Mr. Conservative meets a Liberal Lubbockian
Recently, the A-J, via LubbockOnline, began hosting a political blog called Mr. Conservative, written by Dr. Donald May. I was quite frustrated when this blog launched, because it was the only non-staff blog at LubbockOnline and Dr. May is a staunch Republican. (And his letters to the editor are some of my least favorite of all time.)
Well, it turns out that the LubbockOnline folks were planning a political blog to balance Mr. Conservative, and it launched today. Lubbock, meet Freda McVay, a Liberal Lubbockian**.
I’ve known Freda for a few years now, and she’s great. She speaks well, writes well, and has done a lot of good for our community. She also did her part as a candidate against Mr. Carl Isett a few years ago.
I can’t wait to read more blog posts from her, and I relish the chance to do a side-by-side comparison of her blog with Dr. May’s blog.
** Yes, I know we’re “Lubbockites” here. After reading the first post, you’ll realize, as I did, that the title is meant as a Molly Ivins tribute. RIP, Molly.
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November 14th, 2007 at 7:17 am
I reviewed BOTH blogs where your links led(AJ doesn’t even list them as of yesterday) and I know Freda from her campaign that I volunteered in a few years ago(state rep). I was shocked that a member of the City of Lubbock Board of Health would be calling himself Mr.Conservative(Barry Goldwater was Mr.Conservative) when Mr.May has NEVER been active in Republican Party or conservative caucus. I’m a republican precinct chair that is changinging parties due to “right-wing” leaning of Lubbock Republican Party. Mr.May is also a groupie with Stephen Beasley and Terry Greenburg at AJ and they are both KNOWN “right wingers”. Conservative is NOT a “big government” promoter and Mr.May has “big government” written all over his bald head. Mr.May is a “David Miller” conservative and we all know the popularity of that type conservative.
November 14th, 2007 at 8:40 am
In the “About Me” section of Dr. May’s blog, he claims to have been a 2-time delegate to the Republican Party State Convention. That is more than enough to qualify him as a Republican Party operative in my mind.
I think the A-J lists Freda’s blog in an announcement today, but they still don’t have permanent links from their blog index. I’m sure they are on the way.