I say this every time I mention his name, but to be clear, I’m pro-Houston Nutt. What I don’t like are some of his followers. I see similarities with Houston and our lame-duck president. They both enjoyed wide popularity for a time but that has steadily waned. Bush won both his elections and should be on top of his political game. Houston just came off of one of the most successful seasons of his career. Both seem to have a need to keep secrets – secrets that they are not necessarily entitled to keep. Bush didn’t want to release emails of discussions of firing US prosecutors – but failed. Nutt has transferred his phone records to the U of A Foundation to keep the citizens of this state from seeing how one of their employees is spending their money ( on phone calls at least) I hear you can even get a free personal phone with a 2 year contract – but what do I know? Bush surrounds himself with people willing to do anything to help him get his way. Loyal Bushies, like our short-term US Attorney, Timmy the Unconfirmed. Nutt has a gaggle of laywers, PR types, an athletic director, and loyal friends who seem way too eager to protect him even if he doesn’t really need protecting. I say this because I don’t think he has done anything wrong, certainly nothing to cause him to lose his job. Similarly, Bush had every right to fire some US attorneys. Its always the cover-up that gets you. In both cases – I don’t think there was much that needed to be covered up. Nutt can call anyone he wants, anytime for all I care – even on a state phone. But, once our Attorney General opens his weasel-like mouth he can’t seem to tell the truth. He claimed not to be heavily involved in the attorney firings. Why did he say it? Because they wanted to keep their little plan secret and avoid admitting the firings were political. Then they got stupid and threw in the excuse they were fired for job performance. Nutt has his lawyer threaten a fan for merely requesting FOI and sharing it with the board of trustees. Reminds me of a call Bud Cummins got strongly discouraging from voluntarily testifying before congress. In both cases — the cover up draws far more negative publicity than the underlying issue ever would have. I think Bush needs a newAttorney General and a new chief political advisor. Likewise, maybe Nutt just needs a new PR person and a new lawyer — ones who can understand that the cover up IS the story and whether true or not – people know where there is smoke there is fire.

In the extended entry I have cut and paste more than you will want to read about this entire affair. But I shouldn’t use that word because I might get sued…….

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