Minnesota Representative Tony Cornish’s Lack of Professionalism
POSTED BY LOGAN PENZA IN AT TMV.
MAY 22ND, 2011
Form letters are a routine way that interest groups show their ability to mobilize public support for their views. By now, you would expect that any politician would accept these as routine. After voting on a particularly sensitive issue, a representative should expect that there will be those who disagree and those who might band together to express their disagreement as a group. And any representative (who is, after all, supposed to represent all the people, not just those who agree with him) should have the basic maturity, civility, and just basic professionalism to accept differences respectfully.
Apparently Minnesota state representative Tony Cornish (R-24B) didn’t get that memo. Using a form letter from an interest group, a voter wrote an email to Rep. Cornish and others who voted for Minnesota’s anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment:
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The first two paragraphs are from the form letter. The second two were added by my friend. That tidbit is important, because here is what Rep. Cornish sent back:
> Try writing your own letter without forwarding someone else’s anger and
> resentment. Get an idea of your own.
>
> Tony
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