Turning Down Free Money On Principle

By Kleinheider Posted on June 17, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Mike Byrd wonders if Councilman Eric “English First” Crafton will have the minerals to stand on principle and fight against accepting a grant from the State of Tennessee to pay for interpreters for indigents:

We’ll see if he chooses to fight this bill even though it requires no matching funds from Metro. It’s free money. But according to Crafton, his fight is on principle and patriotism; so, if he is as authentic as he claims to be about English, then he should fight this resolution tonight.

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The Highest Common Denominator

By Kleinheider Posted on June 16, 2008 at 8:50 am

Chris Sanders notes Gail Kerr’s strident editorial against Eric Crafton’s English First:

Here’s the truth, y’all. Crafton is appealing to the lowest common denominator to get his name in the paper. If anyone thinks this referendum is going to stop illegal border crossings, he or she is truly naive.

This law is not necessary. It is cruel. It is unconstitutional. And it is racist.

Sanders mentions that Kerr does not “mince words” in the column. Certainly true. But might she thought about it?  I understand elite opinion in Nashville hardly blinked an eye while reading this column and I realize a column is different that a news article or even an editorial but would as dismissive a column appear in the Tennessean over any other issue about any other politician?

“Councilman Crapton”? Again, I’m sure those words have been spoken but what was the point of printing them? The column reads more like a furiously written blog post than a carefully considered, edited and vetted column, does it not?

We can certainly argue about what kind of fear and ignorance motivate folks to wish that there government only dealt with folks in English but if one wants to see an example of hate one seems like they would only have to read Gail Kerr’s column on Eric Crafton.

SEE ALSO:
Grand Divisions
The City Paper editorial

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And Don’t Ya Come Back Here Lest You Come Correct

By Kleinheider Posted on June 13, 2008 at 12:23 pm

The NashvillePost.com staff gives Eric Crafton a bit of an English lesson.

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Crafty Tries To Get In Good With Future Gov.

By Kleinheider Posted on April 28, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Dru Fuller shares photos and a manufactured Freudian slip from a recent appearance by Bill Frist:

Metro Councilman Eric Crafton called Frist “governor” before correcting himself as he asked a question from the floor. Frist, fresh off a Tennessee tour to help Republicans aspiring to seats in the General Assembly, has been widely mentioned as a gubernatorial candidate for 2010.

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