Friday, December 4, 2009
Fools Rush In ...
Posted by Bruce VanWyngarden on Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 2:28 PM
There has probably never been a more misnamed public servant than Arlington's Mayor Russell Wiseman, who unwisely revealed on his Facebook page that a) he thinks the president is a Muslim; b) that things would be better if only those who owned property could vote; c) that the president purposely scheduled his speech on Afghanistan to preempt "A Charlie Brown Christmas."
Here's an excerpt from his Facebook entry: “Ok, so, this is total crap, we sit the kids down to watch ‘The Charlie Brown Christmas Special’ and our muslim president is there, what a load…..try to convince me that wasn’t done on purpose. Ask the man if he believes that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and he will give you a 10 minute disertation (sic) about it….w…hen the answer should simply be ‘yes’ ...
Good Grief!
Like Congressman Joe Wilson's shout-out to President during his healthcare speech a few months back, Wiseman's comments have gone viral, hitting every major internet and news outlet over the course of the past 12 hours. The link to The Commercial Appeal's story on Wiseman has been almost impossible to get to for hours today, due, no doubt to its being linked on dozens of websites nation-wide.
I'm not sure what's sadder, the fact that Wiseman apparently really believes this stuff, or that he got elected in the first place. Tennessee is widely perceived as one of the most backward states in the union, politically. That, I'm afraid, is a very accurate perception.
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What an idiot. At least the storyline reads 'Arlington'. Nothing like good pub for our 'burbanite' friends.
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Forget Sedaris' "Santaland Diaries." This is now my favorite Christmas story ever.
I plan to make a tradition of reading it every year at this time.
When is it wrong to give your opinion on your views regarding politics? I think the town people of Arlington have been pleased with the job he has done and really banging on him for a few comments that have nothing to do with his job is really what our news gatherers look for each and every day. The commercial appeal has always backed democratic candidates. Think maybe this has something to do with their loss in revenue!! Duh
Sorry Mayor, but you've clearly had too much AM radio. Best that you tightly close your living room curtains this weekend, and you might want to put those civil war reenactment tickets on ebay.
"To his regret"?? Are you kidding?? He's a tea-bagging, birther, neo-con. They are incapable of having regrets. Or shame. The little yokel is just testing the waters to see if he can compete with Wyatt Bunker for "Profiles of Courageous Hayseeds 2009" award presented in Wasilla by the newly established Sarah Palin White Trash of America Center.
runtweo again, go look at the CA's endorsement's over the years; they've backed plenty of Republicans. Quit crying b/c your team got its a$$ whipped last time around. And just as it's Wiseman's right to give his opinion, it's everyone else's (sane people at least) right to give theirs that he's a ChurchofChrist, we're-the-only-church-thats-a-goin'-to-heaven, full-bore birther goofball.
Thanks for the laughs, guy. People ALL OVER THE NATION are forwarding this story around and laughing like hyenas (it's shown up my inbox accompanied by a fair amount of snark several times today). A+ job there, Mayor Dumbass. Take your place in line with all the other mouth-breathing Tennessee politicians keeping the blogs busy since we elected "the Muslim."
Having an opinion is one thing; being a conspiracy theorist is another; being uber-conservative, although a bit disconcerting, is not damning; being all three at once with main point of the conspiracy being to distract you from watching Charlie Brown???? I believe Einstein said it better than anyone.... The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has limits.
I see this every bit as much as an indictment of "social networking" as it is an indictment of the small-minded Mr. un-Wiseman. Sooner or later Fecesbook, Twatter and the rest of the excuses for broadcasting brain farts will suffer a well-deserved (and hopefully permanent) death.
Thank goodness it didn't wash out "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas", because I would have "gone off" like a Ophelia Ford tirade on Facebook.
Even sadder will be that this guy will probably get a few million in donations just because of this. Had Boston's mayor said something like this about W, there would have been hell to pay
Somefin's wrong with the comment function on this post, I can't see but five, even when I click on Read all 12 comments.
Wiseman is the perfect mayor for a town full of people who fled the ghettoization of Germantown.
And don't forget, this guy is a VP for commercial banking at First Capital in gtown. Just FYI.
This fool deserves all the negativity, but unfortunately there will be people in Arlington that will think he's a hero. Another in Palin's club. God help us all!
What's wrong with the comments function? Only shows five comments, although there are 15.
I feel ya' Mayor Wiseman. Imagine my outrage when I turned on the tele to hear my Muslim President speak and some bald Wiken kid in funny clothing worshipped this scrawny tree. Disgusting pagens ruin Jihad for everyone!
It's not wrong to give your views regarding politics, at all. Just don't expect you can spout a "view" that is in direct opposition to all evidence and not be ridiculed. Now, whatever this moron thinks of Obama's policies, and I'm not sure he has a clue what Obama's actual policy views are, Barack Obama is a professed and practicing Christian, and has never been a professed or practicing Muslim. Now, unless you are a full-fledged bigot, well-meaning or not, his religion is really of little consequence. So, what exactly was your point, runt?
Dear Russell- How have you been? Did you have a nice summer? How is your wife? I have been extra good this year, so I have a long list of presents that I want. Please note the size and color of each item, and send as many as possible. If it seems too complicated, make it easy on yourself: just go the f**k away.
I guess America is going backwards. This story reminds me of my uneducated grandmother in MS who was terrified when Kennedy was elected President. She prayed daily that the Pope would not take over America...but the best story on her is that she hated Walt Disney! She was convinced that he purposefully broadcast "Wonderful World of Disney" to keep young people from attending Sunday pm church services!
Wiseman? An oxymoron with the empahsis being on "moron". Snoopy has more brains in his left nut than this guy.
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