Shots Across The Bow

Caution: Foul Language to Follow

Stacey Campfield is niggardly in his application of the rules of grammar, which results in the asinine statements he makes on his blog.

Ok, that's the end of the foul language.

What? You didn't see any foul language there? Ahhh, you just aren't as smart as Rep Campfield, who purged a comment that contained the word "asinine" in it, saying, "I will not post your comments with bad language in them. If you can clean it up you can try again. If not you will be banned."

You can read the whole story at Lissa's place.

You know, a politician reacting negatively to criticism is no big deal; we all do that. But when they reveal such a cavernous depth of ignorance of their own native language while doing so, it really makes them look silly.

Not that Campfield really needs much help in that regard.

But it gets worse. Either Rep. Campfield is really as dumb as his legislative agenda sometimes makes him appear, or he figured that since Lissa's blog is lightly read, he could get away with saying foolish things, and nobody would notice. After Lissa posted her bit on Campfield, he responded.

A nice bit about banning trolls also. I guess those are people who don't always agree with you.
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Gotcha!

Gotcha? Folks, this is a State representative boasting like a middle school kid in a playground dispute over who's up next in a kickball match. Is this the type of rhetoric he uses during debates in our legislature?

"Oh my! Stacey cried 'Gotcha!' I am now utterly convinced that he is right and I was horribly wrong. Let me change my vote!"

Somehow, I doubt that.

Just for fun, I looked up Rep. Campfield's official House Bio page.

Wow.

A few highlights:

Organizations

* West Know Republican Club (What did the West know, and when did they know it?)
* Concora Faragut Republican Club (Where is Concora? I can't find it on my Google Earth. And did the Town of Farragut run out of funds and delete an "R" from their name?)
* Ceretoma Center (Are they related to the Sertoma Center, or is this something else entirely unknown to anyone on the planet other than Representative Campfield?)
* Read With Me Program (Oh dear. Well, those that can't do...)
* Westhills Homeowners Association (And I always thought that West Hills was two words. Oh, wait...)
* Knoxville Education Summit (Oh dear...part 2)

Honors and Awards

* Assistant Chairman Knox County Deligation of Legislators (Okay, ligation refers to the tying off of a blood vessel to cut off blood flow, sort of like putting elastic bands around a bull's testicles so they will shrivel up and fall off. So Stacey was the assistant for the guy who does that to legislators? Pretty cool job. I wonder how much it pays?)

Yeah, I know, making fun of Campfield is too easy, but really folks, this guy was elected to represent part of Knox County, and he can't even take the time to spell check his official bio? I can understand his blog having typos and errors, but his official bio?

I'll say it again, the more I learn about Knoxville politics, the happier I am to live in Sevier County.

PS: Asinine is not a bad word. according to Merriam Webster Online, it has two meanings.
1 : extremely or utterly foolish
2 : of, relating to, or resembling an ass

Now "ass" can be considered vulgar, if you use it anatomically, for example "Stacey Campfield is a horse's ass," or "The representative from District 18 has his head jammed up his ass." Those uses of the word "ass" would be considered vulgar. However, ass can be used in polite speech when referring to a Democrat, or other jackasses, such as donkeys, for example, "And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith." Judges 15:15.

So, now we have to determine which type of ass asinine refers to. Is it the animal, or the anatomy.

Apparently, Stacey feels it refers to him anatomically, which gives us an idea of his self image.

Now, to be fair to Stacey, we have to point out that there are many words in the English language that can be fair or foul, depending on the context.

• Cock
  
• Ball
  
• Prick
  
• Pussy
  
• Booby
  
• Knockers
  
• Major league Yabos

Ok, that last one might not be so ambiguous, but the others are certainly context sensitive. All this ambiguity must be very confusing to a guy like Campfield, who sees the world through binary goggles. So we do need to cut him a little slack on the whole asinine thing. After all, if it looks like an ass, and sounds like an ass, it just might be an ass.

Or a representative.

Posted by Rich at January 28, 2008 12:06 AM | TrackBack