I have to admit to having had mixed feelings about Rep. Campfield's blog at first, but let me quickly explain. I am unshakeably glad to see a legislator blogging and helping citizens understand how the legislature works. However, the poor writing and small-minded outlook he displays made me utterly despondent over just who is representing us in Nashville. But then, ideally our representatives are supposed to be "regular people," and not "high-and-mighty." See, very mixed feelings. (Ideally, "regular people" would have a decent grasp on their primary spoken language and be well-educated in addition, but this is just a dream, I guess.)

The other part of my reaction to this whole episode is deep disappointment that it is a conservative's blog, and the supposed party of the progressive is trying to stifle it and punish him for it. This is turning the entire set of definitions on its head, for it is certainly more progressive for a legislator to blog, and it is certainly anti-progressive to be a stick-in-the-mud à la Naifeh and Hargrove, especially when it comes to greater transparency of government! (Then again, I never assume that a Southern Democrat is progressive.)