I am pleased to announce a weekly installment to I could be wrong, but...Each week the blog will feature a installment from an estranged journalist who piddled in a little bit of this and a little bit of that. Currently, he is holding up shop in a run down motel in Boston Mountains of Arkansas. Needless to say, he's got a lot on his mind. It's just him, his laptop and his floppy disc. Let me be perfectly clear and say this is a guest writer that will be featured each week and NOT your's truly.
His first entry is titled: Politics As Usual
I don’t pretend to be a political junky. I delete politically driven emails before reading them. I don’t watch ‘Hardball’, ‘Hannity and Colmes’, or any other politically based program with any regularity. My political persuasions are conservative in nature, but that doesn’t mean that I always endorse the Republican point of view.
For example, following General Colin Powell’s controversial endorsement of Senator Barack Obama, Radio-Talk show Host, Rush Limbaugh, who probably has an elephant tattoo to display his loyalty to his party, condemned Powell’s choice. Of course, Powell is a known Republican and yet he will vote for Obama? Limbaugh, who loves controversy, attributed Powell’s choice to simply a matter of skin color. Wasn’t it this same Limbaugh who got fired from ESPN because he made some comments based solely upon skin color? Look, I am not saying that Rush Limbaugh is a racist. But what I am saying is that Limbaugh’s continuous over the top opinions, coupled with his shady personal problems, diminish his credibility. Should anyone who sees all the angles and knows exactly how our country should be run and yet stays behind a microphone be taken seriously? Doesn’t an American hero such as Colin Powell deserve a little more respect and the benefit of the doubt?
I know that people like Rush, O’Reilly, Maher, etc., but please understand that these are men who are extremely opinionated, but will never couple those opinions with service. Comedian Al Franken has been a proud member of this all talk, no rock fraternity and yet he has decided to put his service where his mouth is by running for the U.S. Senate. Jesse “The Body” Ventura and now Al Franken, good luck to the Golden Gopher.
For example, following General Colin Powell’s controversial endorsement of Senator Barack Obama, Radio-Talk show Host, Rush Limbaugh, who probably has an elephant tattoo to display his loyalty to his party, condemned Powell’s choice. Of course, Powell is a known Republican and yet he will vote for Obama? Limbaugh, who loves controversy, attributed Powell’s choice to simply a matter of skin color. Wasn’t it this same Limbaugh who got fired from ESPN because he made some comments based solely upon skin color? Look, I am not saying that Rush Limbaugh is a racist. But what I am saying is that Limbaugh’s continuous over the top opinions, coupled with his shady personal problems, diminish his credibility. Should anyone who sees all the angles and knows exactly how our country should be run and yet stays behind a microphone be taken seriously? Doesn’t an American hero such as Colin Powell deserve a little more respect and the benefit of the doubt?
I know that people like Rush, O’Reilly, Maher, etc., but please understand that these are men who are extremely opinionated, but will never couple those opinions with service. Comedian Al Franken has been a proud member of this all talk, no rock fraternity and yet he has decided to put his service where his mouth is by running for the U.S. Senate. Jesse “The Body” Ventura and now Al Franken, good luck to the Golden Gopher.
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