And There Goes Ridge
by ChrisNovember 30th, 2004 9:59 pm
At the time of his appointment, I really couldn’t think of a less inspired choice to be the first head of homeland security than Tom Ridge. At the time he was my governor, and suffered the awful malady of so many Pennsylvania politicians, in that he was more than content to preside over the slow death of his commonwealth. He brought little or nothing in the way of creative thought to his job as Pennsylvania’s Governor, and took great pride in his small solutions for a commonwealth that is in very desperate need of broad, daring, politically dangerous strokes. Such is the nature of Ridge. Such is the nature of my commonwealth. I’m quite sure he brought that same lack of vision and that same unwillingness to make tough choices to the Department of Homeland Security.
Goodbye and good riddance.
