The same names and faces came around to work against Matthew Hill and me as well.

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By Volunteer Voters » The “Small R” Republican Senator From Belle Meade on 05.22.07 5:05 pm

Well just hold on through next year and hopefully the rep and his crowd will pass this measure in ‘09 when they’re in charge!

By jason on 05.22.07 6:35 pm

Is Tennessee ready for that? It should either help the situation or cause it to expand. I hope that the voters are smart enough to take the power back from their leaders.

By Chip on 05.22.07 7:30 pm

Electing our Attorney General is a completely dumbass idea and your championing of it demonstrates why you have no business talking about public policy.

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.

By Phil Hartmann on 05.22.07 10:04 pm

Phil–you’re adorable. Attorney Generals are chosen in 43 states–they aren’t all Eliot Spitzers, are they? I appreciate your difference of opinion. But seeing as it usually laced with shots that the likes of me and Steve Gill ruin our party, I don’t know if you’re really the guy to come on and lecture me about policy.

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.

By Terry on 05.23.07 4:35 am

Terry, don’t lie. I never said I liked the status quo, in fact I said the complete opposite. I said, “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.” I want that changed. But I am not willing to screw republican government so the Republican Party can get its way.

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.

By Phil Hartmann on 05.23.07 9:57 pm

Phil–your condescenion wins no points and I’ve yet to see you lay out any ideas for conservatism other than your defense of Bill Frist’s weak leadership while in the US Senate.

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.

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