Newscoma

Let’s take a look at our state’s political system this year which has delighted, confused and given many of us what I like to call General Assembly indigestion with a bowl of Arlington on the side.

1. Kent Williams: Boy, did you make Jason Mumpower mad and a whole bunch of your Republican brethren chomping at the bit. Love what happened or hate it, it was high political drama.
2. And then there was the drama of the text messaging of Brian Kelsey. Kent, you made that Memphis politician mad and, by golly, he sent a TEXT message. Next time, he’ll go all Twitter on you, Kent, if you don’t mind your manners.
3. I go back to that there were dozens of mass distractions in Nashville this year especially in the early months of 2009. Ahh, we even were privy to sparkling political commentary about Thelma Harper’s love of hats instead of tackling the fact that the economy was in the toilet. But, lo and behold, there was some dang drama.
4. Paul Stanley: Infidelity happens. No one says it doesn’t, but when the guy is introducing laws about family values and then gets blackmailed for not exactly practicing what he preached, it was Jerry Springer at it’s finest. The only thing missing was Steve Wilkos moderating the fights although I imagined it in my mind, so there is that. Oh, yes, I forgot. Brian Kelsey won’t have to kick around Kent Williams anymore because Stanley’s vacated seat went to our text guru with the fancy fingers flying on his cell phone.
5. Recently, Tennessee once again made national news when the mayor of Arlington took to Facebook basically citing that Barack Obama hates Christmas and Snoopy, which of course means he is a Muslim and eats puppies. And I just sighed heavily. Way to go Russell Wiseman.

Oh, there were more snafus, I assure you but those are the top five that came to mind that put us out there regarding our beloved state capitol. I couldn’t bear to go any further than the ones above because I needed some Pepto.

I’m going to beg for a hug now from random strangers and hope that the 107th session, which convenes next month, turns out a bit better than the 106th.