EMAIL OF THE DAY

“I haven’t written before, but I happened to land on your blog and want to make two points:
(1) I went to law school with Julie Myers, and she is an extremely capable, ethical person who would do credit to any agency or organization. I have not seen her in years, but hers is a face from my past that comes to mind when I — a classic gay liberal type — am tempted to stereotype Christian conservatives unfairly. It’s a true Washington coming-of-age experience to see a peer – and a damn good person – caught up in the tough politics of our day. I can’t speak to her experience since law school, but she’s never struck me as the type to court nepotism. I think the suggestion would mortify her – not that she would ever let us see it.
(2) I’m from Biloxi, MS, and my family is in Biloxi and Ocean Springs. They stayed for the hurricane, as they always do because they live on higher ground. They did not see a single state or federal relief worker, or national guard soldier, for four days after Katrina. They didn’t need relief help, but they were by far in the minority in that regard, and they sure would have appreciated some protection from possible looting. Haley Barbour was as much asleep at the switch as the New Orleans mayor and the President.”