Rendell Panicking
If you needed proof that Rendell knows that he tanked Wednesday night’s debate with Lynn Swann, look no further. In a sitdown interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Rendell is suddenly talking like a reformer:
If re-elected Nov. 7, he’ll propose reducing the size of the Legislature, enacting limits on how much one contributor can donate to a political campaign and creating a “citizens committee” to redraw House and Senate district lines after the 2010 census. Before becoming governor in January 2003, Mr. Rendell had opposed term limits for state legislators.
This is proof that he knows that he’s seen as an old-fashioned politician, not as an outsider bent on reforming a flawed system. He’s seen politicians lose their seats in the primaries. He knows that Lynn Swann tagged him as not being serious about reform. So he’s talking about reforms. Here’s another bit of proof that he isn’t serious about reform:
Regarding term limits, he said, “I was a little naive when I came here. When [legislators] look at the job as a career, it makes it difficult for them to do the right thing.”
There’s a number of adjectives I’d use for Mr. Rendell. Naive isn’t one of them. He’s a career politician. He’s just finishing up his first, and hopefully only, term as governor. Before that, he chaired the DNC. Before chairing the DNC, he was twice elected mayor of Philadelphia. Rendell was elected District Attorney of Philadelphia in 1977 before running for governor. He’s got presidential aspirations. He’s the quintessential career politician. Now Pennsylvanians are supposed to believe that he didn’t understand that career politicians had difficulty “doing the right thing”?
He’s part of the problem, not part of the solution, which is why he’s got to go. It’s time he learned a little about private life.
Technorati Tags: Election 2006, Rendell, Corruption, Swann, Reform
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
June 25th, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Ultram….
Ultram. Ultram withdrawal….