[Speed Gibson,
Friday June 3, 2005 at 7:47am]
Do Democrats watch NASCAR?
U.S. Senator Bill Frist (allegedly the majority leader) was the honorary starter at last week's Coca-Cola 600, meaning he got to wave the green flag at the start.
Then I saw a Democrat I didn't recognize complaining on Chris Matthews' Hardball about it. After all, Frist is from Tennessee, not North Carolina where the race was held. With a record 22 cautions, I'd like to complain about that race, too, but I digress.
Twice during this brief segment, said Democrat tried to slip in the "fact" that Frist is an "extreme" partisan. Amazing as this claim is (we wish it were true), even more amazing was that Matthews cut him off in mid-sentence both times. Matthews, for once, kept the discussion on point, noting that the primary sponsor, Coca-Cola, not NASCAR, made that choice. He even jabbed at the Democrat, asking if there was a problem with American corporations making these kinds of choices.
The Democrat had the very good sense not to answer that one.
Then I saw a Democrat I didn't recognize complaining on Chris Matthews' Hardball about it. After all, Frist is from Tennessee, not North Carolina where the race was held. With a record 22 cautions, I'd like to complain about that race, too, but I digress.
Twice during this brief segment, said Democrat tried to slip in the "fact" that Frist is an "extreme" partisan. Amazing as this claim is (we wish it were true), even more amazing was that Matthews cut him off in mid-sentence both times. Matthews, for once, kept the discussion on point, noting that the primary sponsor, Coca-Cola, not NASCAR, made that choice. He even jabbed at the Democrat, asking if there was a problem with American corporations making these kinds of choices.
The Democrat had the very good sense not to answer that one.