Taking the Moral Low Road

Behind closed doors, California Democrats debate drawing out the state's economic crisis for political gain. Fortunately for everyone else, live mics caught the conversation--and it's ugly.

Some members of the group, including Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg, said if the budget crisis were extended, it could improve chances for a ballot initiative that would make it easier for the Democrats to raise taxes by lowering the threshold for passage from two-thirds to 55 percent.

"No one is running" for re-election, she said, according to a transcript made by Republicans. "And maybe you end up better off than you would have, and maybe you don't. But what you do is show people that you can't get to this without a 55 percent vote."

In other words, she proposed drawing out the crisis so that disgruntled citizens would change the rules to suit her better. Didn't she take an oath of office to uphold the laws of the state, not to subvert them?

Pathetic.

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(Hat tip to K-Lo at The Corner.)

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