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This is hilarious because Delaney was first elected in a gerrymandered district created specifically for him, the state legislature literally looped in his hous

• noobermin 9y ago
  I'm not sure how that is hilarious, it shows a little character in being willing to reign in a system that even got you into power.
  • IncRnd 9y ago
    It's more likely the other way around, showing very little character by using the rules of the game to his advantage to get into office and changing the rules of the game to stay in office.
    • mabbo 9y ago
      But surely if he's in a gerrymandered district, passing these rules would make it harder for him to be re-elected? He's shooting himself in the foot to do the right thing. I can respect that.
      • afinlayson 9y ago
        We need more of this kind of thinking. For example Trump should want a Russia prob instead of watering down sanctions as he is quietly doing. This is how governing is suppose to work, instead of what ever the hell you call the current state of affairs.
      • IncRnd 9y ago
        This bill, if it becomes law, moves the gerrymandering from one commission to another. It doesn't stop gerrymandering. How does the new commission get formed? How long do people serve on it? Who appoints them? Do they get elected? I'm not saying the system doesn't need to be reformed. It does. However, trusting people who say things that sound good, without evidence, is just following more politicians.
      • mobilefriendly 9y ago
        No the top-two open primary system would protect him, he's a wealthy white male Democrat in a formerly Republican district, his biggest threat is from the left in a closed primary.
      • xienze 9y ago
        Whichever party is in charge of "reforming" or "eliminating" gerrymandering is simply looking to redraw districts in a "fairer" manner which oh by the way happens to benefit the party in question. This is how it always goes.
• xupybd 9y ago
  He had to play by the current rules of the game to get in. That doesn't mean he agreed with the rules.
• paulddraper 9y ago
  Eh. I'm against state-sponsored gambling. That didn't stop me from using tens of thousands from a lottery-funded state scholarship. I favor sales tax over income tax, but I still pay income tax. That's just the way the world works. I play by the laws but endevour to improve them.
• chongli 9y ago
  Tu quoque. [0] One of the most powerful fallacies in politics. Shuts down countless reform attempts. Loved by the corrupt. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque
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  • dllthomas 9y ago
    Shouldn't discredit him, but doesn't make it not funny.
    • Retra 9y ago
      I would say it wasn't funny regardless, but I suppose that's a different matter.
  • nostrademons 9y ago
    I'm not sure it's that effective these days. The American electorate just seems to expect that its leaders will be hypocrites and rewards them for it.
    • roywiggins 9y ago
      The world wouldn't run without at least a little hypocrisy. I don't think hypocrisy is inherently immoral. Some immoral actions are hypocritical, but some hypocritical actions are the right thing to do.
      • jfabre 9y ago
        Can you give a concrete example where being an hypocrite would be the right thing to do?
        • dllthomas 9y ago
          Well, let's say I'm a doctor, I'm well convinced that smoking is quite harmful, but I find myself too addicted to manage to quit. Certainly, my nonetheless quitting is the best outcome. But telling people to quit despite not doing so myself is preferable to telling people not to quit, isn't it?
• Aloha 9y ago
  See Chester Arthur - a man who had benefited extensively from the spoils system, helped put it out of existence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur#Civil_service_reform https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur#Civil_servic...