tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post3219447650358059559..comments2023-12-24T05:26:48.861-05:00Comments on The Pittsburgh Comet: BREAKING: We Got Hosed, Didn't We?Bram Reichbaumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-10790344184540109282008-01-28T15:35:00.000-05:002008-01-28T15:35:00.000-05:001. In re either/or or both, that was exactly my t...1. In re either/or or both, that was exactly my thinking. I just didn't like how that sentence kept turning out if I tried to mush it all in.<BR/><BR/>2. I wouldn't lay a large portion of this at the feet of one-party voting. After all, voters in the Hill and elsewhere will have many opportunities to choose among different candidates in primary elections, and as the Onorato experience is showing us this kind of politics DOES NOT PLAY WELL OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURGH.Bram Reichbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620172942925293407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1588280325775325323.post-73349740670125251442008-01-28T14:03:00.000-05:002008-01-28T14:03:00.000-05:00What we have here is either a lack of leadership, ...<EM>What we have here is either a lack of leadership, or a lack of sincerity.</EM><BR/><BR/>An either-or proposition? Why do we have to choose here? Surely, what we are seeing is lack of BOTH leadership AND sincerity. I'd even throw in the absence of morality, concern, and understanding.<BR/><BR/>That's what you get when your neighborhood votes 95% in favor of the Democratic candidate. You might think that such impressive results would reap appreciation and a desire by the political leadership to return the support the community has given them. But instead, when it keeps happening year after year after year, you end up getting taken for granted.<BR/><BR/>And you know what else? If the last mayoral election were re-run right this second, the Hill would still give 95% of it's votes to Ravenstahl.Richmond K. Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352144240244956283noreply@blogger.com