Senator says Hudson is just ducky

Are we done yet?
Just saw the sentence, 40 months and fines. I still want to know about the company that bribed a state official? Will they be charged?

No fair sayin' it first!

Again, Swindell knows full well he's under scrutiny, but he has the guts to stand by his friend in time of trouble. Lots of politicians wouldn't, just because they want to avoid comments like yours. That's cowardly.

If you want to explain what is ethically or morally wrong with his letter in some specific way, I'm ready to be proven wrong. But don't assume facts for which you have no evidence.

You're starting to remind me of my favorite bumper sticker. "You are entitled to your wrong opinion." :)

If you've read my posts on this blog you know that I am a regular critic of politicians -- particularly the Democrats.

But this was a cheap shot. There was nothing wrong with what Swindell wrote. There's nothing smarmy, slimey, underhanded or unethical about it. There's no hint of any quid pro quo or suggestion of future positive or negative consequences.

Again, Swindell had nothing to gain, and had to know that he'd come under this kind of fire for the effort. In fact, he knew he was targeted by the GOP already and he knew that the N&O has been following the Hudson story and related angles very closely. He knew his letter was a public document. He still stuck his neck out.

It's an up-front testimony to his friendship and regard, and that's all it is. Swindell did the right thing for the right reasons.

Sure Swindell probably means it and he wants to remind the Judge of their friendship and that his assistants husband could really use a little help. It's done all the time.

I cry FOWL -- and foul - on this over-the-top shot at Swindell. Yeah, the letter is a little sugary, but I think Swindell means every word of it.

Sheesh, sometimes a person's heartfelt expressions ARE going to be corny.

I know, it's so uncool to suggest that a politician might mean something he's saying, but if you can't allow for the possibility of sincerity, you're discounting the verifiable fact that the man is human and that friendship means something to him, as presumably it does to the rest of us.

A. B. Swindell isn't my senator, but I admire that he is sticking his neck out for someone he knows well who is in hot water. He has absolutely ZERO to gain politically from doing this. Nor has he tried to excuse or justify what Hudson did. However, he is showing the backbone to say "this man is my friend and I know this about him," despite the inevitability of DOME comments such as these.

Good for Swindell.

Does reading this make you want to vomit?