Rosenberg is "probably to the left of Bernie Sanders," writes a blogger on mdshooters.com.
Mr. Sanders is a Democratic Socialist and a member of the United States Senate.
I meet one of the criteria in Alvy Singer's cultural stereotype of a Jewish left-wing liberal in “Annie Hall.” I lived on the Upper West Side of Manhattan during law school.
But my father doesn't have Ben Shahn drawings, and I didn't go to socialist summer camps. It was Reform Judaism summer camp instead.
As to the blogger's political stereotype, I succeed in Annapolis when I seek common ground.
I raise issues that others may not - gun control and civil rights, among them, but I'm not a majority of one.
Incremental progress is better than press releases bemoaning unfavorable reports.
By the way, The Almanac of American Politics has called Senator Sanders a "practical" and "successful legislator."
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Clarification: I wrote last week that “the alleged SLAPP [Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation] is the suit filed by the Cordish Cos., asserting fraudulent acts in the referendum petition drive opposing a slots facility at Arundel Mills.”
The only defendant in that suit is the Anne Arundel County Board of Elections. Maryland law defines a SLAPP suit as an action "brought against a party who has communicated with a federal, State, or local government body or the public at large."
However, Stop Slots at the Mall, the coalition that led the referendum effort, has filed a motion to intervene in that lawsuit.
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The most interesting aspect of your entry is that you do not refute my assertion relating to your position on the political scale. Also interesting is that you lifted that "practical" and "successful legislator" bit off Mr. Sanders's Senate website. While I have the utmost respect for Michael Barone, the author, I do not have a copy of the almanac. When and where those adjectives of "practical" and "successful" appear I cannot verify. Nor can I on the context. It could be that Sanders is practical insofar that he realized his Democratic Socialism would not fly here.
ReplyDeleteI fail to see what the stereotype I used is. Sanders is an avowed Democratic Socialist. He advocates those positions in ways of socialised medicine, support for non-traditional marriage, unfettered access to abortion, protectionism with other anti-free trade measures and various 'progressive' ideas under the umbrella of 'social justice.'
Nor am I sure where this "cultural stereotyping" comes into play. No one made mention of cultural aspects until you did. Attending Columbia Law is not something that made a connection in my mind to Bernie Sanders.
As a final note, achieving success in Annapolis via "common ground" is akin to Social Democratic Party in Germany finding common ground with Democrats in the US. When your entire legislature operates on groupthink, it's really disingenuous to boast about "common ground" success. I'm sure the Massachusetts General Court in which 90% of its members in each house are Democrats finds a lot of "common ground."
*As a final note, achieving success in Annapolis via "common ground" is akin to Social Democratic Party in Germany finding common ground with Democrats in the US.
ReplyDeleteHm, this thing does not like my edits. Let's try that one more time.
ReplyDelete*As a final note, achieving success in Annapolis via "common ground" is akin to THE Social Democratic Party in Germany finding common ground with Democrats in the US.