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Tag: Girly Men

Time To Stop Fooling Around "Leader" Richardville

By JGillman, Section News
Posted on Sun Mar 27, 2011 at 11:12:19 PM EST
Tags: Republicans, Michigan, State Senate, RTW, Right-to-work, Gary Glenn, Agents of Change, Snyder, Randy Richardville, Girly Men (all tags)

The schizophrenic nature of our state government comes as no surprise.

Republicans who have been around and 'know better' are in the positions of power and are no wiser than the Democrats who have just been given the boot. Creatures accustomed to things done a certain way are hardly the agents of change Michigan so desperately needs.

One would think the taking of Michigan's most important institutions would have set free a newly inspired animal of renewal and dominance. Sadly however, what appears is a timid beast too scared to fully emerge from its cage, seeking the quickest route back to being walled in where it is safe and secure. Our legislators are riding along in some ways toward new ways of dealing with problems that have been building for decades, yet some of them who have been around too long seem to have a serious case of Stockholm syndrome and sympathize with the enemy a little too much. In fact, to the point of being called "Squishy":

Led by squishy moderate Randy Richardville, Senate Republicans have always been suspect as a reform ally. And their counter-proposal is a retreat from their mandate for change. Rather than pushing their governor - who has courageously offered a new direction - to be even more aggressive on tax reform and bloated union benefits, the GOPers backslide towards politics-as-usual higher taxes and special interest loopholes.

Indeed, I have written before about the cowardice that exists within the republican leadership in the Senate for not bringing a simple fix to Michigan. And yes.. I said it, and I will again if necessary.

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