4th of July Potpurri
July 4th, 2008 at 2:14 pm by Jim Shella under Jim Shella's Political Blog
Its a day for parades and that means a day for politicians to ride in parades but that’s not the only activity for some of them.
-Greg Zoeller, the Republican for Attorney General launched a new website today.
-Mike Sodrel, the Republican running for Congress in the 9th District, issued a news release in which he managed to quote Janis Joplin singing “Freedom’s just another word for nothing’s left to lose.” If I could explain the context, I would (and I read it twice.)
-John McCain took the day off (no one questions his patriotism) and Barack Obama campaigned in Montana (his patriotism gets questioned all the time.)
-Governor Mitch Daniels remains on vacation.
Tags: Barack Obama, Greg Zoeller, John McCain, Mike Sodrel, Mitch Daniels
July 7th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Not sure if it was meant to be funny, serious, or just a thought…but for some reason I found the last part of the patriotism sentence funny. Probably due to the contrast of the two (explanations).
And, yes, Joplin’s “Freedom” did seem out of place or a stretch. The rest of the paragraph was more apparent, but still lacked for something more. But, I guess it did do part of it’s job…it got people “talking” about him.
Isn’t it amazing how the same words can be used, but spoken and written words can convey opposing meanings. It’s hard to show tone, emphasis, or even sarcasm in the written word. …good or bad…just an observation. “Mitch Daniels remains on vacation.” observation? criticism? hard to tell by words alone, but the inflection of voice usually shows the true meaning.