(We're proud to have Michael as a Guest Contributor, and we're always looking for more. Let us know if you want to write! - promoted by Matt B)
How Dare They!!! I say it again, how dare they!!!
I just clicked on an internet advertisement paid for by the Republican Party of Louisiana, and they are trying to drive a political wedge by saying that Charlie Melancon doesn't care about the oil spill! All one has to do is look at the work Charlie has done since the disaster, and you know it's a bald face lie. Is this really the time to be trying to score cheap political points?
We are facing the greatest environmental disaster in the history of this country - a disaster that could very well be the death knell for several communities in South Louisiana and that will affect us all for generations to come, and they want to play politics. Shame on them! Don't get me wrong, I'm a good Democrat, and I can throw punches with the best of them in a good political fight. But there is a time and place for politics, and this is not it.
Whatever happened to putting Louisiana First? Whatever happened to common decency and common sense? Hell, whatever happened to plain old, simple manners? This is a time for all of us who love the Great State of Louisiana to put politics aside and work together to fix this mess.
Shame on the Republican Party for trying to drive us apart when we should be pulling together! Even more, shame on us if we let them!
Michael McHale (Daily Kingfish Guest Contributor) is an attorney in Lake Charles and First Vice Chair of the Louisiana Democratic Party.
