"I am the senator.
You are the citizen.
You need to be quiet."
Although he disputes it, North Carolina state enator Tommy Tucker is reported to have uttered this rejoinder to a challenge from a local newspaper publisher.
There was a time when we thought our society was engaged in preserving a "government of the people, by the people, for the people." Perhaps that is still true, but it is disappointing to be confronted with the possibility that some of these "of the people" people no longer consider themselves just people.
Tommy Tucker . . . Confronts Publisher . . .