What happens when fear takes over? If you're trained to control fear, make it your ally and use it to your advantage, it can be a good thing. A little fear of the Creator is certainly a good thing - we need to remember that He is God and we're not. But without training, fear can make us do some crazy things.
Steve Burrage apparently experienced a little fear after seeing that he was losing in recent polling and what was his response to Gary Jones? A typical negative attack ad that tells us a lot about whether or not he is "political" or not.
Burrage was appointed by Governor Henry to fill the Democratic statewide office vacated by former State Auditor Jeff McMahan - who is now dealing with much bigger issues than he was as Auditor and that is largely thanks to the work of the man who desires to replace the Henry appointee. Gary Jones has been tenacious and that is really the kind of person we want as auditor and inspector. Jones has the respect of many Blue Dog Democrats across the state and that probably scares the crap out of Burrage. And his response to the fear and losing in the polls shows that he is not the outsider he has tried to portray himself as and accuse Gary of being.
Gary is a good guy and he is more than qualified for the job he seeks. He has private sector experience and he has a good relationship with people from both sides of the aisle.
When fear takes over, we can do some stupid things. In my opinion, Burrage has proven my point.
