Republicans: There are two sides to every coin and both belong to us
Massachusetts is one of those late primary states and voters yesterdaydecided to pit an African-American man (Democrats) and white female (Republicans) against each other to be the state’s next Governor and either will be the first of their category to be elected to the office. Sounds great, eh?
What got to me, though, was this assertion by Republican candidate Kerry Healey in her acceptance speech: “This election will bring change to Massachusetts  but what kind of change? We will have an option: Will we have two-party democracy and balance on Beacon Hill or go back to a time when the people’s business was done behind closed doors.”
Is she serious? Her description seems better suited to her party’s behavior in our nation’s capital than of a state government which has had a Republican governor for the last 16 years. Vice President Cheney, SecDef Rumsfeld and other Republicans large and small gave speeches and interviews during this election season all over the place trying to associate Democratic candidates with terrorists and appeasers so they can keep control of both houses of Congress, along with the Executive Branch.
Two party democracy isn’t a good idea when its the Republicans who’d lose total control (e.g., DC) but just fine when they need to stop the Democrats from gaining it. As usual, the Elephants will stoop to any rhetorical trick to get what they want.
