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From Planned Parenthood to New York
State Right to Life, from the WFP to the Conservative Party, from the
mountains to the prairies, interest groups from all over the New York
State political spectrum have been frothing, white with foam, in abject
fear about the prospect of a New York State Constitutional Convention.
Conservatives may have legitimate reasons for their concerns.
Writing in the Post, George Marlin, a leader of the NYS Conservative Party (and author of a pretty good book about the Party’s history), does a nice job of summing up the right wing’s fears. To Marlin’s credit, almost none of the issues he raises relate to interest group politics.
By contrast, liberals are scared because liberal interest groups have been running a scare campaign.
The implicit and sometimes explicit message of the organized opposition to the Con-Con is that it is such a threat to public order that one dare not even speak its name. Typical is the recent forum run by State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, which featured only speakers opposed to holding such a convention.
Click here for the full article.
Source: Kings County Politics (via The Empire Report)
Conservatives may have legitimate reasons for their concerns.
Writing in the Post, George Marlin, a leader of the NYS Conservative Party (and author of a pretty good book about the Party’s history), does a nice job of summing up the right wing’s fears. To Marlin’s credit, almost none of the issues he raises relate to interest group politics.
By contrast, liberals are scared because liberal interest groups have been running a scare campaign.
The implicit and sometimes explicit message of the organized opposition to the Con-Con is that it is such a threat to public order that one dare not even speak its name. Typical is the recent forum run by State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, which featured only speakers opposed to holding such a convention.
Click here for the full article.
Source: Kings County Politics (via The Empire Report)
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