Local Politics

[sarahmichelef]

So Tom Reynolds, Republican Congressman from our area (the NY 26th - not our district, but only by about two blocks) and chair of the Republican Re-election Committee (or whatever it's called), has gone on the defensive.  This is actually the shorter & less detailed of two spots taht are running right now - but the basic content is the same.  He blames the Republican leadership (which apparently doesn't include him) and makes lots of strategic use of the passive voice.  The thing that bugs the hell out of me is the awfully smug tone of the whole thing.

Jack Davis, his opponent (who used to be a Republican but switched parties relatively recently - I don't remember exactly why), has of course gone on the offensive.  My only quibble (not necessarily with that spot, but with other Democratic ones) is with the terminology.  Can we really say that Foley molested the boys?  Like I said the other day, he clearly was acting inappropriately and sexually harrassing them.  But molesting?

As they said on WWDTM this weekend, "How do you separate the men from the boys?  The midterm election!"

Comments

[ellid.livejournal.com]

Y'know, I'm so spoiled...my representative is John Olver, who's a crab but a good man, and my senators are John Kerry and Ted Kennedy. I almost feel guilty when I get mail from MoveOn.org about elections, since I live in the one reliably liberal state in the union.....

[alphasarah.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was how I felt in MA.