Nerve Endings Firing Away

Some political analysts and consultants say Mr. Lazio’s critique of the planned project is designed in significant part to ward off an unexpectedly spirited challenger in Carl Paladino, a wealthy upstate conservative who has spoken out against the project in even blunter language than Mr. Lazio.

In his own commercial, Mr. Paladino vowed that, if elected, he would use the government’s power of eminent domain to force the center’s developers to find a different location.

So a conservative probably who might even be a Tea Bagger wants to exercise government control over private property just because he doesn't agree with the land use in a neighborhood he doesn't live in? That, my friends, is the modern conservatism movement. They don't hate the government; they just want the government to do their bidding in line with their bigoted views.

[Link to Eminent Domain for your Convenience]