Indiana

DID ACKLES JUMP OR WAS HE PUSHED?

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

You know by now that Marion County Coroner Ken Ackles has withdrawn his name from the race for coroner.  For those of you think Ackles is falling on his sword for the good of the party, you need to think again.  If anything, he got pushed on his sword about five or six times just to make sure he was politically dead.

From what I’ve been able to gather over the past few days, Democrats have been “urging” Ackles to get out of the race and they finally forced him out.  The coroner’s office has been nothing but an embarrassment for them since Ackles took over and the latest news is that he failed to pass mandatory state training, but still managed to garner a nice fat paycheck.

My Marion County Democratic friends and I may not agree on much, but it’s good to know they understand that self-preservation is the first law of politics.

Smart move guys.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on February 22, 2008 (boomark / email).