Thursday, October 02, 2003
THIS IS JUST SICK AND WRONG. A staffer for Missouri Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond created a website and blog on which he comments on Missouri politics in a way that makes it clear he care little for the Democrats. So far so good; after all the U.S. Constitution guarantees free speech and the free expression of political views is generally thought to be included in the category of free speech. However, the name of the site, N8354N, is the tail number of the plane that crashed and killed Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, along with Carnahan's son and an aide (Google cache of the site can be seen here). Was this an important political event in Missouri? Sure. Does it deserve to be highlighted (celebrated?) in this fashion? Not in my book. This was sheer stupidity from a politically tactical viewpoint and, more importantly, just sick and wrong. I don't know if I agree with the folks commenting over at Daily Kos that this is representative of all Republicans everywhere (example: "Unfortunately, not shocking, just appalling. There does'nt seem to be a limit to the depth that "republicans" sink. There is something about the faction that just draws the asshole personality types") but I am certainly glad that Bond has apparently fired the guy.
