David Iglesias, Stop Spinning: You’re Making Me Dizzy

On today’s NBC’s Meet the Press, an email from David Iglesias (fired U.S. Attorney from New Mexico) ended with citing Proverbs 19:25 (“Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.”). He said on the show that he really meant to cite Proverbs 19:21 (“There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.”).

Oh, please, David Iglesias, stop spinning. I think you really meant what you wrote. Look at. It applies perfectly. “Smite a scorner” – damage one who expresses contempt, i.e. you – “and the simple will beware” – the other Attorneys and perhaps the voters will pay attention – “reprove one that hath understanding” – find fault with one capable of knowing the truth – “and he will understand knowledge” – he will have the (political) facts. In essence, don’t mess with those with political power.

Rather than four verses earlier, David could have chosen four verses later and made as much sense: Proverbs 19:29 (“Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.”) You figure that one out.