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End of the line for Brad Miller

Democrat Brad Miller pretty much has been redistricted out of his congressional seat and won't seek re-election.

In my opinion, Miller has been a good congressman and has consistently pushed for reasonable and necessary consumer protections.

But there is a touch of irony and poetic justice to his demise. He was a primary architect of the 13th District, which meandered from Raleigh down to Guilford. Then conveniently chose to run for the seat.

When the News & Record pointed out the self-serving district and complained that it gave short shrift to folks around here, Miller fumed and even threatened to take legal action.

We told him to bring it on. He didn't, probably because he didn't have a case.

Again, once he got into office, he served well. Now he's getting a taste of his own medicine.

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Posted by Allen Johnson on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at 9:15 am

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terrier2003

January 26, 2012 - 9:58 am EST

Do unto others, right?

Sawdust

January 27, 2012 - 7:11 am EST

Good riddance. I just need to make sure to drop my burnt-out CFL bulbs off at his office before he leaves. Let him dispose of them properly, since he voted for them.

brian444

January 26, 2012 - 10:05 am EST

Just a "touch" of poetic justice? How about a Five-Finger Death Touch of it, like in "Kill Bill"?

Would that all gerrymandering rabble meet the same fate.

retiree

January 26, 2012 - 10:14 am EST

Glad he is gone . . .was a liberal at heart and never had the support of any conservatives. He rails agains the new districts, but his old district was OK? Hyporcite if you ask me. The next in line to bite the dust at the state level is Pricey Harrison.

Christopher Rees

January 26, 2012 - 6:46 pm EST

As they say in North Carolina, what goes around comes around. I had not known that he had threatened you, but that just confirms my theory that liberals are all closet fascists. The freedom of the Fourth Estate is sacrosanct in my opinion. To cite an opinion that carries more weight, Tom Stoppard once said that, in his opinion, so long as there exists a free press everything else is rectifiable. Quite.
By the way Allen, I want to alter my "handle" in this forum after an unusually acerbic exchange with a particularly unhinged liberal (please forgive me). But the mechanism for creating an account will not let me do it.
And I'll bet you get very few people contacting you on your private link... because it's impossible to do so!
At least on my computer..... Regards.

Panacea

January 26, 2012 - 7:01 pm EST

Which thread? You got my curiosity up to what was actually said.

Mark

January 26, 2012 - 11:19 pm EST

I wouldn't count on it being the "end of the line" for Brad Miller. Liberals of his ilk have a tendency to keep showing up in some make-work six figure job in government like a bad penny. One example would be defeated Congressman Bob "Who are you?!" Etheridge, who, not a week after he was defeated in 2010, received an appointment from from soon-to-be former Gov. Dumplin' to a no-show job in Raleigh that paid him over 100 large/year for doling out stimulus funds.

Don't these guys ever work in the private sector?

Allen Johnson

January 27, 2012 - 9:08 am EST

You aren't suggesting that only "liberals" take that path, are you?

rooster8786

January 27, 2012 - 10:24 am EST

No, it's not just liberals who do this, but the degree of unqualified liberals getting high paying jobs, just out of office, is laughable...

Allen Johnson

January 27, 2012 - 10:47 am EST

Versus, say, a guy like former FEMA Director Mike Brown.

rooster8786

January 27, 2012 - 12:17 pm EST

What, that he wrote a book about his Katrina experiences, or became a radio host, on a small AM station in Colorado?

retiree

January 27, 2012 - 3:51 pm EST

In my experience liberals tend to be supportive of government and more and more services, more taxes, etc, so their natural inclination is to serve in government as well. School systems, social service agancies, public health and mental health agencies, all tend to have employees who are supportive of their issues yet those in police, fire, water & sewer services, road maintenance, etc, tend to not be as liberal. Of course, this is my own views of having worked in both the public and private sector.

Allen Johnson

January 27, 2012 - 4:21 pm EST

And you base those sweeping generalizations on what facts?

Mark

January 28, 2012 - 12:14 am EST

You will find that many liberals who are bounced out of office by the electorate, or are redistricted out of office by the GOP (the Democrats gerrymander too, Allen), don't move back home to seek work in the private sector. It makes sense, as liberals truly believe that more government is the answer to all our problems. If they don't get appointed to some government position, they'll work as a lobbyist for some left wing organization, or get hired by some liberal think tank like the Brookings Institution. Dan Glickman, Leon Panetta, Bob Etheridge, Hillary Clinton are just a few examples. I look for Brad Miller to do the same.