Again I’ll reiterate…I trust the people, you don’t. Your idea of fixing the cronyism is to let politicians fix it? Please Phil, don’t you think people are smarter than that? Just how pray tell, are more politicians going to be less inclined to cronyism? You are obviously quite naive.

And regarding grown ups, Phil, adults like me use our real names. I put my picture up, have my address out there, and am able to be contacted. You don’t. For all I know, you’re not even a Republican.

It’s more than irony that you chose the name of a dead comedian’s character name on a defunct show as your very own character name.

Yeah, 43 other states elected their Attorney Generals. 43 over states have income taxes, too. Wanna go down that road?

We’ll beat Naifeh by staying true to conservative principles. We won’t beat him by continuing to offer a Republican version of his crony nonsense. It is folks like you and Steve Gill that get more wrapped up in personality than you do policy that give us these sort of problems. Let the grown-ups lead, hon.

You like the status quo. Great for you. And your mindset is why Naifeh still runs Nashville. When I’m given the choice of whether to allow people the option of pulling a lever or letting your friends on Capitol Hill do it, I’ll go with the people every time.

You and I don’t share the same elitism. Thank God.

Does our current system of selection have its flaws, heck yes. There is too much cronyism involved in the process, and that cronyism benefits the Democrat establishment. But, in our zeal to oust Democrats, we don’t need to screw over our state. Electing an Attorney General may help Republicans get a hold on the office, but we don’t need Tennessee’s version of Eliot Spitzer attempting to sue his way to higher office.

Our Party would be better served to take off the politically-colored glasses and focus on good government. We should take a page from the Federal Government, allow the Governor to choose a nominee subject to confirmation by the State Senate. I’d even suggest a 2/3 majority be required for confirmation. That ends the cronyism without making a trial lawyer the second most powerful person in the state. That is good, limited government. That is what real conservatives want.