The Tennessee Liberal

Monday, September 12, 2005

Curtis Adams: Chattanooga's Ron Burgundy?

In the midst of a TFP story recapping the County Commission's interviews of potential school board members to replace Charles Love, there is a quote so deeply disturbing to me, I have trouble putting it in words.

Longtime Republican Commissioner Curtis Adams, who is a damnable buffoon, had this to say about the candidate who expressed her opposition to the recent property tax increase:

"She's a classy looking lady, and she talks good," Mr. Adams said. "I think with her management experience at Erlanger, she would rule out the other (candidates)."

Yes you read that right. But here it is again, in case you missed it:

"She's a classy looking lady, and she talks good," Mr. Adams said.

I don't know what on Earth Curtis was thinking when he said that, but he found a way not just to say something patently offensive but also to sound like an uneducated fool in the process.

If this whole thing doesn't come out looking like an ad for John Bailes, then I don't know what will.

At least we know Curtis' new campaign slogan: "Stay classy, East Ridge!"

# posted by TL @ 10:16 AM - Comment (2)

Comments:

I only disagree with one thing. You term Adams as a "longtime Republican" and I'm guessing you meant that he's a longtime Commissioner who is, as of very recently, a Republican. Most of his tenure has been as a Democrat.

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Anonymous : 2:56 PM

It's my tongue in cheek way of noting that he had long ago abandoned Democrats in Hamilton County in favor of political expediency - long before he made he much publicized party switch.

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