Finding Ulysses

Is Michael Arcuri trying not to get re-elected in 2010? Today was the 161th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights.

If you don’t know about this convention, well, you ought to. It was the spark that ignited the engine of activism that resulted, eventually, in women’s suffrage here in the United States. Present were Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Frederick Douglass. The convention made a big enough historical impact that it’s earned Seneca Falls a National Park commemorating the occasion.

Seneca Falls is just a half hour’s drive up the road. It’s in our own congressional district… and that brings me back to Mike Arcuri.

Many political leaders from around the world spoke today about the Seneca Falls Convention, showing respect not just for the historical efforts that make Seneca Falls special, but also honoring the place of equality that women deserve in our society. Congressman Arcuri was not among them.

Michael Arcuri had nothing to say about the Seneca Falls Convention. He didn’t even have an aide write a short statement for him. Congressman Arcuri’s office seems to have forgotten about the whole thing.

What else has Michael Arcuri forgotten about, sitting in his office down there in Washington D.C.?