Do not exhibit your sore finger; for all to strike upon, and do not complain of it, for malice always pounds where it hurts the most.  No use to get angry, for this will only add to the general amusement; evil intent goes sneaking around to uncover the infirmity, and prods about to discover where suffering is greatest, in a thousand different ways, until it hits the spot. …  Gracian #145 (Fischer translation)

George Rebane

Just got back from travel, and after we unloaded the truck I fired up the ol’ laptop to check my emails.  Our ‘designated reader’ (a dirty job, but someone has to do it) emailed again the latest blog post by the Former Union Editor who has recently been all over CABPRO like ugly on a bear’s ass.  His latest gleeful message excoriates Russ Steele, Todd Juvinall, and me for not hanging out CABPRO’s current internal machinations for all to see.  All of us have been or are CABPRO members who support the work of the organization, and we see no reason to advertise the internal dust-up going on in this private advocacy group.  (Jo Ann and I are members, and I am a former board member of the organization.  Jo Ann’s cited piece in the CABPRO newsletter was picked up from the NC Republican Women Federated newsletter.  Jo Ann is a board member and an officer of the NCRWF.)

As they evolve, such problems occur in almost all organizations as longstanding as CABPRO, and there is no legal or ethical reason why these must be made public.  The organization’s supportive members always want these matters to be handled internally and discreetly, and get their group flying hot, true, and normal again as soon as possible. Therefore we let others, those who work counter to the organization, carry that water – a job which they will inevitably and happily always seek to do.  FUE is just sailing under his true colors.

[update]  Apologies to Todd Juvinall, fellow blogger and arguably the founder of CABPRO, who has some important history on the organization that I failed to pick up before posting this piece.  You can access it here.