Bright Jokes: "Pelosi Could Die"

As most of you know, I'm not a big fan of Bobby Bright. I opposed him on numerous occasions while he was Mayor, and we don't agree any more often now that he's in Congress. But as you'll also recall from past blog posts, if he's right I'll give him credit.

In this case, Bright made a comment yesterday in response to the question as to whether or not he'd vote for Pelosi again for Speaker. He listed several things that could prevent him having to make that decision, the last of which was, "she could get sick and die."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20014800-503544.html

Bright was appearing in Montgomery yesterday when he was apparently asked whether he would support Nancy Pelosi as House speaker if reelected, the Montgomery Advertiser reported.

After listing a number of things that could happen between now and that vote that could make the question moot, "he suggested, jokingly he insisted to his audience, that Pelosi could fall ill and die in coming months," according to the newspaper. The comment drew laughter from the audience.

The comment hit Drudge and has been flying around the net all day. For me, though, it's a tempest in a tea pot.


Look, he didn't WISH she would get sick and die, he mentioned it as a theoretical possibility... Which it is. Basically, that was his way of dodging the question. And it worked. Notice nobody is asking about how he'll vote anymore.

Some have theorized that it was his way of distancing himself from a deeply unpopular Pelosi... whom he voted for for Speaker. Personally, I think that's a bit far fetched. This looks to me like the usual politician's foot-in-mouth episode.

So give the guy a break, will you? Criticize him for what he does. We don't have to sensationalize things to make him out to be a villain. Okay?