Sound Politics: Shameless Plug for a Political Friend

October 20, 2008

Shameless Plug for a Political Friend

Demonstrating the sometimes dichotomy that is Joel Connelly, he follows the post I criticized below with a classy acknowledgment of one of my favorite people in local politics: Tony Williams.

Tony is a valued friend and mentor...who also happens to share my deliciously warped sense of humor. His wife Cindi is likewise one of the most fabulous people I have had the pleasure of working with in my professional career.

Delightfully, they will both probably blush at such praise. Well, Tony might actually grin ear-to-ear. But, Cindi would blush.

And speaking of their son, whom Connelly references in his laudatory post, you can read about the miracle that is Joshua in a 1999 op-ed by Tony, at whose reading my eyes still mist and my wife still weeps.

Posted by Eric Earling at October 20, 2008 11:03 PM | Email This

Comments

1. So how is Joshua today? A heart warming story. I will admit, I got a little misty too.

But this doesn't say much about Connelly. He's just weighing the political calculation of attacking a well-liked former player. If Tony was running Rossi's campaign, you can be sure Connelly would have had different words.

Posted by: Jeff B. on October 21, 2008 12:52 AM

2. Jeff -

There are still many complications, but given the circumstances he's doing very well.

Posted by: Eric Earling on October 21, 2008 06:44 AM

3. I remember reading this when it was published. A friend sent it to us. God was speaking to us thru Tony via that op-ed. Make no mistake about it.

Posted by: Mr. Cynical on October 21, 2008 07:49 AM

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Posted by: joe ruggirello on October 21, 2008 08:33 AM

5. That write up by Connelly is underwhelming. Connelly's thesis is basically "I've come to tolerate Tony Williams because he has ceased to be a partisan and has embraced my favored establishment oriented politics-as-business model (ie, now he raises money for anyone in power, including liberals)."

I'm sure Tony Williams is a wonderful human being as well, but there are too many wonderful people in politics that are more obsessed with getting a large paycheck than silly old-fashioned stufff like ideas, reform, and principled leadership.

Posted by: AD on October 21, 2008 02:00 PM