Lessons From A Law Student
Posted on September 14, 2008 at 5:13 pmThe hijacking of the 22nd state Senate primary by the Tennessee Democratic Party Executive Committee does not lead Ilissa Gold to see good things for the party in the years ahead:
So what have we learned from all of this? That the Tennessee Democratic Party is corrupt, infiltrated by special interests, is still very much a good ol’ boys’ club, and is far more interested in maintaining the status quo than in taking risks and actually making gains. All of this might have been ok back in the days of the Dixiecrats. But Obama’s ascendancy has highlighted all of these problems. It’s no longer a sustainable way to run a party.
I’ve met Gray Sasser several times. He’s a very nice person and he genuinely wants Democrats to win throughout the state. But he’s not doing anything to make that happen. He and the rest of the party have put forth a strategy of keeping the powder dry until 2010, when the big prize of the governor’s mansion is at stake. But that strategy is going to blow up in all of their faces.
Because why vote for Democrats if a primary can be so easily overturned if the party doesn’t like the outcome? Why campaign for Democrats if the party doesn’t value your contribution? Why try to get involved period if they’re fighting tooth and nail to hold on to their own power at the expense of everyone else?
SEE ALSO:
The assassination of Rosalind Kurita
The Smoky Room Politics Of The TNDP
Clusterf**k in Clarksville
The Ousting Of State Senator Rosalind Kurita Is Wrong
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6 Responses to “Lessons From A Law Student”
Doesn’t have anything to do with “boys.”
P.S. Law Students don’t GIVE lessons, they TAKE them.
Winter,
The term “good ol’ boys” doesn’t necessarily constitute a sexist element, not to me anyway. It’s a term meaning that it’s full of the same, entrenched people who are determined to keep everyone else out.
And I’m not giving a lesson on the law here.
Were any of you people actually there at this meeting? I’m thinking Gray Sasser might at least have the sense to make it a public meeting.
And if we weren’t smart enought o take advantage of that openness, then maybe we shouldn’t provide asshole commentary.
The writer of this blog was there. 21st Century Nashville blog was there. Both say this was a kangaroo court.
Wow, everyone is so outraged out Kurita’s treatment…where’s the outrage at the fact she BROKE THE LAW by entering a polling place?
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