tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post6956166348863546391..comments2023-10-17T07:36:16.777-04:00Comments on NA Confidential: ON THE AVENUES: Al Knable doesn’t lie, but the local Democratic Party is a flood-plain Pinocchio. Let’s censure it at the ballot box.The New Albanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-60427054845268943802018-03-30T17:07:09.160-04:002018-03-30T17:07:09.160-04:00Thanks for posting. I'm in complete agreement....Thanks for posting. I'm in complete agreement.The New Albanianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757531658514051905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9097125.post-25358911318362238822018-03-30T12:07:50.433-04:002018-03-30T12:07:50.433-04:00I am certain that if the Mr. Baylor and I sat down...I am certain that if the Mr. Baylor and I sat down to discuss issues and politics, we would find ourselves holding opposite points of view on many areas of public concern. However, it is telling that we appear to be 100% in sync with respect to one pressing matter - the current tempest enveloping Dr. Al Knable. Having known Al for more than 35 years, I can personally vouch for his honesty and integrity. That is not to say we always agree on every topic. I'm sure we do not; but I have NEVER once found him to be less than candid, respectful and fair, even when we find ourselves landing at opposite positions on a matter. To suggest that he would lie for political gain is patently absurd, and reveals more about the character of the ones who are making that claim than about the good doctor, himself.<br /><br />I am never surprised by the ugliness and mudslinging that goes on in politics. But I am surprised that some in power have calculated that their best course of action is to engineer a public attempt at character assassination. <br /><br />Some question the provenance of the quote attributed to Edmund Burke, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Regardless of who originated the thought, there is no escaping the truism it propounds. I, for one, am not willing to stand by and watch a good man pilloried. And if you have any sense of decency, neither should you.<br /><br />Rev. Mike Bechtmikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262566781279377570noreply@blogger.com