Comments on: Tim James Looks at AL-02 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/ & Home of Lawn Mower Repair Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:14:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Anonymous http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-33114 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:52:23 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-33114 "Tim James for governor 2010" Honesty, Integrity, a true patroit, an upholder of the constitution of the United States of America. “Tim James for governor 2010″
Honesty, Integrity, a true patroit, an upholder of the constitution of the United States of America.

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12178 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:48:41 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12178 Byrne is doing one hell of a job now. Dems hate him because they were by far the majority of the ones double dipping. sweet jobs at community and junior colleges with doing little to no work and also sitting in the legislature. Byrne is helping the school board and riley clean up the mess and Dems hate him for it. I love him for it. Byrne is doing one hell of a job now. Dems hate him because they were by far the majority of the ones double dipping. sweet jobs at community and junior colleges with doing little to no work and also sitting in the legislature. Byrne is helping the school board and riley clean up the mess and Dems hate him for it. I love him for it.

]]> by: Graves http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12154 Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:31:24 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12154 The Senate would be solidly Democratic if Luther had won -- part of his platform was that he would use the "bully pulpit" of the office to elect a Republican majority to the Senate in 2010. How do you think that would have gone over with the Democrats that were voting with the Republican minority to hold things up most of the last session? People like Larry Means and EB McClain would have gone back to the D's a lot quicker, and Tom Butler and other would have found it a lot harder to work with Luther. And by the way for those that are Bradley Byrne fans, why is that the Republicans in the Senate were not sorry to see him go? Reports are that they found him very hard to work with, even on the same side of the aisle. The Senate would be solidly Democratic if Luther had won — part of his platform was that he would use the “bully pulpit” of the office to elect a Republican majority to the Senate in 2010. How do you think that would have gone over with the Democrats that were voting with the Republican minority to hold things up most of the last session? People like Larry Means and EB McClain would have gone back to the D’s a lot quicker, and Tom Butler and other would have found it a lot harder to work with Luther. And by the way for those that are Bradley Byrne fans, why is that the Republicans in the Senate were not sorry to see him go? Reports are that they found him very hard to work with, even on the same side of the aisle.

]]> by: GOPer http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12123 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:58:31 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12123 Preach on Will.... Republicans need a strong candidate against Folsom in 2010. Byrne has the brains and hopefully others will step up as well. It certainly is not Rob Riley, harri Snne or Kay Ivey that we need, although I like Kay. Byrne should look at the race but I am hoping Jack Hawkins of Troy University will consider it also. Alabama needs to move ahead, not be stuck with the past...i.e. Folsom. Preach on Will…. Republicans need a strong candidate against Folsom in 2010. Byrne has the brains and hopefully others will step up as well. It certainly is not Rob Riley, harri Snne or Kay Ivey that we need, although I like Kay. Byrne should look at the race but I am hoping Jack Hawkins of Troy University will consider it also. Alabama needs to move ahead, not be stuck with the past…i.e. Folsom.

]]> by: Will http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12119 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:26:47 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12119 To begin, Wallace would not have defeated Folsom. With all due respect to the man, and he certainly is a great guy, he has spent his life collecting a paycheck based upon his name. His attempt at populism would be doomed to failure against Folsom, as Democrats will always win the battle when class warfare is pitted against class warfare. Further, we can in many ways blame Wallace for Strange's defeat, as he began the whole class warfare game. In doing so, he made it all too easy for Folsom to divide Republicans on the issue, if one can even call it an issue. I would argue, and I am sure you will agree, that if Wallace conceded to Strange without a runoff, election night 2006 would have gone in a completely different route. One wonders how different the State Senate situation would be if that had been the case. As for Byrne, I find it apalling, quite frankly, that anyone could say that because Mr. Byrne is a "know-it-all," he stands little chance of victory in 2010. As a previous poster pointed out, Louisiana found out what happens when one scorns a candidate with original ideas by electing Blanco in 2003. I believe 2007 should show just how effective such thinking proves over time. I admire a man who does not dumb down his rhetoric when speaking to a crowd. Doing so implies he believes such a crowd is too stupid to comprehend him. Alabama, now more than ever, needs not only a reformer but a man with the ideas to accomplish reform. Let Bryne stand next to Folsom on stage in a debate. We will quickly see the difference between original ideas and tired rhetoric. To begin, Wallace would not have defeated Folsom. With all due respect to the man, and he certainly is a great guy, he has spent his life collecting a paycheck based upon his name. His attempt at populism would be doomed to failure against Folsom, as Democrats will always win the battle when class warfare is pitted against class warfare. Further, we can in many ways blame Wallace for Strange’s defeat, as he began the whole class warfare game. In doing so, he made it all too easy for Folsom to divide Republicans on the issue, if one can even call it an issue. I would argue, and I am sure you will agree, that if Wallace conceded to Strange without a runoff, election night 2006 would have gone in a completely different route. One wonders how different the State Senate situation would be if that had been the case.

As for Byrne, I find it apalling, quite frankly, that anyone could say that because Mr. Byrne is a “know-it-all,” he stands little chance of victory in 2010. As a previous poster pointed out, Louisiana found out what happens when one scorns a candidate with original ideas by electing Blanco in 2003. I believe 2007 should show just how effective such thinking proves over time. I admire a man who does not dumb down his rhetoric when speaking to a crowd. Doing so implies he believes such a crowd is too stupid to comprehend him. Alabama, now more than ever, needs not only a reformer but a man with the ideas to accomplish reform. Let Bryne stand next to Folsom on stage in a debate. We will quickly see the difference between original ideas and tired rhetoric.

]]> by: ptclearer http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12104 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:02:37 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12104 Charles Woods was a character. A buddy of mine sat next to him on an airplane and said it was quite an experience. Charles Woods was a character. A buddy of mine sat next to him on an airplane and said it was quite an experience.

]]> by: ptclearer http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12103 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:01:19 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12103 Well said Scorpius. I agree with you on just about everything you said. I do think it is hard to overestimate the importance of money in a race like this one though. Well said Scorpius. I agree with you on just about everything you said. I do think it is hard to overestimate the importance of money in a race like this one though.

]]> by: PIkeCountyguy http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12102 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:01:13 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12102 If you think Byrne has an attitude problem and thinks he is smarter than everyone else, you should meet Congressman Artur Davis. They would get along great! If you think Byrne has an attitude problem and thinks he is smarter than everyone else, you should meet Congressman Artur Davis. They would get along great!

]]> by: Reactionary http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12097 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:51:41 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12097 "Charles Woods (1921-2004) was an Alabama businessman and broadcaster and aspiring politician [ed. - Democrat]. Woods was raised in an orphanage. He enlisted in the Canadian Air Force before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. He was a decorated pilot with the Air Corps. Woods had been severely injured in a 1944 airplane crash on December 23. He taxied down a runway in Kurmitola, India, carrying 28,000 pounds of aviation fuel to be delivered in Lulaing, China. After making the trip alone, hundreds of time, on this particular trip, he was flying with a pilot-in-training, Captain Stalmacher, in first seat. Stalmacher erred on take-off, braking too soon causing the plane to lose speed with too little runway left. The bomber exploded on take-off, and he was the only crew member who survived. He suffered severe burns over 70 percent of his body. The fire erased his face, destroying his nose, eyelids, ears and hands." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Woods “Charles Woods (1921-2004) was an Alabama businessman and broadcaster and aspiring politician [ed. - Democrat]. Woods was raised in an orphanage. He enlisted in the Canadian Air Force before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. He was a decorated pilot with the Air Corps.

Woods had been severely injured in a 1944 airplane crash on December 23. He taxied down a runway in Kurmitola, India, carrying 28,000 pounds of aviation fuel to be delivered in Lulaing, China. After making the trip alone, hundreds of time, on this particular trip, he was flying with a pilot-in-training, Captain Stalmacher, in first seat. Stalmacher erred on take-off, braking too soon causing the plane to lose speed with too little runway left. The bomber exploded on take-off, and he was the only crew member who survived. He suffered severe burns over 70 percent of his body. The fire erased his face, destroying his nose, eyelids, ears and hands.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Woods

]]> by: Scorpius http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12091 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:11:29 +0000 http://www.politicalparlor.net/wp/2007/10/30/tim-james-looks-at-al-02/#comment-12091 First off, JT, my question about Steve Flowers was not to be construed as my endorsement of him. I just find it odd that a guy that has the history of elective office and running for office and now, writing about politics isn't making more noise in a district and race that would appear to be of great interest and allure to him. Second, Will, my analogies may be "exceptions" to you, but they are real examples where money doesn't always trump every consideration. Those situations, just like referenda like Riley's Billion Dollar Tax Scheme and the MAPS debacle in Jefferson County show that money isn't the end-all be-all. Having said that, I'm not an idiot about the advantages of overflowing warchests, but there are lots of rich folks who bombed running for office (Winton Blount, Stan Pate, Mac McAllister, Charles ??? (from Dothan who was badly disfigured). Another thing, I'm not a class warfare kind of guy, but you're whistling past the political graveyard if you deny that Bluebloods are easy pickings in this state. In the GOP Primary last year Luther Strange won the battle but lost the War. The same would happen to Byrne against Folsom if they were the respective nominees for Gov. You ignore it at your own analytical peril. I'll argue that Wallace would have defeated Folsom. The Walmart Republicans I talked to were the same ones saying, "OK, Luther bought his nomination, now let him get elected with all that cash." They, and some conservative Dems were the ones with bumperstickers that read "Riley/Folsom '06". There were hard feelings and mistrust--- post run-off--- over a guy that never put to rest the initial reservations and doubts many people had about his candidacy. I'm a pro-Luther GOP'er. I hope he's able to appeal to more folks over the next few years because I think he's got a lot to offer this state and her people. But Byrne is a different story. Bradley has an air about him that Luther doesn't. I'll guarantee you that if you put Strange and Byrne in front of a representative sample of folks from Limestone, Marshall, Chilton, St. Clair, Pike, Winston and Covington counties, they would vote Strange as more genuine, congenial and authentic. You've been around both of them and you know it too. PT Clearer is absolutely correct. First off, JT, my question about Steve Flowers was not to be construed as my endorsement of him. I just find it odd that a guy that has the history of elective office and running for office and now, writing about politics isn’t making more noise in a district and race that would appear to be of great interest and allure to him.

Second, Will, my analogies may be “exceptions” to you, but they are real examples where money doesn’t always trump every consideration. Those situations, just like referenda like Riley’s Billion Dollar Tax Scheme and the MAPS debacle in Jefferson County show that money isn’t the end-all be-all. Having said that, I’m not an idiot about the advantages of overflowing warchests, but there are lots of rich folks who bombed running for office (Winton Blount, Stan Pate, Mac McAllister, Charles ??? (from Dothan who was badly disfigured).

Another thing, I’m not a class warfare kind of guy, but you’re whistling past the political graveyard if you deny that Bluebloods are easy pickings in this state. In the GOP Primary last year Luther Strange won the battle but lost the War. The same would happen to Byrne against Folsom if they were the respective nominees for Gov. You ignore it at your own analytical peril. I’ll argue that Wallace would have defeated Folsom. The Walmart Republicans I talked to were the same ones saying, “OK, Luther bought his nomination, now let him get elected with all that cash.” They, and some conservative Dems were the ones with bumperstickers that read “Riley/Folsom ‘06″. There were hard feelings and mistrust— post run-off— over a guy that never put to rest the initial reservations and doubts many people had about his candidacy. I’m a pro-Luther GOP’er. I hope he’s able to appeal to more folks over the next few years because I think he’s got a lot to offer this state and her people. But Byrne is a different story.

Bradley has an air about him that Luther doesn’t. I’ll guarantee you that if you put Strange and Byrne in front of a representative sample of folks from Limestone, Marshall, Chilton, St. Clair, Pike, Winston and Covington counties, they would vote Strange as more genuine, congenial and authentic. You’ve been around both of them and you know it too.

PT Clearer is absolutely correct.

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