Writing in the American Prospect, Robert Kuttner discusses how New York City is on the verge of electing its first progressive mayor in a long while. To Kuttner, a win by Bill diBlasio in the Democrat primary is tantamount to becoming mayor. (Kuttner may want to ask the last five Democrats who achieved that feat, each of whom went on to lose the general election, but I digress.) Kuttner expects diBlasio to win and also expects that diBlasio will combine all the city's progressive forces to form a new governing progressive coalition.
Most of the article is the usual liberal claptrap, you know, things like deBlasio will represent the New York "mosaic" because his wife is black and his kids are biracial. As we all know, the race of one's spouse is one of the top reasons for gaining elective office. I had to chuckle, however, when Kuttner explained why Christine Quinn was not going to be the first female mayor or the first lesbian mayor of the Big Apple, as if these potential firsts were important reasons in her favor. Kuttner explained that Bill deBlasio's wife was not only African American, but she is a former lesbian as well. That seemed, at least to Kuttner, to neutralize the potential status of Quinn as the first lesbian mayor.
Why is it that membership of a group that the left considers to be "victims" is so important to progressives in electing folks to office? Can't we just elect the best person for the job to the office? For the left, injecting race, sexual orientation, religion, gender, and the like into our public discourse seems the ultimate goal. The fight is not for good government; it is, rather, for punishing those who have held power in the past. The sickness is so strong that it is actually funny to see.
Most of the article is the usual liberal claptrap, you know, things like deBlasio will represent the New York "mosaic" because his wife is black and his kids are biracial. As we all know, the race of one's spouse is one of the top reasons for gaining elective office. I had to chuckle, however, when Kuttner explained why Christine Quinn was not going to be the first female mayor or the first lesbian mayor of the Big Apple, as if these potential firsts were important reasons in her favor. Kuttner explained that Bill deBlasio's wife was not only African American, but she is a former lesbian as well. That seemed, at least to Kuttner, to neutralize the potential status of Quinn as the first lesbian mayor.
Why is it that membership of a group that the left considers to be "victims" is so important to progressives in electing folks to office? Can't we just elect the best person for the job to the office? For the left, injecting race, sexual orientation, religion, gender, and the like into our public discourse seems the ultimate goal. The fight is not for good government; it is, rather, for punishing those who have held power in the past. The sickness is so strong that it is actually funny to see.
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