tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post7768340477943667431..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Election DayGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-78376969192223899682008-12-03T16:43:00.000-06:002008-12-03T16:43:00.000-06:00Heh, as my ol' gaffer used to say...It's poke and ...Heh, as my ol' gaffer used to say...<BR/><BR/>It's poke and grits for breakfast. Poke out your stomach and grit your teeth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-24177897411321766912008-03-04T21:37:00.000-06:002008-03-04T21:37:00.000-06:00I'm thrilled to see a large turnout of Texas voter...I'm thrilled to see a large turnout of Texas voters. About time they exercise their power to influence their government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-55564136263208178152008-03-04T17:11:00.000-06:002008-03-04T17:11:00.000-06:00Ah, damn, I just checked and you're right! That's ...Ah, damn, I just checked and you're right! That's what I get for giving the quote from memory instead of looking it up! Lovett covered it on "My Baby Don't Tolerate," as I'm sure you're aware - I'll correct the attribution.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-3704858445699194472008-03-04T17:02:00.000-06:002008-03-04T17:02:00.000-06:00Correction: "Election Day" was by the late, great ...Correction: "Election Day" was by the late, great Blaze Foley, not Lyle Lovett.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-56410991118089741092008-03-04T11:26:00.000-06:002008-03-04T11:26:00.000-06:00No kidding, 11:12. And if voters in Madden's distr...No kidding, 11:12. And if voters in Madden's district do figure it out, they won't have the Dallas News to thank.<BR/><BR/>The penny ante crap that ran in the kid's mailer about Madden - that the Dallas News IMO <A HREF="http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/DN-state67_28met.ART0.North.Edition1.3a1253c.html" REL="nofollow">irresponsibly repeated</A> in a he-said, he-said formula hit piece - was so scurrilously off base and slanted I chose not to give it any extra play by writing about it. <BR/><BR/>The MSM's he-said, she-said formula of journalistic "balance" only works if the journalist takes responsibility to screen views and statements that can't be independently verified as credible. Somewhere along the line that ethic has become lost.<BR/><BR/>The epigraph to the most recent episode of "The Wire" on HBO, which this season is focusing on the media's coverage of crime and the drug war, I think summed up the problem with that DMN story exquisitely: "A lie ain't a 'side of the story,' it's just a lie."<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, negative campaigning works to win elections, I know from experience. Madden should take the kid easily, but the wildcards are the smear tactics at play and an anti-incumbent mood that's not personal but still puts the Chairman at risk.<BR/><BR/>I hear Madden's running a good, local campaign, though, and my prediction is he beats the upstart by a margin of 70-30 or more.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-73649984292113266642008-03-04T11:12:00.000-06:002008-03-04T11:12:00.000-06:00I hope that Plano voters are paying attention. If ...I hope that Plano voters are paying attention. If Madden loses, all of us who support modern criminal justice lose.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57727084760488752942008-03-04T08:30:00.000-06:002008-03-04T08:30:00.000-06:00BTW, Grits, you probably saw this already, but las...BTW, Grits, you probably saw this already, but last week's issue of the New Yorker included a feature story on Hutto.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with the election circus,<BR/><BR/>BBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com