Endgame Viable

In an effort to get back “on topic,” I offer my 2 cents on Rep. Virgil Goode: I think he’s entitled to his opinion, and I don’t think his opposition to Rep. Keith Ellison swearing on a Koran is grounds for censure. I just think it makes him (Goode) stubborn and wrong. But he’s not my representative so it doesn’t really matter to me. (I’ve got enough problems with Eric Cantor to worry about Virgil Goode, too!)

Given that Goode is supposed to represent the people of the 5th District of Virginia, and that district looks to be largely populated with rural Baptists who probably also oppose swearing on the Koran, it probably makes him as good of a representative as anyone else. Islamaphobia doesn’t necessarily make him wrong for the job. It just makes him look like a fool, like so many Congressmen have done before him.

I wouldn’t send him on any diplomatic missions to the Middle East anytime soon, though. :)

(Edited to correct some bad grammar.)

Thomas Krehbiel writes The Krehbiel Strikes Back, a moderate commentary on news, media, politics, and culture.