We've seen politicians do some desperate things as they struggle to cling to office after betraying their constituents on marriage, but the mailer Sen. Mark Grisanti just sent to his Buffalo constituents earns a special place in our hall of shame.
Our favorite line in his sugar-coated autobiography: "Mark Grisanti is one of us. [He has] a belief ... that being honest matters most."
Let's talk about honesty.
Was it honest of Mark Grisanti to accept money from NOM and other pro-marriage supporters by promising them that he would never vote to redefine marriage if elected?
Was it honest of Mark Grisanti to betray the trust of these same pro-marriage voters who got him into office when he in fact voted for gay marriage?
And most hypocritically of all -- is it honest for Mark Grisanti to pay for this mailer we quoted above, and his numerous TV ads, which are bankrolled with the money pro-SSM activists gave him to buy his vote on marriage, all while never mentioning his vote on gay marriage to his constituents?
Sen. Grisanti is making a cynical calculation that he can keep the voters of Buffalo in the dark about his vote to redefine marriage. And he has the audacity to run a campaign paid for almost exclusively by pro-SSM money while attempting to sweep under the carpet his most unpopular position.
But what gets us the most, and what we look forward to making his constituents in Buffalo aware of, is that Grisanti has chosen to do all of this while claiming the mantle of "honesty."
The citizens of Buffalo and New York deserve better.
It's time to teach Grisanti a lesson about what happens when a politician betrays and deceives the men and women who gave him the responsibility of holding public office in the first place.
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Support of marriage corruption requires opposition to the truth.
First and foremost, Sen Grisanti is a career politician. We should know better than to trust them with any sort of principles.
This is why many establishment GOP members were defeated in 2010 by real Conservatives. This is why Mark Luger was defeated by a Conservative.
"To those whose support I may lose, please know that in the past I was telling you what I believed at that time was the truth....I cannot legally come up with an argument against same sex marriage. .. I believe a person can be wiser today than yesterday". These words were spoken by Sen Grisanti on the Senate Floor during the vote on the issue. Here is the YouTube link to his full speech.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEfN26t5yk8
It is refreshing to watch an honest politician. People continue to evolve in their thinking about the very human issue of marriage equality. God Bless you Senator Grisanti.
Thanks for the clip JR.
It is good to educate oneself as to what “pure evil” (and simple dishonesty) looks like. For it often is so smooth and "reasonable", that it can easily take one in.
Grisanti might have switched because he is intellectually incapable of debating his HRC handlers.
No matter.
He betrayed his constituents, who suffer from no such handicap, and he's gone.
it is refreshing that there is a candidate that crosses party lines in this race - who is not defined simply by the platform of either party. It is also refreshing that NOM is not defined by partisan politics and is willing to support Swanick, a Democrat in this race!
I think his celebrity chef girlfriend from The Food Network, Sandra Lee probably either bugged him till he changed his mind on the issue. Or threatened to break up with him if he dident support ssm. From watching her on tv she seems to be pro ssm even though I never heard her say that. She was right by his side in their celebration parade the next day. Careful Grisanti, women can get you into trouble.
Wow! What a choice. Vote for the Republican candidate who silently votes for ideals that tear down the very foundation of our great country(family). Or vote for the Democrat who's party is using every device to destroy family, our economy, our freedom, our way of life.
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Or don't vote for either one.
But a vote for Grisanti is a vote not only for the destruction of marriage but for the destruction of accountability in our elected representatives.