May 19th, 2011
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Author: State Sen. Alberta Darling, (R-River Hills), had been a champion of women’s rights and a member of Planned Parenthood’s board.
Back in the day when a person could be a Republican and think independently, and not necessarily look for guidance from the Glenn Grothmans of the party, or its think-tank ideological commanders whose white papers and talking points have now become one-dimensional marching orders.
Them days are long gone: Darling has made the calculation that she does not want to end up like this guy.
By voting on Joint Finance to deny state aid to Planned Parenthood, to willfully starve the non-profit agency knowing that none of the funding would be used to finance abortions – - but would be used to provide medical service to low-income women – - Darling is playing to her farthest-right constituents to stave off defeat in the recall election she has certainly earned.
Planned Parenthood’s clientele – - light years away from River Hills in more ways than you can count – - will suffer as a result.
The politics behind her vote and the 11 other Republicans on Joint Finance are beyond cynical.
Craven fits.
Darling is my State Senator. Her endorsing of a state prescription drug for seniors, a gesture less towards moderation and towards political survival among older voters is transparent window-dressing that fails to mask her support for Walker’s destruction of public workers’ bargaining rights.
She even thinks out loud about cuts to the state’s support for recycling while Senate leadership was saying “no cuts.”
I hope her tenure is coming to an end.
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