Unlike some other media outlets, Reran Tragedy is all about letting Southern leaders speak directly to the people. That is why this publication now has a recurring feature in which we let Alabama leaders—elected or in the running—articulate what they think is important without any sort of filter whatsoever.

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Today, we allow Alabama’s next great leader, State Sen. Shadrack McGill, R-Woodville, seen to the left as he was when he was battling Patrick Swayze as a henchman trying to destroy the Double Deuce’s liquor deliveries in “Road House”, clarify his latest clarification of his clarification of his clarification of that whole thing he said about why God wants him to be paid more than teachers, which somehow turned into a discussion about why abortion is now the most important issue in Alabama despite high unemployment and massive state badget holes. (more…)