Campfield had a minor blogswarm awhile back for some rather stupid comments on his blog. I guess he needed to make some more news. Now he wants to collect information on those who choose to have an abortion by having the state require death certificates for the aborted fetus. Somehow I do not think Campfield is a rising star of the GOP.
Tennessee would collect death certificates for aborted fetuses under a bill introduced in the General Assembly.
Rep. Stacey Campfield said his bill would provide a way to track how many abortions are performed in Tennessee. The measure would also likely create public records on which women are having abortions.
“All these people who say they are pro-life — at least we would see how many lives are being ended out there by abortions,” said Campfield, R-Knoxville.
He seems nervous to me. He tries, very hard I think, to connect with his audience in the room. Acknowledges the audience around the world. I can’t help it. I feel sorry for him. He knows – you can see it in his eyes. He knows we all want to like our president, trust him - and we just can’t, we can’t even give him the benefit of the doubt. We want to be able to, we really, really do. We want him to succeed, for our country, for the world. We want to be proud of him, give him the energy of the people to help him succeed. And we can’t.
He laughs nervously. His many tics and gestures are telling. He looks down to check his feelings a lot. He wants us to like him, appreciate the sacrifice he has made. He knows he has used it all up, his charm, his down home quality, his name, our honor - respect for the man.
He stammers and stutters his answers. He wants us all to understand that which he cannot explain. He looks down again - for a moment it all seems to make sense. Again he looks down, and then continues and makes that clear moment muddy once more.
“Thank you all for coming. I enjoyed it,” he says, and walks out of the room.
We watch the grey headed man leave and wish we could cheer him on. A tragic historical figure, a tragic presidency. The press conference ends.
