tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704399.post1459849319686831718..comments2023-10-26T04:53:21.986-05:00Comments on <a href="http://huckupchuck.blogspot.com">The Huck Upchuck</a>: Sad and DisappointingHuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15878450464298055466noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704399.post-67860653791877330722007-08-14T13:41:00.000-05:002007-08-14T13:41:00.000-05:00What is shocking, I guess, is not that he ended up...What is shocking, I guess, is not that he ended up being the same as they all tend to be. After all, he did come out of New Orleans machine politics. What was shocking, I think, is that he didn't seem to wear the machine on his sleeve and, in fact, often seemed to speak out earnestly sometimes in ways that made one wonder that he didn't buy wholesale into the machine politics that others, like Morial, flaunted proudly.<BR/><BR/>And precisely for that, he perhaps deserves even more the scorn that is also being heaped on him.<BR/><BR/>So, Schroeder, what say you about a run for his now-vacant at-large seat? I'd go door-to-door campaigning for you. ;)Huckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15878450464298055466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704399.post-20621253299063554812007-08-14T11:23:00.000-05:002007-08-14T11:23:00.000-05:00I wonder if I'm not too harsh on the guy. He is, a...I wonder if I'm not too harsh on the guy. He is, after all, a husband, father, fellow citizen. On the other hand, the very foundation of our democracy depends upon elected representatives serving the people, not themselves. I never thought the man could be trusted. He was too closely connected with the culture of the Morial administration. How could anyone have expected different from him. I think he had an obligation to distinguish himself from Morial, instead, he proved to be the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com