Many have addressed it already.  The man himself has addressed it…and re-addressed it…and re-re-addressed it…and, well, you get the point.  Now it’s our turn.

Senator Curt Schilling.  Yes, you read that right.  Gov. “The Body” Ventura…”The Governator” Schwarzenegger…and now the potential for a Sen. Schill?

Well, as Theo put it best in his text message to The Boston Globe, “He would be good at filibustering.”

Certainly Curt Schilling will never be what you might call, “a man of few words,” but take a closer look.  Beneath that exhibitionist exterior is…a very patriotic exhibitionist.  However, in a post on his blog from last week, Schill makes a valid point.  In an article about Congresspeople trying (or not trying) to push health care legislation through right before a Congressional break, one prominent member of Congress makes the comment that Speaker Pelosi should have tried to push it through if she was smart.  This Congressman goes on to elaborate that Speaker Pelosi’s “strategic error” was in letting members of Congress go home and hear what the people have to say regarding the health care bill, and how those members of Congress might decide to vote against that bill after hearing the people’s feedback.

Wait–we’re sorry–wasn’t that what we elected our Congresspeople for?

In his blog post, as in many other comments he’s made recently, Schill points to this as yet another reason he thinks…well…to borrow from the Blood-Socked One himself, “we’ve got a political system and a group of people that suck, and that needs to change.”

And why not?  Maybe he’s wrong…and maybe he’s right.  The point is that Schill, as an American, is voicing his dissent and at least considering the idea of taking a more active role in changing what he thinks is wrong.  Maybe you agree, maybe you don’t, but more power to him for putting it out there for discussion and looking at ways to be an active participant, rather than sit back and contribute nothing.

Curt Schilling may be a lot of things to a lot of people, and you are certainly all entitled to think what you want (as you should), but the man has a strong opinion and some intestinal fortitude and his heart seems to be in the right place for the moment.

Seems like this pitcher might just be ahead in the count…