For those that don’t know, I’ve followed the AJC’s political commentary for quite a while. Indeed, I’ve long looked up to the way Jim Wooten operated. Over the years, I began agreeing with him politically less and less, as I became more libertarian to his social conservatism, but I have long admired him and literally cried the day I heard he was retiring. Long before I really started getting involved in politics, Jim Wooten was there emailing me back and forth on occassion and encouraging me in my efforts at the time – even going so far as to mention me in his first blog of 2007.
That said, Mr. Wooten truly is, sadly, retiring, and a new guy has already started in his place: Kyle Wingfield.
In today’s column, Kyle comments on the recent youtube video of John Oxendine using his literally hours old baby for political gain. However, he also makes some really good comments about transparency and the private lives of politicians in general, which I’ve highlighted below the fold.
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