Just when you thought everyone had dropped the “droopy drawers” bill, somebody picks it up again, waves it, and we plunge back into a paroxysm of petty partisanship.
Barnie Day told the true story of this bill some time ago: a well-meaning Delegate offered a ill-advised bill, a colleague castigated him, and a chain of events was set in motion that had a majority vote for the bill as a protest against the castigation. This wasn’t an issue of partisanship. It was an issue of collegiality.
Apparently a recent editorial on Texas cheerleaders (don’t ask) in the Richmond Times-Dispatch ended by essentially laying the blame for the “droopy drawers” bill on Democrats. Knowing the truth of the matter, that was a cheap shot. Well, let no cheap shot go unanswered.
Today the Richmond Times-Dispatch “Correspondent of the Day” is former Delegate Chip Woodrum, also privy to the real story of the bill. Does Woodrum decry the misrepresentation of the bill as a partisan matter? No, his “na na na booboo” letter advises the “too tight bow tie” editorial staff that a majority of Democrats voted against the bill, while a majority of Republicans voted for it.
I’m glad each side has fired its broadside so we can go back to the important issues, like Accent-gate.
