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Does Stacey Campfield Have Political Aspirations?

By Kleinheider Posted on May 2, 2008 at 7:41 pm

You’re goshdarn right he does. An interesting little dustup at the end of Capital Hill Chaos yesterday, that you probably won’t see in the papers is this one between Rep. Stacey Campfield and Rep. Kent Williams.

After chief sponsor Rep. Dolores Gresham rose to declare that she would not be attempting to bring up SJR 127, the controversial abortion resolution that ignited controversy when Rep. Dunn tried to bring it up earlier in the day, Rep. Kent Williams, a moderate representative who has supported Jimmy Naifeh for speaker and has drawn a conservative primary challenge rematch, bemoaned the election year maneuvering he had just witnessed during the day on the issue of abortion.

After going on a bit about the unfortunate political posturing over abortion, Rep. Stacey Campfield calls out Williams’ attack on posturing as a political posture of its own. Williams then declares that he has “no aspirations for a political career.” To which Campfield replies:

“Anyone who does not have political aspirations should remove their name from the ballot. Thank you.”

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3 Responses to “Does Stacey Campfield Have Political Aspirations?”

  1. Mickey writes
    May 2nd, 2008 8:37 pm

    Will the Good Rep run against Lamar or Corker? PLEASE!

  2. Rob Huddleston writes
    May 3rd, 2008 1:21 am

    ACK -

    Zinger! And true. I bet the good people of Carter County will love to hear that Williams no longer aspires to represent them in the General Assembly.

    Cheers,

    Rob

  3. Sarah writes
    June 3rd, 2008 6:16 pm

    Unfortunately the previous posts and Rep. Campfield practiced selective listening. Rep. Kent Williams said, “He did not have aspirations for a political career.” Political aspirations should not be confused with aspirations for a political career. A person can have political aspirations to be a representative of a county, district, region without aspiring to make a CAREER of it. Two accademically accepted definitions of career are: 1)A profession or occupation that one trains for and pursues as a life work 2)a life-work chosen by a person to use personal talent, provide some service or goods, earn money, and contribute to society
    The good people of Carter County appreciate the honesty and integrity of Rep. Williams and his desire to NOT make his life-work politics, but rather to bring the voice of the people to Nashville.

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