Bad Manners and Poor Politics
May 8th, 2008 at 1:29 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Jim Schellinger successfully avoided the media after conceding the Democratic nomination for governor. That’s my signal that he has no plans to run for office again.
Nevertheless, he could have shown a little class on the way out the door. His concession statement contained no offer of support for Jill Long Thompson and neither did the e-mail sent to supporters this morning.
We do know that he’s sorry he won’t get the chance to face Mitch Daniels himself.
Mr. Shella,
I take exception to your comments regarding my brother Jim Schellinger. It is very easy for you to sit on your throne and casts stones at others. Throughout Jim’s campaign you were less than objective, not suprising for a member of the media. If you have all the answers, why don’t you run for political office? Oh wait, that would require a commitment to serve a cause other than your own.
God forbid Jim not stop and address the beloved media the day after the election; since when is it the media’s birthright to have their every wish granted. Perhaps if you were not so self-serving and do something for someone else you may have a different view of the world.
Why would Jim support Ms. Thompson? He possesses a different value system than Ms. Thompson….mainly honesty.
No I’m sure you will respond with some quaint remark to my posting….a privilege you enjoy because people like me have protected your right to free speech for the last 232 years. However, before you do, read the following quote as many times as you need to in order to let it soak in. I’m not asking you to change your personal views; I’m asking you possess some small measure of integrity and report the news objectively.
“It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust, sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
— Theodore Roosevelt
Michael G. Schellinger
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army
I admire your support for your brother. Thanks for reading the blog.