tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post7777397100044925686..comments2023-12-14T21:13:46.857-06:00Comments on Tom Roeser's Blog: Late News Flash: Hillary May Not Be a Slam Dunk!Jake Parrillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11195261008177966339noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3709087743016851805.post-81815328119695692006-02-14T03:18:58.000-06:002006-02-14T03:18:58.000-06:00TomThank you for your tribute to our favorite Illi...Tom<br>Thank you for your tribute to our favorite Illinois son Henry Hyde.The picture is great. I attended the IRP dinner on Monday where HH was honored by Speaker Hastert. This tribute helped raise over 1mil for our party.His 40 years of public service are truly a model of public service being a noble profession..something Henry espouses AND lives. His ability to use cerebral,cogent sparring to adjust an adversary"s opinion was trumpeted in a video visit by his Capitol Hill colleagues.I am saddened that his service is nearing an end,but so proud of his landmark accomplishments,ie the HYDE amendment that endures despite the raucous antilife calls from the extremists. Henry stood tall during the impeachment hearings,the media certainly did everything to personally rebuke him, but to those of us in the rank and file grass roots we will always cherish his valor under the most unbecoming "friendly" fire he has experienced from the left. I have always believed that the fiery rhetoric used in the past against Henry was actually a measurement of how inadequate the enemy felt in Henry's calm persistance of truth and moral certainty.Long ago I adopted Confressman Hyde as MY congressman. I am a carpetbagger constituent, I guess as Mr. Rush (my congressman by zip code)does not match my ideal of a congressman. So Henry My wish "May the road rise up to meet you,...and may God hold you in the palm of his hand. MTMmaureen murphynoreply@blogger.com