I hope all the Republican voters in our state caught the insult regarding their voting intelligence that Governor Landry recently subtly attributed to them. With all four of the proposed amendments being soundly rejected by over 60% of the voters, our esteemed governor blamed the defeats on outsiders and state liberals. He claimed this was particularly true for the defeat of Amendment #2. However, the facts of the matter refute both claims for apparently many Republicans voted against these measures.
I guess Governor Landry feels that only he knows what is best for our state and that Republican voters in our state should just be little minions and follow his directives. He also apparently thinks they possess no intellectual abilities to objectively judge the merits of legislative proposals which might directly impact them, nor does he feel they should have the right to make such judgments. He seems to confuse the citizens in Louisiana with his sycophants in our state legislature.
Additionally, did you catch the insult the Governor paid to our state as a whole; the one he governs? He stated, “We realize how hard positive change can be to implement in a state that is conditioned to failure.” He just characterized our entire state as promoting “failure.” That’s the kind of lashing out one might expect from some spoiled brat child when they don't get their way, but certainly not from the governor of our state. Maybe he is just too immersed in the “white horse syndrome,” where the hero swoops in on a magnificent white stallion and saves the day; in his mind, from our state’s “conditioned to failure.” And apparently he feels only he can do this, so everyone in the state must religiously follow his orders without question. Sound familiar?
Sadly, our governor and legislators need to come to accept the realization that their present slew of proposed legislative amendments didn’t align with the wishes of their constituents, and they need to lose the defensiveness and get on board. Party affiliation had little to do with these defeats, for without bipartisan support this would not have occurred.