Brown: DiMasi case shows danger of one-party rule

[The Northerner]

Senator Scott Brown said yesterday the federal corruption trial of former House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi highlights the dangers of one-party dominance in Massachusetts and a "go-along-to-get-along" political culture.

Injecting politics into a normally celebratory moment, Brown said in remarks delivered at the Lasell College commencement ceremony: "I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican, just as one political party can't be right 100 percent of the time, it shouldn't have 100 percent of the power. Unchallenged power grows arrogant over time. It is what has given us one case of graft after another."

The lone Republican in the Massachusetts congressional delegation, Brown is seeking reelection next year in what has historically been a Democratic state. Democrats have begun lining up to challenge him, and Brown opponents have already started pounding him with advertising campaigns.

Brown decided to seize on the public occasion to outline what he sees as a challenge to the high ideals of public service.

Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2011/05/brown_reference.html

[bluestateguy]

1. I wonder if Texas Republicans will share those sentiments

Mmm

[cali]

2. Vermont has the least corrupt political culture in the country

and it's one party dominance here.

[TheCowsCameHome]

3. DiMasi is a dirtbag.

When will these bums ever learn?