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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. David writes about political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties.
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September 5, 2007 9:39 AM
Stop the Presses! Governor Meets With State Employees!
Really, this has to be the most ridiculous thing I've seen in a long time. Apparently, Republicans believe there is something scandalous about a governor meeting with state employees and unions to - gasp! - discuss wages, working conditions and worker rights. The governor, for reference, is the head of state government. But yes - the GOP apparently thinks the head of state government should not be meeting with state government employees. I kid you not. And, sadly, the Rocky Mountain News is trying to claim these meetings were "secret," when in fact, the governor's office had previously told the Rocky Mountain News about the meetings - and the Rocky Mountain News had previously REPORTED on that disclosure (I mean, really, is it that slow a news day???).
When I moved to Colorado, some friends had warned me that there were some extreme right-wing elements here. Now I realize what my friends were talking about.
Really, what's the next headline? "Newsflash: Sky Is Blue!" or "Breaking: Scientists Determine That Water Is Wet." Or how about this one: "GOP Plots With Corporate Lobbyists to Undermine Labor Movement" - there, you heard it here first. What a scoop I've got.
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David Sirota is a political journalist and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist at Creators Syndicate. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Hostile Takeover. He lives in Denver, Colorado. His daily blog can be found at CREDO Action. He contributes regularly to the Denver Post's Web site, is a senior editor at In These Times magazine and is working on his second book. He has been profiled in Newsweek and the Rocky Mountain News and is widely known for his reporting on political corruption, globalization and working-class economic issues often ignored by both of America's political parties. Sirota serves as co-chair of the Progressive States Network, a 501(c)3 organization that supports state legislators and that is a partner of CREDO.
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A governor would be a fool not to meet with state workers as they can and do form a powerful voting bloc. Here in CA no one gets elected governor by ignoring these people, even Arnold understands this.
As for the Republicans bloviating it only shows how politically incompetent they are. Its pragmatism 101. Then again they decided that being a ideology driven party rather than a issues driven party was the way to go and as they've become deaf, dumb and blind.
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