Comments on: Republicans Grabbing DeLay Tar Baby

By: floyd

floyd — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 04:23:02 +0000

mcGehee; i understood,sorry, just adding may two "scents" P.U. i think they may have thrown T.Delay into the "briar patch" for punishment [if you get my drift,wink,wink, nudge nudge]

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 03:27:04 +0000

I know, Floyd -- I was assuming (rightly, I'm betting) that James has heard about the elected official who's gotten into hot water for for using the phrase "tar baby" in exactly the same way as James used it here. Hence my reference to "niggardly." It was an irony supplement.

By: floyd

floyd — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:02:04 +0000

chill, brer mcGehee,it's an apt metaphor and nothing more. "uncle ream-us"[sic] aka "sam" should be proud!

By: McGehee

McGehee — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:15:47 +0000

Republicans Grabbing DeLay Tar Baby

Yeesh, James! Next you'll be telling us something is "niggardly!" Have you no shame?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 19:12:53 +0000

I know this likely won't win me any fans on here, but should say I consider myself diametrically opposed to your political point of view. That said, I do enjoy reading your blog. While I may not agree with many (OK, most) of your opinions and reasoning, you almost always have well-thought arguments that allow for honest debate, and are pleasantly free of the usual partisan shrillness that can be found on blogs of both sides of the spectrum.

I wanted to see the conservative reaction to DeLay's resignation, and came here (among other blogs), and wanted to give you my take on the last question of your post - why people who know DeLay genuinely like him, as opposed to people who only know him from afar.

I would think that any politician has an innate sense of charm and likability that would seem sincere and genuine to people who know them, and indeed, may actually be genuine. I doubt if they'd be successful politicians if they didn't. Case in point, liberal blogger John (AmericaBlog) Aravosis recently met Katherine Harris and said she was extremely nice in person - and this from someone who would just as soon kick her in the shins as talk to her at a social event. he said the same about Newt Gingrich. This is not to say that DeLay, Gingrich and Harris are genuinely good people, or that they're not (the same goes for charismatic Dems like the Clintons). Just that these people are professionals at what they do, which as politicians, one of those things is to get people to like them.

Anyway, my two cents. Keep up the good work.