Bob; Political Genius?

I can't take credit for this one.  This was written by someone I know.  Enjoy.

“I am not a Bible thumper, but there are three verses (paraphrased here) that I have tried to live my life by: 1) He who is without sin, let him cast the first stone; 2) Do not point out the splinter in someone else’s eye when you have a log in your own; and 3) Judge not, lest you be judged.  Bob apparently has not read or has ignored these poignant recommendations.  I have found over the years that the people who yell the loudest about their opponent’s perceived failings or about their own self righteousness usually have the biggest logs in their eyes.

I do not know Bob, but the posts on his blog fit the “log” profile to a tee.  I do not know Bob, but I have known Fred and Sandy Barkes for years and they are the most caring, principled people I know.  They would never stoop to the sewer which is Bob’s political strategy because they have a sense of decency and humanity.  If a member of Bob’s family was the devil himself, the Barkes’ would not try to deflect from the issues in the race and slime Bob’s family.  I saw what Bob did regarding The Barkes’ son’s addiction problems and that is despicable.

I went to a funeral this week of a 25 year old boy who accidentally took his own life with drugs.  He was a good, caring boy who loved everyone—but he had an addiction problem.  His mother did everything she could to get him help.  The doctors and psychiatrists did everything they could to try to help him, but it didn’t work.  His Mom is a judge in Marion County.  Did the papers pick this up and call Mom a scum or an incompetent judge because she could not help her son?  Did any other judge, lawyer, or litigant criticize her or slime her because she could not make her son overcome his addiction.  No, because they are not gutter dwellers and have the common intelligence to know that as parents we do the best we can and what our kids do, or their struggles, are not necessarily a reflection on us, our talents, our work, etc.

I see that Bob is a Democrat.  So am I.  I am ashamed of Bob’s anti-Democratic, Karl Rovian approach to politics.  I guess that Bob has not done any research of the recent polling in this country that shows that the American people are so tired of this name-calling and factual distortion.  They want politicians to be cordial and civil and engage in rational, intelligent political discourse—not relish in the angst of parents of children who struggle.

So Bob is a Democrat.  But what I have seen of Bob’s “strategy” is to parrot Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh who are the antithesis of a Democrat.  Since it appears that Bob sucks from the Beck/Limbaugh teat, he cannot be a true Democrat.

Bob—if there are truly issues that permeate the trustee race, then let’s hear about them without the invective.  If not, then please shut up"