Chip Franklin's Commentary: The Legacy Of Dirty Tricks
Chip Franklin, local Baltimore radio personality provides his commentary on the latest O'Malley flap. He's got some good points.//JW sends.
"...Through the five plus years of Mayor O’Malley’s tenure, I have cared about his approach to big government, his positions on crime, his political grandstanding, his shuffling of police commissioners like they were playing cards, and most importantly, his refusal to do what needs to be done to lower the murder rate. And that’s not even mentioning his bizarre public comments concerning Bush and the war on terror. But I never felt compelled to focus on the incessant rumors surrounding his personal life. But that could be my shortcoming."
posted by soccerjohn at 9:22 AM
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I think Chip's article brings to light something symptomatic of a larger problem; accountability. For years, Gov. Ehrlich has been referred to a Nazi and other unnecessary names by both the Sun and Mayor O'Malley not to mention the equation of city funding cuts and Al Qaeda my the Bush administration to 9/11 and the Kerry election campaign respectively. The Mayor's only defense in matters of a failing school system, rise in the murder rate, etc... is only to point the finger everywhere else. It perplexes me to no end that a Mayor who has done so little for the city is held in such high esteem. Sen. Kerry learned the hard way the result of a campaign based on what is wrong with the opposing party. This type of approach is falling on deaf ears more and more. Although a conservative, I do see eye to eye with the Democrats on a number of issues. My advice is to quit the damn name calling, get down from your high horse, let your constituents know what you have done, what you are going to do, and admit failure with a plan to correct the problem. Not doing so, Mr. Mayor, only solidifies Mr. Duncan as the Democratic candidate in 2006. If the Mayor's past history is any indication, this advice too will fall on deaf ears.
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