UPDATED: The first "Who Said It?" of 2013
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UPDATED: The first "Who Said It?" of 2013
Who said this?
We are just three days into the new year and we have a strong contender for Dunce of the Year. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) has done the impossible — making the NCAA a sympathetic figure and deepening the horror of the Penn State child-rape scandal. Corbett is suing the NCAA because the penalties imposed on Penn State, which the university accepted in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child-molestation scandal, are too “harsh.” No, seriously.
The answer may actually surprise you, for a change.
UPDATE: Normally unhinged (hey, I can identify) conservative Jennifer Rubin of the Washington Post said it.
My new favorite local conservative, Christopher Freind, added this today:
Now let’s get serious and look at the real reasons behind Corbett’s newfound love of Penn State. While he is now busy acting like its savior, let us not forget his grandstanding, doing his best impression of a Roman Emperor wanting to raze Penn State and sow its fields with salt, just like Carthage. Has Corbett finally realized he is about to become the first governor to lose a second term? He is already one of the nation’s least popular governors, and, with the exception of demagoguing on Penn State (when convenient), is spotted in public less than Bigfoot. Now, he is at the point in politics where they separate the men from the boys, and he is frantically reaching for something with wide appeal. Suing the NCAA won’t help Corbett, even if his lawsuit is successful, as Pennsylvanians see right through his ploy. Many view him as part of the process which went overboard in destroying Penn State’s reputation and giving Joe Paterno a premature death. And even more think he deliberately understaffed the Sandusky investigation - leaving children to potentially suffer at Sandusky’s hands - so that he wouldn’t alienate Penn State alumni while running for governor. Corbett’s blatant pandering has only furthered the resolve of so many to end his tenure with a resounding sack.
I think of this more as the political equivalent of a "Hail Mary" pass to save his sinking administration. And it's easily batted away in the end zone. Have a great weekend -- see you Sunday.
Notice Corbett never even mentioned the victims...— wokmaster- Those victins would be kids, the same kind of people that Corbett feels it's not worth spending money to educate.
This guy has got to go.— carl and sons - Especially tone-deaf considering his case for harm caused by the NCAA involves the impact on the community.
- This was clumsy, stupid, and inept. This is about 2014.It guarantees Sandusky will be his Legacy. This will not rally the Penn State Alumni. It will remind them, every day, how incompetent or worse he was as Attorney General, and how inept he is as Governor.— LastRights
- Remember, Will Buch was the "journolist" who thought Penn State should be disbanded as a school. What a loon.— CD75
- HuffPo is highlighting an article today that theorizes how Obama can sidestep Congress's refusal to raise the debt ceiling. He's already authorized by law to issue platinum coins from US platinum reserves as legal tender, under an obscure law intended for commemorative coin collectors. He could mint these coins in any denomination, and mint enough to deposit with the Fed to raise the necessary borrowing authority, dollar for dollar. Imagine Glenn Beck's head exploding.
- Oh they are too harsh? So the Governor's office has quantified the systematic se2ual abuse of young boys, and the cover-up? So what would that amount be? CD75 once again with the stunning reading comprehension. I believe the insinuation was that a concentration of power in one location leads to corruption. The notion wasn't to disband PSU (lol), but rather to place more power and resources in the satellite campuses -- making Happy Valley less corrupt -- as it stands.— Murrayman
- " Imagine Glenn Beck's head exploding" No need to imagine - you think his head hasn't exploded? Oh you mean literally - like his cranium blows apart? Be assured that he has seen and felt the white light and heat that comes with a total break.— Murrayman
- I still believe that this is the act of a craven and desperate political hack, but Charlie Pierce has an interesting take on it:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/tom-corbett-lawsuit-penn-state-010213— Zak44 - Thanks for that and same to Monti for the other link.
Top comment on the Esquire article:
"If the entirety of the NCAA would be in the courtroom with Corbett, I'd root for an asteroid strike."
Made me laugh out loud.— wokmaster - Hey, it's Friday and I have 23.00 less in my paycheck. How's everybody else doing?— jmc
- I'm doing fine, thanks. — wokmaster
- I'm sure it's a big joke to you, because your thinking since I differ politically from you, I'm obviously a "fat cat" with money to burn. Not the case. I am part of the middle class that Dear Leader was supposed to care so much about. Now I have about 1200 dollars a year less to spend on my family. You know, extravagances like food, and clothing, medical, and education for my daughter.
Oh, I'm sorry, I just forgot that liberals have a special calling to change the world. I guess my problems are all just an unfortunate circumstance on the road to utopia. I feel so much better about it.— jmc - Wow! You're middle class and vote Republican? Sorry to hear you vote against your own self-interests.
FYI - Obama originally pushed to extend the "payroll tax holiday". Boehner and his House cronies would have none of it - unless Obama dropped his demand that the tax rate for the top 2% stayed at 35%. Obama didn't push for it after that. Maybe he should have.
The tax policy in this country, over the last 12 years, has been asymmetrical. It's unsustainable. Sorry, I just have a hard time feeling bad for conservatives who complain about what's happening to the middle class.— wokmaster - Excuse me. Unless Obama dropped his demand that tax rates returned to 39.5% on the top 2%. — wokmaster
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