[Vision2020] Imagine That, Butch - Politics Is a Rough 'Sport'

[Wayne Price]

I for one will do everything that I can so that Butch doesn't have to  
put up with all this abuse.


VOTE him out of office!





On Mar 4, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Kenneth Marcy wrote:

> On Tuesday 02 March 2010 06:06:14 Tom Hansen relayed to V2020:
>
>> Imagine that, Butch - politics is a rough 'sport'
>> Sandra Kelly, for the [MPDN] editorial board [2 March 2010]
>>
>> Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter isn't having fun in Boise. He's been
>> bombarded by newspapers throughout the state for some of his
>> budgetary decisions, and it's been hard on him.
> <[snip]>
>> Otter has said repeatedly that he won't raise taxes. That's a great
>> sound bite, and almost a sure-fire way to get re-elected, but it
>> may not be in the best interest of Idaho.
>>
>> No one wants to pay more taxes, but it's certainly something that
>> should be looked at. It's not popular, and the Legislature will
>> take some heat for it, but at least looking into it is the right
>> thing to do.
> <[snip]>
>
> It used to be said that it took a hard-line anti-Communist Republican
> such as Richard Nixon to open foreign relations with Communist Red
> China. Analogously, it was said that it took a tax-and-spend liberal
> Democrat such as Bill Clinton to reform the welfare system. Both of
> these Presidents enjoyed some relative success for these efforts.
>
> Butch Otter does not, thus far, at least, seem to have an analogous
> combination of domestic acuity and political maneuverability to
> recognize the extant condition of his constituency and to act with
> appropriate governance in the better interests of the electorate.
>
> To date Otter's insistent resistance even to considering reasonable
> measures to steer Idaho's budget boat toward some semblance of the
> status quo, rather than meekly and weakly allowing the craft to be
> washed down the economic stream, rudderless, controlled by the
> vagaries of the current rather than experienced helmsmanship, does
> not suggest any historical greatness for his governorship.
>
> One is reminded, instead, of an earlier Idaho governor who had
> difficulty expressing leadership vision -- Donald Samuelson. Governor
> Otter may find he will share with Governor Samuelson another
> characteristic -- serving only one term in office.
>
>
> Ken
>
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