From the Quill
Lloyd Gray of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal on the ascension of Gov. Mike Huckabee: “The former Arkansas governor - an ordained Baptist minister - has captured the fancy of religious conservatives not happy with any of the previously better known contenders. It’s primarily his cache’ with this group that has driven his rise, owing heavily to his unflinchingly anti-abortion and pro-traditional marriage positions.”
Wyatt Emmerich, publisher of The Northside Sun, on the Dickie Scruggs’ indictment: “Scruggs’ indictment is a real head scratcher. How could a smart man who has reportedly made a billion dollars in legal fees risk it all trying to bribe a local judge over a few measly millions?…If Scruggs is indeed worth a billion, as some experts conjecture, then the legal fee dispute involved no more than a few week’s interest on his billion.”
Charlie Mitchell, editor of The Vicksburg Post, is wondering the same thing: “Was it wealth that bred impatience? Is that the subtext on which a screenwriter will settle? Young lawyer. Zealous foe of corporate bigwigs. Gets rich, gets in a hurry, cuts a corner as he grows older and winds up facing prison, shamed for all time. Played by whom? Richard Gere? Tom Cruise?”