Source: E-mail from one of my many snarky colleagues.
edited by: Kate,
Tennessee Editor
Joe Lance thinks some executive committeemen got carried away:
There is no question that Speaker Williams pulled a fast one on his GOP colleagues. But to this observer, the comparison to the Judas character in the Christian narrative smacks of mixing religion with politics, and is more than a [...]
From Ken Whitehouse and some blogger:
Congressman John Tanner has started informing friends and colleagues that he will not seek reelection after his current term expires. Tanner’s office has confirmed this to NashvillePost.com and said that a statement is forthcoming.
Tanner, 65, a longtime Democratic incumbent who has served as president [...]
The Kingsport Times-News weighs in on whether Kent Williams should be a Republican again:
Indeed, it is Williams who unaccountably continues to affect an air of victimhood for being shunned by the colleagues he betrayed.
His conduct reminds of the story about the boy who murdered his parents, then threw himself [...]
CNN:
A handful of Republican senators have proposed a Constitutional amendment to limit the amount of time a person may serve in Congress.
Currently, there are no term limits for federal lawmakers, but Sen. Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, and several of his colleagues are advocating that service in the Senate be [...]
From The Hill:
Former President Bill Clinton on Tuesday made a rare appearance on Capitol Hill, urging Senate Democrats to learn from his mistakes and pass healthcare reform.
Fifteen years after his failed effort to overhaul the nation’s healthcare system, Clinton spent more than an hour with his wife’s former colleagues [...]
Fort Hood gunman had told US military colleagues that infidels should have their throats cut
Major Nidal Malik Hasan, the gunman who killed 13 at America’s Fort Hood military base, once gave a lecture to other doctors in which he said non-believers should be beheaded and have boiling oil [...]
Williams told The Associated Press at a fundraiser for his political action committee in Knoxville on Friday night that he has several colleagues working toward a decision as soon as possible.
In the Elizabethton restauranteur’s words: “I just want to know where I stand.”
