Comments on Advance Indiana™: Former U.S. Rep. Andy Jacobs Dies At 81

It's true that Jacobs did not raise very much ...

2013-12-29T18:10:48.501-05:00

It's true that Jacobs did not raise very much money in his later years in Congress, but it's not true that he refused to accept campaign contributions altogether. You have to remember that his father, Andy Jacobs, Sr., had been elected as prosecutor and as a member of Congress before Jacobs made his first run for office. His name was already universally known when he started his political career. He raised what he felt he needed to get through the election. In most of his elections he never had a serious political opponent. He barely won re-election in 1994, his last election, against an opponent who raised and spent very little money.

Jacobs may not have gotten his name on many bills,...

2013-12-29T11:07:59.429-05:00

Jacobs may not have gotten his name on many bills, but how about some props to him for refusing to take any campaign donations? Not just from PACs, but from anyone. So like his congressional record or not, at least you knew you were getting his own opinions and not those of the guy who wrote him the biggest check!

I would have respected his explanation regarding h...

2013-12-29T09:37:23.715-05:00

I would have respected his explanation regarding his opposition to the first Gulf War if he had explained it in terms of the fact that Saddam Hussein had been put in power by our own CIA and given chemical weapons by our country to use in Iraq's war with Iran, or the fact that Bush's ambassador to Iraq, April Gillespie, told him to go ahead and invade Kuwait, which had been stealing oil from Iraq by slant drilling, or even that the emir of Kuwait was also a stooge working for our CIA. Instead, he couched his explanation with simpleton, anti-Muslim rhetoric, which was ironic given his support of Andre Carson, who is Muslim. His anti-gay rhetoric, to me, reflected the rantings of a man hiding something about himself, not words of concern for the well-being of the military.

That vignette of Jacobs actually makes me have som...

2013-12-29T09:20:33.766-05:00

That vignette of Jacobs actually makes me have some respect for the guy.

Our participation in either Gulf War was dead wrong, and the homosexual agenda is an evil that is doing tremendous harm to this country.

Paul, I remember the first time I heard Jacobs spe...

2013-12-28T21:48:14.237-05:00

Paul, I remember the first time I heard Jacobs speak in person was when I was in law school. It was about the time the first Gulf War was taking place and he went on a tirade against helping restore a Muslim oil shiek to power in Kuwait so he could resume the enjoyment of his harem of multiple wives. A gay Democratic law student then asked him his position on gay rights and he went on a tirade against gays, saying he couldn't possibly relate to their deviant lifestyle and, as a veteran, would not stand for allowing them to serve in the military. The student who asked him the question was clearly taken aback by the response and kept waving him off to try to keep him from saying anything worse then he had already said. The funny thing was that there were rumors about a torrid homosexual relationship he had with a deputy sheriff in the Marion County Sheriff's office back in the 1950s. I had my hand up for a long time trying to ask him a question. Before he finished taking questions, he said he would take one more question and not from the guy wearing suspenders, who he described as someone who thinks their question is more important than anyone else. Mind you, I had never met the guy before. I walked up to him afterwards and told him what an ass I thought he made of himself and it was a shame that someone of his small intellect could get elected to Congress. He looked at me like he was going to punch me and then turned and walked away.

Thanks for the correction.

2013-12-28T21:26:12.899-05:00

Thanks for the correction.

I know you're not supposed to speak ill of the...

2013-12-28T21:20:12.495-05:00

I know you're not supposed to speak ill of the dead, but this line is 100% true:

"Despite his long tenure in the House, he never accomplished much legislatively and was not widely respected by his colleagues, even if they enjoyed his humor."

Jacobs by all accounts was a great guy, but a great legislator he was not.

Kim Hood was an anchor at WTHR-13, NOT WRTV

2013-12-28T21:12:20.670-05:00

Kim Hood was an anchor at WTHR-13, NOT WRTV