OK, so she risks the dreaded "politicization" of the issue -- but if Glendenning is silent, SOME DAMNED BODY in the state government ought at least to be offering condolences and solemn pledges of helping in whatever way necessary.
Unbelievable. Simply amazing.
I'm a bit calmer now after taking a shower, which I know has some hidden meaning here on FR but I know not what.
Being a Merryland resident and frequenting that area often, a whole range of emotions and concerns are coarsing through me.
First, the political angle. Earlich is not out talking about these shootings nor should KKT be doing anything. As for Governor Spendenning, heck most thinking Merrylanders don't like the guy and his $5,000 dog houses. Still, the Governor is the Governor and there's something to be said for knowing that your leader is concerned.
Then again, maybe it's NOT the time for the Governor to make an appearance. Though I'm betting dollar to doughnut that time will come soon enough. So far the citizens of Merryland have been pretty cool about all of this. Comes from living a life so close to DC and knowing that should the country get attacked, Merryland goes down as well.
Soon, however, there will be ramifications from this. Soon, the citizens of Merryland are going to react and react in mass. If this shooting today doesn't do it, even after the police told us that school children were safe, the next one will. Soon Merrylanders will STOP going to malls, will REFUSE to send their children to school. Soon, the citizens will outright refuse to be sitting ducks for a target shooter. THEN we'll see the Governor (and it SHOULD be the Governor....not the LT. Governor which would only be a campaign ploy as I'd view it). And when we see this terrible, awful human being of a Governor trying to reassure us, maybe Merryland will realize, just as the whole country did in the case of Clinton, that this guy is NO leader.