A noted Democratic blogger has called for Rep. Thomas Wright to resign.
James Protzman, also known as Anglico on the BlueNC group blog and comments here, posted an open letter to House Speaker Joe Hackney today.
In it, he called the New Hanover Democrat "an embarrassment" to the House:
There comes a time when an elected official no longer has the credibility required to perform. That time has long-since passed for Thomas Wright. Use the power of your bully pulpit to take a stand for honor and integrity. I'm not asking you to clean house, I'm just asking you to open the door.
Protzman joins Democratic gadfly Joe Sinsheimer, the top advocate for the N.C. Public Interest Research Group, the head of the state Republican Party and the Wilmington Star-News editorial board in calling for Wright to step down.
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May 17, 2007 - 12:32pm — AnglicoI was hoping I'd get promoted to 'gadfly.'
It baffles me that people entrusted to represent We the People can hang on with such ferocity to their trappings of power when it's clear they've lost credibility. And yet the only ones who really feel the pressure are small-time transgressors like Wright. In the grand scheme, his "crimes" pale in comparison to what is transpiring in the Bush Administration.
But I don't see a groundswell of North Carolina Republicans calling for the incompetent liars, torturers and war-profiteers in the White House to resign.