"Hear ye, hear ye. Today, I, William J. S. Zuill, Editor of The Royal Gazette, do proclaim that June 7th, 2006 be David Burch Day. O yea, o yea, o yeah."
Or something like that, pardon the butchering of Town Crier-ese.
The political neutron bomb that is PLP Sen. Burch achieved a rare feat today, 3 front page lede stories...covering a range of offensive offenses:
1) the attacks on the selectors of the new Regiment Commanding Officer
2) the attacks on the auditor
3) the Broadcast Commission's ruling on the "House N**gers" attack
Well done. That's hard to duplicate.
I must say that when I heard last night that the Broadcast Commission had ruled against Sen. Burch's "House N**ger" slur I thought I'd be eating crow after ruling any rebuke out.
But it was a pretty mild rebuke so the jury is still out. I'll start marinating the crow, but it's too early to start cooking it.
The ruling that Sen. Burch violated the 'spirit' of the Broadcast Act rather than the act itself, seems to be the laying of the ground work for letting him off the hook. I hope to be proven wrong.
And who's writing the press releases lately for these commissions, or did the Broadcast Commission decide to emulate the Human Rights Commission and have a go at Pat Gordon-Pamplin?
Both commissions couldn't bring themselves to deal solely with the offense itself, but decided to cast aspersions on the complainant(s) as a way to provide some political cover for the rabid Senator.
The ball should be over to Alex Scott now. Surely he's got to know that Sen. Burch is a loose cannon, a disgrace and a liability. So why's he keeping him in Cabinet?
Lack of better options, which is a pretty sad indictment, or is he necessary to hold together his fragile governing coalition?
Posted by Christian S. Dunleavy