The Children Have Lost It

The <acronym title="Montana Legislators">children</acronym> are <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.net/articles/2007/04/26/news/state/20-lange_v.txt">out of control this time</a>. Mainly one individual who used an obscenity laden tirade yesterday in the Republican party caucus. The only reason I say children is that there was quite a bit of applause from those present over his words. I guess something better to say would be the Republican children are out of control.<br />n<br />nNow I don't know everything that went on in the meeting between <a href="http://governor.mt.gov/governor/govbio.asp">Gov. Brian Schweitzer</a> and House Majority Leader Michael Lange and it doesn't matter. This kind of name calling and obscenity is not necessary in our Legislature and in our State. I made a call for civility and <a href="http://nowherethoughts.net/sarpysam/index.php?url=archives/2359-Name-Calling.html&serendipity%5Bcsuccess%5D=true">no name calling many moons ago</a> and I stand by it. Michael Lange was in the wrong, period, no questions asked. The Governor response to all of this was great. As much as I don't like the man, he took the high road calling Lange "a perfect gentleman." After his tirade I wouldn't have been as generous but that's the sign of a good politician.<br />n<br />nCommon courtesy and decency are obviously a dying commodity. What I can't figure out is how the party of "family values" thinks such profanity and vitriol upholds their party standards? They think such profanity is the example they want to set to school children across the state? How hypocritical.<br />n<br />n<strong>One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate. Rocco Buttiglione </strong>