MAILBAG - March 13, 2008

The audacity of Cook

Oh my! Debbie Cook.

Her candor is all at once alarming and disarming. Her frankness edgy and innocent. She does not suffer fools and foolishness well. She is not yet the seasoned, polished politician we’ve all come to know (and loath) from both sides of the aisle.

Perhaps she is simply genuine. So rare a commodity in politics anymore that we are taken aback when confronted by it. Made me a bit uneasy. My trust level is a bit low of late.

Candid, frank, intelligent, genuine. I think I can live with all of those when compared to their opposites.

MERLE MOSHIRI

Huntington Beach