... pic of CQ. First lgbt, first woman, etc.; her election would be demographically symbolic.
But that's IT. *Demographically* symbolic only. In point of fact, her election would ratify everything that is socially and politically backward in our social order: the rule of money; the absolute monopoly of the monied class over the political system; the turning of truth in political discourse itself ON ITS HEAD. That's a hell of a lot more important than demographic "firsts", seems to me.
FWIW, I knew CQ years ago when she was starting out ( volunteered in her first council run, in fact) so I'm not happy to have to oppose her. But the point is not so much that her positions are too conservative; the point is she can't be TRUSTED. She doesn't believe what she says. Yes... all pols shift and change over time; politics, like life, is not simple, nor is it black and white.
But Ms. Quinn's transformation goes well beyond that. She was up here ( in Riverdale) the other nite at a candidates' forum. She conceded that her most monumental betrayal ( she didn't call it that but that's what it was) was pushing thru Bloomberg's term limits repeal. She resorted to the old Ed Koch line about "if you agree with me 100% of the time you need a psychiatrist."
But no apology, no second thoughts and really,as was the case at the time, no coherent explanation. I don't think she gets that that one betrayal... as big as it was... is not seen by her critics in isolation but rather as emblematic of whole series of lower-profile but no less appalling betrayals that ensued as soon as she undertook her collaboration w. Bloomberg.
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