Sunday, October 08, 2006
Liberal Larry Daughtrey
Larry Daughtrey wants us to believe that he is an unbiased observer of all things political in the state of Tennessee. Mr. Daughtrey is many things, but it takes a great leap of, well, something, to call him unbiased. Daughtrey proves such each and every time he finds himself published in the Sunday Tennessean.
When I spooked Capitol Hill as an intern, I thought Larry Daughtrey was one of the more sagacious journalists trooping through the halls of Legislative Plaza. As I grew older - and, if I may say so, more astute - the aura surrounding one Larry Daughtrey began to dissipate. Indeed, I began to pick up on subtle leftist hints tucked neatly into every Daughtrey-penned column. For example:
In 2001, Republican Governor Don Sundquist and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly were pushing hard for a state income tax. In a July 2001 column, Daughtrey actually suggested that Senator Jeff Miller heard voices from God, and these voices told Sen. Miller to oppose a state income tax. I sought clarification from Mr. Daughtrey in an e-mail: "When did Jeff Miller ever state that God told him to vote against a state income tax?" I'm still waiting for a reply.
You have to be quick to pick up on Daughtrey's left-wing bombs; but you can count on at least one in virtually every column he pens. In his most recent Tennessean Opinion piece, Daughtrey reveals himself to be a Harold Ford, Jr., aka Junior, sycophant by uncorking this gem:
Ford is so far to the right of his party's center that the [liberal] label [will not] stick.
Larry Daughtrey knows better than to refer to Junior as anything but a liberal Democrat. As this Web site reported on two - two - occasions, pegging Junior as a conservative is like pegging vinegar as a sweet foodstuff. Daughtrey's perpetuating an obvious untruth simply shows that he is a liberal hack, pure and simple.
Oh, well, should we expect any better from someone who writes for the Tennessean?
Dumb question, I know ... !
When I spooked Capitol Hill as an intern, I thought Larry Daughtrey was one of the more sagacious journalists trooping through the halls of Legislative Plaza. As I grew older - and, if I may say so, more astute - the aura surrounding one Larry Daughtrey began to dissipate. Indeed, I began to pick up on subtle leftist hints tucked neatly into every Daughtrey-penned column. For example:
In 2001, Republican Governor Don Sundquist and Democratic leaders in the General Assembly were pushing hard for a state income tax. In a July 2001 column, Daughtrey actually suggested that Senator Jeff Miller heard voices from God, and these voices told Sen. Miller to oppose a state income tax. I sought clarification from Mr. Daughtrey in an e-mail: "When did Jeff Miller ever state that God told him to vote against a state income tax?" I'm still waiting for a reply.
You have to be quick to pick up on Daughtrey's left-wing bombs; but you can count on at least one in virtually every column he pens. In his most recent Tennessean Opinion piece, Daughtrey reveals himself to be a Harold Ford, Jr., aka Junior, sycophant by uncorking this gem:
Ford is so far to the right of his party's center that the [liberal] label [will not] stick.
Larry Daughtrey knows better than to refer to Junior as anything but a liberal Democrat. As this Web site reported on two - two - occasions, pegging Junior as a conservative is like pegging vinegar as a sweet foodstuff. Daughtrey's perpetuating an obvious untruth simply shows that he is a liberal hack, pure and simple.
Oh, well, should we expect any better from someone who writes for the Tennessean?
Dumb question, I know ... !
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Sunday, October 08, 2006 
