Fractures In Both Parties You don't hear politicians speak this way very often.

My career as a politician will most likely be extremely bleak. Maybe that is the curse I will have to bear since I did not enter politics to be part of the “inner circle” or be a politician. I entered as a citizen who was feed up with the “inner circle”, politicians, corruption and machines who decide elections for us. No, I’m just a working guy who wants his Republic back and representation that represents all of us political “nobodies”. And regulars to this blog know that means a rant is coming. snip Here is my beef. Jim Bryson is the “anointed one”, no doubt about it. But Mark Albertini served as a United States Marine to defend both his and Jim Bryson’s right to participate in this process. Mark was one of the first in the race and although he is just a “blue collar” type of Republican (who are often called political “nobodies” by the “country club” wing), he has invested thousands of his own money, taken leave from his job, with his wife having to work to make ends meet, for him to exercise his rights as an American citizen and resident of the Great State of Tennessee.

John Farmer is interesting to me. I am a liberal (proud one, thank you), but I do want to know what everyone is thinking. Reading this shows me, and I could get his meaning wrong, that there is dissent about "Politics as Usual" in all the political parties. I know there is amongst the Dems, mainly because they are so afraid of ticking everyone off except for a select few, but to see that there are fractures everywhere makes me wonder this country's political displeasure. And I do believe, campers, many of us are displeased. Both the governor's race and this congressional race are small on a national scale, but it's the little cracks that can break someone's back. I do feel change in the air although I don't know what kind of change that might be. I'm watching. Aren't you?  ¶ 7/07/2006 11:21:00 AM