You had a reputation for being one of the 'good ones'....

He was the infantile putz who started the whole 'Freedom Fries' bullshit. Blithely dismissing two hundred thirty years of close alliance with France.

I know, I know, he tried to 'atone' for such ridiculously idiotic political squalor. But the best way to atone for something is not to do it in the first place.

It's easy in the political area to play to the cheap seats and the cheap people sitting in them. That's why so many politicians do it. The mark of an exceptional leader is not to engage in such odioous behavior.

it was RELATIVE....and indeed compared to the rest of the Republican ilck, that is true.

Jones infuriated me at the time of the FF nonsense. Could not stand him, and he got plenty of press. But he came around!

By 2005, and seeing the hell-scape of the Bush administration and two lost wars, he admitted he was wrong and then some. By 2005 he was up and out, publicly saying that Bush/Cheney had LIED, the intelligence had been cooked, thousands had died needlessly (and his district includes Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point MCAS), apologized for the "Freedom Fries" bit, and was a huge thorn in the side of Republicans for years because he supported Obamacare.

Jones did the Freedom Fries bullshit with another Republican - Robert W. Ney (R-Ohio), who went to prison for his connections to and his money-laundering with - Jack Abramoff. After prison he too he came out of the dark and into the light and became very critical of the GOP.

So on the one hand you are right - he was a shit. On the other he redeemed himself and tried to make up for his stupidity in trusting Bush/Cheney. That's worth something.

RIP