If Press Releases Were Fish, Clyburn Would Have a School This Week.....

What's with all the inane Press releases coming from the Clyburn Camp this week? Jim goes to Texas? Jim takes students on a Tour? Jim Likes God? Is someone training a new intern, and this is all he/she has to practice with? My prediction for tomorrow's Press Release: "Fecal Examination Confirms It: Clyburn Ate Corn Yesterday." Palmetto Neocon had a good post a few weeks ago, complaining about the frequency, inanity and poor grammar used in Press Releases. I took it so personally, I'm afraid to send one out now.. His point is correct: too often, we use it to show two things. One, that we are so important, and two, that we are doing something. Neither of these are true, but if it makes us feel that way......... It appears early on that Jim will use his new post to take even more trips, even after all the flack for his Number 8 trip spender rating in all of Congress. Earl, that is arrogance, right? He's defended it by mentioning his being the first African-American Congressman in SC since Reconstruction, but let's be honest. We live in a 53% black district ( closer to 60% in 1992) - if it wasn't him, it would have been another A-A candidate. Would they have taken all these trips? Among my favorites of his quotes today: " We have always maintained that what we do as Democrats is fundamental to the Christian ethics most of us practice." I say the same thing whenever a fetus is aborted ,or when the ACLU worries more about a child molester's civil rights than those of the victim. " Clyburn said he was headed for seminary after college, but became more interested in law than theology. Clyburn discussed it with his father, who blessed his decision with the words, " The world is much better off to see a sermon than hear one." Classic! First, I wonder if Jim would have dropped out of Divinity School also. Second if you can't hear a sermon and only see it, all you see are lips moving, and the message is lost - ironic , isn't it? This whole quote reminds me of Caddyshack, when Noonan told one guy he wanted to be a priest, and the other that he wanted to be a Senator. I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT OF BECOMING A GOLF BALL..... " He has spoken out against materialism and greed." This coming from a guy whose watch costs more than my car! Check it out sometime, that thing shines like it's nuclear! Sure, I've sunk to another low blow post, but I do have a point. If you must send out Press Releases, make them ones of substance - not attempts to sanctify yourself.