tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post1173712365297439530..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Rowland The Tar BabyDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-57921842176980634122014-07-11T05:01:15.673-04:002014-07-11T05:01:15.673-04:00John Rowland should be a poster boy for every RINO...John Rowland should be a poster boy for every RINO in the country, and sadly, that's most Republicans, at least for the mment. He threw away a promising future for a hot tub and a few 2X4s. He was on the wrong side of the Gun Debatein 2012 and 2013 and used his position on the air to stack the deck on that issue when it was being talked about on his show. He bears every clinical description of being a pathological liar and his questionable past regarding his own misogyny and domestic violence is not the mark of an honorable man. Everyone - most, anyway, deserve a second chance. Rowland proved he couldn't handle that, either. On the legal charges, innocent until proven guilty. On the moral charges, guilty as sin.John Puzzonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-30905008850343308142014-04-02T08:57:44.010-04:002014-04-02T08:57:44.010-04:00Not that we're just discovering it now, but it...Not that we're just discovering it now, but it's clear that John Rowland is a dope. <br /><br />But, the crime he may have committed, not reporting his paid affiliation with a particular political campaign, is artificial, if not entirely phony. Who did he injure? It's not as if he is a public officer who while owing a fiduciary duty deliberately deceived the citizenry about health insurance, deliberately set about destroying the market for same in order to set the stage for a complete government takeover (that is as yet politically unpopular). It's not as if he took taxpayer money, and gave it to a hedge fund or a sports media company. It's not as if he took money from public sector employees , and then negotiated a contract with them.<br />----<br />Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday.<br /><br />"He was not serving the public office, but he had the interesting position of trying to impact and influence political discourse on an afternoon radio show. That somebody would violate that trust as well is disturbing," Malloy said in response to reporters' questions.peter brushnoreply@blogger.com