Senate Republicans: The Party of No-Show?
By Mike Connery on 06/17/2010 @ 02:25 PM
By now, New Yorkers are accustomed to the Senate GOP voting as the Party of No, but perhaps Martin Golden’s actions this week signal the beginning of a new Republican strategy: being the Party of No-shows.
Golden sat down with Liz Benjamin of Capital Tonight yesterday, in an effort to explain his bolt from the Senate floor during the microstamping vote on Tuesday. When asked by Benjamin about the ‘phone call’ he uses to explain his odd disappearance, Golden replied: “I had some business to take care of and I took care of the business.”
The people have a right to know – and Golden should have the common decency to tell them: What “business” exactly was he taking care of?
The people have a right to know: What “business” is more critical to Golden and the Republicans than fighting for police officers and the public -- and standing up against murderers?
The people have a right to know: what “business” is more important to Golden and the Republicans than the business of New York?
Golden did let New Yorkers know, however, that if he had any courage and “had been on the floor,” he would have sided with the Party of No – and gun lobbyists and criminals – by voting against the bill. Golden’s lesson in political cowardice illustrated once again that when it comes to taking care of the business of the people, Republicans simply can't be counted on.
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