Willie Brown complains about political powerOkay, this is incredibly ironic: Former Mayor Willie Brown, now a Chronicle columnist, is suddenly complaining about the use of political power. From his piece yesterday on the changes at the Democratic County Central Committee:
But what's really going on behind the headlines is a move by the "progressives" to take over the central committee a la Tammany Hall or Richard Daley's Chicago. The goal is to control the party money and endorsements - and that way be able to pick candidates for office as well.In other words the central committee will be Peskin's shadow mayoralty, allowing Peskin to keep calling shots even when he leaves office.
Willie, Willie, Willie -- YOU were the one who took Chicago-style machine politics to a new level in San Francisco. You were the one who controlled the money, the endorsements, the DCCC, the Board of Supervisors ... Now you're complaining?
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Comments (4)
Thank you, slick Willie, for providing us with textbook definitions of irony and hypocrisy :)
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August 19, 2008 09:10 AM
Thank you, Slick Willie, for giving us a textbook example of irony and hypocrisy. What with our boring yuppie archetype mayor, we almost miss your colorful versions of corruption, graft, and complete disregard for the people of San Francisco...Almost.
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August 19, 2008 09:55 AM
Actually he has a point. Willie never represented himself as anything but Willie.
"Progressives" kept telling us they were morally and politically superior and would be more open and allow more participation by the people.
Instead, they've now shown themselves to be as petty and power hungry as the Other Side. In other words, meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
Posted by greg | August 19, 2008 12:58 PM
Greg, where are "the progressives" enriching themselves and their cronies from the pubic trough?
Can progressives be petty? Sure. Do they want to move political power to our side so that we can prevail politically? Sure, why else participate?
But like Newsom and Brown, are we using public largesse as a means to augment political power for no reason in particular other than to enrich ourselves and our cronies?
I don't think so.
-marc
Posted by marc | August 19, 2008 04:25 PM