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Only in New YorkJust as dispiriting, party regulars chose as the convicted Norman's successor Assemblyman Vito Lopez, an old-time ward heeler from Bushwick who has never shown a zeal for reform until, gee whiz, now. He vows the party will consult a panel of learned men and women, such as Brooklyn Law School's dean, about picking quality judges. We've seen this movie before, and the ending stinks. Two years ago, Norman and party district leaders, Lopez included, pledged they would never support a candidate for a judgeship who had not been approved by an independent screening commission. This year, for the first time, the panel reviewed Civil Court candidates. And guess what? The party shoehorned two lawyers onto the bench without any screening. Kenny Sherman, son of district leader Roberta Sherman, will get a 10-year Civil Court term without so much as a primary. And Canarsie Assemblyman Frank Seddio was awarded an uncontested ballot line for Surrogate's Court. So much for quality control. So much for keeping your word. | |
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Left on Afghanistan
The vast majority of lefties I personally know were in favor of the Afghan invasion as well as for further action (diplomatic and military) to actually take out al-Qaeda. The invasion of Iraq was where we began our opposition to the current administration's militarism, and for damned good reasons.
As to prior, most lefties I knew at the time supported intervention in the Balkans and the previous intervention in Somalia.
I started out opposed to the first Gulf War but came to believe it may have been neccessary. Don't know about my fellow lefties on that one.
So Gatey, I think you have a straw man you like to beat on, but it only applies to a small fraction of the left. Perhaps you deal with a sufficient number of Quakers that your view is skewed, but that is a religious belief of a certain group, not a political stand of a political group. Perhaps you mistake progressive Democrats for Greens? Your average progressive Democrat is not a pacifist, though some are.