http://unity08.com/taxonomy/term/108/0 en http://unity08.com/node/2210 <p><strong>Mario Cuomo</strong>, a Democratic and the former governor of New York, and <strong>Tom Kean</strong>, a Republican and the former governor of New Jersey, published this supportive Opinion-Editorial in the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2007/09/30/2007-09-30_build_a_new_political_platform__from_the-1.html" target="_blank">New York Daily News</a> this past weekend.</p> <p>Some excerpts from it...</p> <p><strong><em>&quot;Has there been a moment when America has faced more crucial issues at the same time? Not in our lifetime. And our current politics is not dealing well with any of them.&quot;</em></strong></p> <p><em>&quot;On top of it all, Washington has been so overrun by lobbyists, their fundraising and earmarks, that the political system is not just broken, it is corrupt. As Michael Kinsley has said about the nation&rsquo;s capital: 'The scandal is not what&rsquo;s illegal. The scandal is what&rsquo;s legal.'</em><em>&rdquo;</em></p> <p><a href="http://unity08.com/node/2210">read more</a></p> http://unity08.com/node/2210#comments Main Blog mario cuomo new york daily news tom kean Mon, 01 Oct 2024 08:17:49 -0700 BobRoth 2210 at http://unity08.com