Friday, June 26, 2009
Politics / Woods Bredesen Discusses Going Off the Grid, Sherri Goforth and More
Posted by Jeff Woods on Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 5:06 AM
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There are some of us who believed building an underground party bunker at the Governor's mansion while dropping citizens off TennCare rolls demonstrated a universal need for sensitivity training and cast an unattractive light on the state Democratic Party. But I suppose we all have our little "deferential" internal integrity issues over which we can't be contacted.
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I don't weigh in on every issue of that particular sort.
Yeah, blatant racism in state government isn't something a state's governor should worry his pretty little head about. "
I think they're casting Tennessee in an unattractive light.
Yeah, if it weren't for the reputational effect, no biggie. It is hard to fathom a more compelling portrait of vapid leadership and political timidity.
Please, Tony and bb, get a grip.
Why would Bredesen want to inject himself into the middle of the Sherri Goforth controversy? The Senate Republicans were doing a really good job of f@#%ing that up on their own. There's an old political axiom that its never wise to stop a political opponent from shooting himself or herself in the foot. Bredesen understands that its important to pick your battles in state government, especially when absolutely no one was defending her behavior. If he'd have jump all over Sherri Goforth, the blogosphere would have said he was pandering.
In terms of TennCare, the federal courts and the federal government ordered Tennessee to tighten up the eligibility requirements for TennCare or lose millions of dollars in matching funds. Tennessee's doing what it HAS to do. Besides, you're making the assumption that everyone who is on TennCare deserves to be there and has no other option for healthcare. Investigations in the past have shown THAT isn't true and its my guess that until Congress decides to do something about universal health care, it will continue to be true.
Oh, yeah, and give up the crap about the bunker. No one cares anymore.
Tom I'm not making any assumptions. It is simply a polemic device.Phil Bredesen has taken precious little in the way of criticism. He's used his little "give government employees their raises" election trick now twice. But in the wake of dramatic revenue shortfalls if we are going to tighten up the eligibility requirements, why not make TennCare the same plan which government employees receive or vice-versa? Why the double standards?
By the same token, if we are going fire, suspend or publicly air Sherri Goforth's stupid emails let's go through every state employee's emails and do them all.
Why just stop at Diane Blacks' office?
I am not proposing that PB "jump all over Goforth. I am saying that, at a minimum, when asked about it, he have something more compelling to say than just that he was "a little concerned" that "they're casting Tennessee in an unattractive light." Where is the disgust? Where is the outrage? Where is the leadership?
