes from drama to tragedy
By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer Michael Gormley, Associated Press Writer – Sat Mar 13, 2:40 pm ET
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York politics, which has consumed more than a dozen elected officials or top staffers in the past two years, has become a kind of bizarre "Survivor" show. And although careers have been ruined and some face prison sentences, none of them lost their jobs by actually being voted off this island.
This just goes to show (and in more than just N.Y.) our elected officials' abuse of power. Not to mention hypocrisy. Although not as skeptical as some, I'm not too happy with the rate of progress in this country. (figured I'd at least have a job by now) No one seems to be able to agree what is best for America. When in the meantime it's clear that corruption has become a past-time which has screwed us all.
That's the concern facing those who still want to be New York's next governor. Voters are embarrassed and angry. Three of their four statewide officials — comptroller, governor and lieutenant governor — weren't elected four years ago, but appointed to fill vacancies after scandals. And across the country, voters weary of the Great Recession have begun taking out their suffering on the pbolitical class, whose compensation and perks seem immune from the bad economy. It started to show in local elections last fall and with the stunner in Massachusetts, where a Republican took Democratic icon Edward M. Kennedy's U.S. Senate seat
Anyone who still believes in the process of politics in this country is in denial. We are going nowhere fast. All over the U.S. crime, suicide, domestic violence, drug use, etc. are ALL UP.
"I can't think of another period where you have seen that many high-ranking officials involved," said political science Professor Christopher W. Larimer of the University of Northern Iowa, a researcher of leadership traits and flaws.
He said this lack of confidence in government often results in poor election turnouts because it will be hard for any candidate to excite the electorate. He said such widespread dissatisfaction could even prompt voters to turn against their own legislators, rather than just blame the Legislature.
So we can all point a finger wherever we want. But both sides are so corrupt no one knows who's who anymore. Anyone else craving Coffee? (at least the idea of it)
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