Monday, March 30, 2009

Governor Comments on Democrats' Woes

Posted by Jeff Woods on Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 7:48 AM

click to enlarge Democrats spot a backbone.
  • Democrats spot a backbone.
Gov. Phil Bredesen is commenting on the Democratic Party's troubles today in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. He acknowledges he was upset when the executive committee picked Chip Forrester as chairman and really hacked off when Forrester named Bill Freeman as treasurer.
"I am a little concerned about what's happening with the party."

"When you have the Democratic governor who's not unpopular at the moment and virtually all the Democratic congressmen having some strong preferences on the thing, you'd think people would listen to that a little bit, but they didn't."

"The person they chose to be the treasurer worked very hard against me. So he's not somebody that immediately when he calls up and says, 'I now want your help raising money,' that you say, 'Oh, OK.'"

Forrester says he isn't sure whether Freeman's resignation will smooth things over or merely whet critics' appetite for his own head. He's hoping though. He really is.

"I would hope that with Bill's resignation and some of the concerns that people had about Bill that that might open up things and make things a little easier. That's certainly my hope."

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Damn those blog trolls! There they go again ... Oh no, wait ... It's not trolls this time. It's the Governor. Who's no doubt reflecting the concerns of the congressmen and many legislators, too. In a major daily newspaper. Chip is screwed. The TNDP is dead.

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Posted by Harrison on March 30, 2009 at 8:58 AM

Watch out, Harrison. I said the same thing on Post Politics. The Chipinista trolls are going to start their usual bullshit about us being one person . . .
Even though their lord and master is now being hammered publicly by the most-powerful Democrat in the state. Guess benintotaldenial and LeftHandWanker will soon be pounding their little fists on the table and bawling their little eyes out. "Bredesen is a mean man!"
As Morpheus pointed out at Post Politcs (yeah, Harrison, we're him, too.) good for Bredesen for not going along with Chipper and Odum selling the Democrat Party to sleazy real estate millionaires. Bredesen is the only Democrat in this state with half a brain.

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Posted by Heatseeker on March 30, 2009 at 11:01 AM

Get a room, guys.

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Posted by JohnnyC on March 30, 2009 at 12:31 PM
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