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Say What Now?

By Kleinheider Posted on November 24, 2008 at 12:49 pm

Former Lt. Gov. John Wilder lays his political demise at the feet of Bill Frist:

In 2007, after 36 years as speaker, Wilder announced his candidacy for reelection. But his peers, who elect a speaker for each legislative session, would not have it. Wilder was defeated by state Sen. Ron Ramsey, a Republican from Blountville.

Wilder’s defeat undoubtedly opened the door for his official exit from the Tennessee Senate.

He seems to attribute his defeat to partisan politics.

“Being involved in government has been rewarding to me, to see the results we got, doing what was right for the state,” he said. “But we didn’t have partisan politics until two years ago when (former U.S. Sen.) Bill Frist had to get involved. Until then, he stayed out of it. But he had to do what they told him to do.”

Which was what? In his reply, Wilder refers to himself in the third person.

“I believe he got some senators to vote against John Wilder. I know he did. Sure did,” he said. “I gave it 44 years of my life, the best part of my life. I always wanted to do God’s will. I didn’t know what it was, but I really believe He wanted me to be there more than he wanted me to teach Sunday School class or something.”

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7 Responses to “Say What Now?”

  1. dan t writes
    November 24th, 2008 1:03 pm

    Poor old John….maybe him and Ned Ray can go out to the graveyard and dig up Cotton Ivy and they can all sit around a tombstone and eat vanilla wafers and talk about the good old days.

  2. Matthew Hurtt writes
    November 24th, 2008 1:33 pm

    All the more reason why Kurita’s vote was and still is completely justified…

    - Matthew

  3. Fred Vail writes
    November 24th, 2008 2:55 pm

    “We didn’t have partisan politics until two years ago……” Sure, John, and exactly WHICH planet did you live on? If you really believe that crap, you’re delusional and should have been tossed out many years ago. Politics–for the past century–has always been about partisanism…and the public (regarless of which side of the aisle they stand on) are about fed up with it. Don’t blame your misfortunes on Dr. Frist, FORMER Lt. Governor. You made your bed, now lay in it.

  4. SumnerRed writes
    November 24th, 2008 3:51 pm

    Obviously Former Senator Wilder doesn’t understand that politics is partisan. If it wasn’t partisan, they everyone would run without a party designation. He probably should have retired 20 years ago.

  5. greg andrews writes
    November 24th, 2008 5:16 pm

    You’re all Republican idiots. Go to work, you’ve got a state to run. Good luck, with the bunch of morons you’ve elected you’re going to need a road map to find the outhouse.

  6. Richard writes
    November 27th, 2008 11:37 pm

    Greg are you the pot or the kettle. By you taking a jab at all Republicans you are proving that it is closed minded people like yourself that is the root of the problem. Just because a statement is made you assume it is a Republican. I hope you use better rational in you home life than you do on blogging sites. If we elect people like yourself to office we are doing an injustice to the great state of Tennessee. CLOSED MINDED people need not apply. In responding to your comment about going to work, you are painting the assumption that only Republicans work and you would have to be a unempolyeed Dem. It is however a good thing we are not assuming this because that would be unfair.

  7. Bristol Tennessee writes
    December 2nd, 2008 8:52 am

    I agree with Gregg, they need to go to work- since they got the job- and stop conniving to fill their own bank accounts and bloated heads of power- and do the job they were elected to do- serve the people, not their friends and associates- and special interests. I unfortunately, considered myself a Republican, but with all the malicious and abusive use of their powers that I have experienced in Bristol Tennessee while those elected to enforce law, justice, and civility negated me - I’m insignificant just like all the other voters and residents of Bristol)- never again would I want to associate myself with such dispictable a party or people. Isnt that why Obama won, [we- the people-] are absolutely disgusted with the Republican party and its corruption and if the whole party disbanded the world would be a better place. John McCain’s disposition during the presidential race is an exact representation of the Republican party looking down as if superior upon its ignorant servant people- all insignificant souls to be disposed of after the party is fed. This is why Obama won, we are all equal in the eyes of this president, not servants to the lord and master Republican party who starves us while they feast and bailout their special interests with more tax burdens on us insignificant people. Bush is still smirking in the white house chair, gleefully signing anything that comes his way for big corporations while he and his party let the people of this country lose everything they own without so much as a spark of concern of what Citibank did with the money supposedly earmarked for those troubled homeowners- no penality to Citibank for their misquoted need for the funds. Delaying stimulus funds for the people especially in such a critical time of the year for retailers- is Bush’s plan before he leaves office to totally anilate the people of this country so the only things left standing are big corporations and banks…that have no customers?

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