My clock radio is set to wake us up to WWJ Newsradio 95 every morning. This does not tempt us to fall back asleep. Not a lot of fluff and feel good stories at 5:30am. This was especially the case on Thursday, January 28, when I heard that Geoffrey Fieger was considering a run for Governor of the State of Michigan. There were a few sound bites from Geoff in which he trivialized every Republican candidate. It appears that hyperbole is not just for tort reformers.
I have never been a big fan of Mr. Fieger's. I am sure my opinion, if he learned of it, and if he even knew who I am, would cost Geoff no sleep at night.
Frankly the theme of this post was to be Geoff's potential as a candidate for Governor. Unfortunately, I could not locate those WWJ sound bites again, and I couldn't find anything on the story during a short tour of the internet. However, I did find Geoff Fieger's blog, FiegerTime. I was prepared to hate it. Blogs are the perfect medium for ill-informed rants (present blog excepted, of course). What better vehicle for Geoff Fieger.
However, the blog is not bad. I think he writes it himself: "....corporations have gotten pro-business judges elected in numerous States". (have gotten? not the greatest wording, but a nice, common touch). I find a I agree with a lot of what Mr. Fieger says, for instance:
"I don’t care if we elect a Republican or a Democrat so long as they are not insane. By that, I mean insane as defined by doing the same things and expecting different results. The next Governor of Michigan will have to be Roosevelt (Teddy AND Franklin) – someone who can break up the corporate stranglehold on government and really represent the interests of working families."
Now, that I like. And, Geoff's bio lists his favorite quote, which sounds like the battle cry of tort reformers everywhere:
I'll list FiegerTime on my blogroll next time I update it.
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