There Comes A Time - Berry Deserves to Lose It

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette editorial today: THERE COMES a time in certain elections not for endorsements but catharsis. Such as right now in the First Congressional District of Arkansas. By now Marion Berry and his tirades have become one inseparable embarrassment to the whole state. The man is a walking, talking bad temper. Just because Ol' Marion keeps getting re-elected doesn't mean Arkansas has to like it. What most repels about the Hon. Marion Berry (D), Hysterical, has less to do with his views than the way he presents them - inevitably in the coarsest, most tasteless way. We're talking about his regular little tantrums. ...

- One of these days the good people of the First District of Arkansas are going to get fed up with Marion Berry's mouthiness. One of these days they'll take a chance on a candidate they don't really know, .... We don't know what kind of congressman Stubby Stumbaugh would make, so we're not endorsing him, but we do know what kind the incumbent has made, and it hasn't been pretty. Does Mayor Stumbaugh deserve to win this election in the First District? We don't know. But we're sure Marion Berry richly deserves to lose it. Read Complete Editorial