A Breed Apart

By Kleinheider Posted on August 7, 2008 at 7:16 am

Tim Chavez discusses why he shall cast his Williamson County vote for GOP insurgent Tom Leatherwood:

Again, none of these things Blackburn has done is against the law. But it is indicative of conduct that can easily grow into something worse when you leave a lawmaker in office too long. They are only human beings. It is impossible to resist the corruption of the system.

Conversely, Leatherwood in the state Senate showed himself as someone who purposely kept himself apart of the system. That didn’t make him a lot of friends among powerful Republican colleagues. But his first duty was to the people he represented, not his political party.

Then Leatherwood left quickly before becoming too much of a part of the system at the General Assembly. His conservative credentials are quite apparent. Yes, we obivously disagree on some big issues. But I believe Blackburn’s conduct is a warning sign, of someone too long in Washington. It is up to us as voters to open our eyes and sometimes save politicians from themselves.

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