Yesterday I forgot to read Chuck Norris’ weekly column, and it is definitely worth reading. Part of his discussion is about the attacks on Mike Huckabee as his poll numbers rise. He closes with quotes from Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, and Teddy Roosevelt:

And what of Mike’s critics? Benjamin Franklin said long ago, “Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain, and most fools do.” Albert Einstein cranked it up a notch by summarizing, “Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

But I believe our 26th president, Teddy Roosevelt (1901-1909), addressed their minutiae-munching mentalities best when he said

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Read the entire article HERE.

Janet Folger’s column came out today. It includes an interesting cast of characters this week:  Queen of Slaughter, Prince Slay-’Em, the Sheriff of Floppingham, Friar Mike, Sir Chuck of Norris, and Don-of-the-Wild.  You have to read this one, HERE.

Happy Tuesday everybody …

Kerry