LIBERADIO(!)

Blue Collar Muse, well, muses about the latest email controversy coming out of the Tennessee General Assembly:

Will Lefty bloggers condemn this Democrat and call for his firing? Will the Media cover this on the news like they did the story of the GOP staffer? Will the Left police their own? Will this be written up and front paged at Daily Kos, Wonkette, and Think Progress? And what will the TNDP do? Will Chip Forrester lead the way and not merely call for the firing of this staffer but fire first and comment later?

Not necessary to muse any longer. In what has been described by House Democratic Caucus Chairman Mike Turner as a decision by Speaker Kent Williams, Blake P. Graves has been fired.

Between this latest kerfuffle and the disaster in Senator Dian Black’s office, it seems more than ever that we need to push to change the tone on Capitol Hill.

Perhaps the much-needed end-of-session seminar will cover not only the mechanics of policy (is that one warning or two?) but also empathy training. I’m envisioning a lot of “Walk a mile in a man’s shoes” type of stuff.

Update from Nashville21.com: “The “democrat” [pdf] in question appears to be an intern, Blake Graves, who was recently honored by a house resolution citing him as being the “best dressed intern” and recognizing his numerous accomplishments, including “dedicat[ing] his singular skills to several student and civic organizations, including the Student Activities Council, the College Republicans, and volunteering for Hands on Memphis and Volunteer Memphis”.”