Barron and Green, but No Towns
For anyone interested in who's representing us in Washington, Charles Barron and Roger Green are on WNYC right now poking holes in incumbent Rep. Ed Towns, who has declined to show up for what is, according to his challengers, their twelfth debate so far.
Barron just told Errol Louis - who is managing the impressive feat this week of filling in for both Brian Lehrer and Ben Smith - that Towns' absence is "disrespectful," while Green said it shows "contempt for the democratic process itself."
Green also noted that Towns owns one of the worst attendance records in Congress and called him a "Republicrat" for supporting the CAFTA and for not holding the Democratic Party line the repeal of the estate tax.
Barron also attacked Towns, but offered a spirited defense of this guy.
So far, Towns hasn't called in to respond. Which kind of fits.
-- Josh Benson
Barron supports a killer and thug like Mugabe, but when asked about crime in his district took the opportunity to further attack the police. So he supports a dictator who runs a police state, and even invites this guy to be his guest here in the city. Then he attacks the police, who have been making his community safer and more liveable for thelast decade as running a (Mugabe-like) police state in Brooklyn. Is this really the best we can do in that district?
Lehrer and Smith: Tweddledum and Tweedledee
Lewis used to write interesting stuff but seems the news wants to play it safe nowadays