Know Lamar Alexander?

What is the difference between Senator Lamar Alexander and a skunk? A skunk always shows his stripes. Lamar Alexander hides his at election time. In Alexander's campaign ads, Fred Thompson brags how Alexander balanced Tennessee's budget eight times as Governor. Big deal, so has every other Tennessee governor because a balanced budget is mandated by Tennessee's State Constitution. The same ad puffs that Alexander brought the automotive industry to Tennessee. That must have been a surprise to the Ford glass people who had come here long before Alexander played the "rent-seeking" game with Nissan. Thompson must never have heard that they were making Marathon automobiles in Nashville before the First World War either. Mike Huckabee also endorses "conservative" Lamar Alexander in an ad. Huckabee should remain forever notorious for granting clemency to Maurice Clemmons, who left Arkansas to slaughter four police in Washington State. If you live in Tennessee and want an establishment US senator who can work with Barack Hussein Obama, then Lamar Alexander is your man. If you want a Senator who will try to thwart Obama, your vote should go to Joe Carr.