Wednesday, February 14, 2007
AJ-C on BP
Posted by Bruce Barry on Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 10:21 AM
Cynthia Tucker's op-ed column in today's Atlanta Journal-Constitution gives Bill Purcell props for his English First veto:
Some might say this one sets a pretty low bar for "political courage," but hey, you take what you can get.
Profiles in political courage are rare, indeed, but there's an early contender for the awards Caroline Kennedy hands out every May: Nashville Mayor Bill Purcell. On Monday, defying the xenophobes, know-nothings and nativists, Purcell vetoed a local ordinance that would have enshrined "English-only" as official city policy and dictated that virtually all government communications be in English....Rather than taking the easy path to cheap acclaim, Purcell took the high but rocky road of leadership. Will his gesture be widely emulated? Probably not. Politics is too much about popularity, and Purcell's stand against the nativism that has taken hold among so many Americans certainly won't be popular.
Some might say this one sets a pretty low bar for "political courage," but hey, you take what you can get.
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