The Clarion-Ledger in this piece points out a fact:
[Former Gov. Ronnie] Musgrove has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
But here's what I just don't get: The good folks over at Y'all Politics post about it, and the commenters start in about walking and sounding like a duck.
Recent attacks on job losses are unfounded. Attacks on his fiscal record are taken out of context. The fact that neither Minor nor Scruggs had been accused of jack squat when they donated to his gubernatorial campaigns is ignored.
And the simple truth is that Musgrove has not been accused of any wrongdoing with the beef plant. A grand jury said so, despite what Y'all Politics readers and the RNSC wants to say.
Jere Nash said it best in his blog post:
You would think that with the resources available to the national Republican Party they could come up with something new to say about Musgrove. But all they can do is recycle and repackage old news. Kind of the lazy man's way to run a campaign.
But, hey. Who cares about the truth when rehashing falsehoods is so easy? Right?
9/11/08 @ 10:41 p.m. ETA: Alan Lange over at Y'all Politics is quick tonight in responding to this post. So, let me do likewise. (Then that will it for me on the tit-for-tat.)
Despite his quoting from a legal document, he has yet to make the case that Musgrove has been accused of any wrongdoing. He admits as much in the front-page feature story he wrote today.
If Musgrove was a Republican, then you can bet your sweet bippy that YP.com and their readers would be saying the same thing I'm saying, which is the same thing the C-L stated:
[Former Gov. Ronnie] Musgrove has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
OK. I'm done.
Good.
ReplyDeleteIt's always funny to see whenever folks refer to Cotton Mouth on other sites that they always think that I write everything here.
We now have 4 consistent writers and of the 4 I am not even the most prolific.
From Y'all responding to Sam:
ReplyDeleteWell, haruumph. By the duck comment I guess Mr. Leek is referring to an earlier post I made.
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I guess you are saying that Musgrove was nieve to the type of people Minor and Scruggs are. Because they hadn't been accused of anything, that makes it ok that he was doing business with them, like letting them recommend who he is going to appoint to the Mississippi Supreme Court. If Musgrove had accomplished anything since 2003 other than defending big insurance companies, perhaps the RNSC would attack that record instead of his failed record as governor.
ReplyDeleteAfter Hurricane Katrina:
ReplyDelete1. Ronnie Musgrove came down from his home in north Mississippi dozens of times to assist in the relief and rebuilding efforts. Because he came as a private citizen and worked through existing organizations he did not seek out press or get any. He was on the Mississippi Gulf Coast working to help get us back on our feet after that horrific storm.
2. Ronnie Musgrove helped lead discussion among local business leaders on tax assistance from the federal government. In January 2006, Musgrove, along with other attorneys, held a breakfast discussion to educate about 100 business leaders, local elected officials, and tax specialists about the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act. The Gulf Opportunity Zone Act, which had been recently passed by Congress, was designed to help businesses recover after Katrina. Musgrove stated "The incentives for business are specific and on point. It is rich in encouraging Central and South Mississippi businesses to rehire, reinvest and redevelop."
3. On the first day of active campaigning he announced his support for Representative Gene Taylor's Multiple Peril Insurance Bill saying "I think it's necessary to have stability to have insurance and in so many instances the insurance companies aren't writing and for us to have the kind of multi-periled policy that the federal government can do is what the coast needs. And so, I would certainly be a big supporter of that.” He specifically addressed the issue in his speech to Mississippi Gulf Coast residents.
4. When asked in an interview why he chose a concrete slab he told them that "(he) thought that this site showed the contrast of the devastation of Katrina and yet with the steeple the hope of good things to come. And it’s because of the dedication and the hard work and the painful contributions of people all along the coast and some help from Jackson and Washington that we are moving forward. But I think it’s important to have a United State Senator who understands the problems of the coast but also knows the hopes of what can happen and what needs to happen with the help from Washington, and to me it would be a priority to help Gene Taylor and others to make sure we get the insurance, that we get the legislation, that’s needed from Congress to help the coast rebuild.”