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Just got the book. Looking forward to reading it....

2006-07-27T19:33:00.000-05:00

Just got the book. Looking forward to reading it.

As for Bob Wise I think he found out he hated living in WV and hated those people he had to deal with in the legislature. I found him much more likable after his emails were published.

Hmmm.. I've been wanting to read that book. Now I...

2006-07-24T18:40:00.000-05:00

Hmmm.. I've been wanting to read that book. Now I'll have to. thanks for the review!

I just found this blog and am LOVING it. I used to...

2006-07-20T14:18:00.000-05:00

I just found this blog and am LOVING it. I used to work in state government and so this is just too good. Thanks for being honest and putting it all out there. Too bad news stations in Charleston/Huntington don't get the info like you do. Keep up the good work!

Two thoughts sort of in regards to your post.1)wit...

2006-07-20T09:54:00.000-05:00

Two thoughts sort of in regards to your post.
1)with all the talk about Don Blankenship targeting Dems and the Dems complaining, they should ask him: "Don why don't you buy an election the old fashion way bribe election officials".
2)not that related, but how come no one has asked our Governor about the 1% sales tax on food that was supposed to be removed this year(he said 1% every year).
GOD BLESS
BUDDY

DonSurber said... Bob Wise had the press on him mo...

2006-07-14T06:45:00.000-05:00

DonSurber said...
Bob Wise had the press on him more than the voters? Other than a few jokes here and there, I do not recall anyone in the newspapers dumping on Wise about his affair.

Although it's unlikely, I'd really love it if he was talking about the extensive talk radio coverage of his "affair of the heart". We were pretty tough on him pretty regularly in the name of comedy. Although, to his credit, he shrugged, smiled professionally and said, "it comes with the territory" when finally confronted.

Oh, and to the Surb: I didn't look at it that way...

2006-07-06T21:50:00.000-05:00

Oh, and to the Surb:

I didn't look at it that way. He was saying the voters basically had NOT given him any grief over the affair. So, even the little bit of ragging the media gave him, was more than the public gave him. Plus, he went into stealth mode, and imo, the word was out to the power structure he wasn't going to run again, shortly after the affair broke. So, the dogs were essentially called off. There could have been some serious poking around (no pun intended) about State money used to facilitate their meetings, if they had wanted to look hard enough. But since he basically said, "I'm out" just a couple months after the affair, what was the point? You have to be able to read what these clowns are saying, by as much as what they AREN'T saying, as what they are saying. Right after it broke, his little mouthpiece, Goodwin-Shuler was quite adamant that he had "no plans to not seek re-election." When I heard that, I was certain he wasn't running.

Yeah, the whole fawning over the Kennedy's is a bi...

2006-07-06T21:43:00.000-05:00

Yeah, the whole fawning over the Kennedy's is a bit disturbing. Loughry seems to let them off the hook with a "Well, they just simply came to wv and played the game that was already in place here, and if they didn't, the other guy would have."

That's kind of a cop-out, imo. They still bought votes by the truckload, and basically shit all over what is supposed to be our free and fair election process. Just because the system was corrupt to begin with, doesn't mean they had to essentially condone it, by jumping in with both feet.

He says he got to know some Kennedy's during the Parsons flood of '86(?). Maybe he's a bit too close to them, to be totally objective on that issue.

But the other parts of the book, seem ok. The constant "I'm unbiased" stuff isn't as troubling to me.

I'm also working my way through the book. I think...

2006-07-02T21:35:00.000-05:00

I'm also working my way through the book. I think the book is very imformative and very interesting. However, Loughry sometimes spends too much time going on and on about how unbias he is. Also, for a book that is apparently intended to express disgust and absolute distain for policitial corruption, Loughry gives the entire low-life Kennedy family a pass as some-sort of well-menaing do-gooders, despite the fact that he clearly spells out in the very first charper how the Kenneday family bought the 1960 president primary here in West Virginia.

Bob Wise had the press on him more than the voters...

2006-07-02T17:46:00.000-05:00

Bob Wise had the press on him more than the voters? Other than a few jokes here and there, I do not recall anyone in the newspapers dumping on Wise about his affair.

Of course, he never faced the voters on the issue. I seem to recall saying it might cost him two counties. He could have been re-elected. He chose not to seek a second term because he was in way over his head as governor.

Heh. Nice name.

2006-06-24T11:29:00.000-05:00

Heh. Nice name.

Loughry has done a really solid job with the book....

2006-06-24T00:04:00.000-05:00

Loughry has done a really solid job with the book. Pretty balanced and just mad at everyone for being so corrupt, typically over inconsequential shit (see: Randy Schoonover). Really enjoyed flipping through it tonight while sitting in a warm bathtub full of Central Appalachian coal. A dissertation-born paper that turns into something that you'd actually want to read......shocking in this day and age.