The rewards of treason
Earlier I was critical of Karen Carter and her actions in the Louisiana Legislature when she sold out her own party and supported a Republican for Speaker of the House. How did the Democratic voters in her district pay her back for her selfishness? They rewarded her with the most votes in her OPDEC election in District B.
This is why the Democratic Party is losing ground in this state. Selfish Democrats who are only concerned with their own personal power are rewarded with more seats. The state party does not even follow its own rules. Because of her actions, she should have been censured. The party should have stood up and said “We not tolerate people who allow the Republicans to gain more and more power for their own benefit”. She should be embarassed for her actions and the voters should have tossed her out.
We are supposed to be “progressives”, but we won’t make any progress by supporting people who support Republicans. Until we learn that, we will continue to fail in this state.
February 12th, 2008 at 7:15 am
Yes Carter should turned out, but embarassed? She can’t realize emotions such as that.
February 12th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I think if the voters turned on her because of her actions and she was never able to hold office again, and no longer held any political stroke, that she would absolutely be embarassed. But even if she is not, the end result would be no more Karen Carter selling out the party and that would be a very good thing.
Perhaps someone needs to make a “Karen Carter is Bad” website
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