Oops, NJ redistricting map eliminates most legislative seats held by women

New Jersey's legislative redistricting saga gets more convoluted every day.

Yesterday's revelation?

Our angry feminists are taking one for the team. "Impartial" mediator Alan Rosenthal's slice-and-dice legislative redistricting map's shifting boundaries left the majority of women state representatives out in the cold.

Ruh, roh. They chose another minority (hispanics) for favorable treatment, gerrymandering the districts to ensure more members of that group will be elected. So the gals got pushed to the back of the bus.

Walsh said women have made progress in winning seats in the Legislature in recent years, but "that progress may now be slowed."

Yeah, there's only room in the Democratic Party for one group of token minorities at a time, and I'm sorry to have to break this to you feminists, but you're no longer it. They've got your vote. Where else will you go? Join up with Sarah Palin and the Republicans? Bwhahahahaha!

The Democrats' map also zings another of their traditional core constituencies. By consolidating the majority-Black cities of Newark and Jersey City into two districts each instead of three it significantly dilutes their clout. Had a Republican map done that Al Sharpton would be marching non-stop as we speak. But for the Dems, another formerly sanctified minority also takes it on the chin with nary a whimper.

That's the bummer about Political Correctness. One day you're in, the next day you're out. Wouldn't things be so much better if we were all judged on the content of our character rather than on our gender or the color of our skin?

Posted at 00:23 by Chris Wysocki   [/nj_politics]   Comments | Perm Link |
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