Posted on June 30, 2010 by Tim Albrecht in News Clips, On the Blogs, Press Room
Caffeinated Thoughts: The Humility of Rod Roberts
I want to piggyback on what Craig Robinson of The Iowa Republican wrote about Rod Roberts speech at the Iowa Republican State Convention on Saturday, as well as what Jeff Jorgensen wrote here.
As some of you know Rod was nominated for Lt. Governor on the floor of the convention by Linda Harrington of Lee County. That was seconded. Prior to that the Lt. Governor nominee, State Senator Kim Reynolds was nominated by Congressman Steve King and Bob Vander Plaats was nominated by Representative Dwayne Alons (R-Hull).
All three were called behind the stage to determine whether or not they accepted the nomination and all three were given the opportunity to speak. Rod was able to speak first and he said that on June 8th the voters made their decision and they chose former Governor Terry Branstad, he then said, “I respect that decision. Branstad has the right to choose his own lieutenant governor. I endorse both Terry Branstad and Kim Reynolds. I respectfully decline the nomination.”
That demonstrated that he is a statesman. This shows that he is a man of integrity. This is a mark of humility, which is an attribute that I would readily ascribe to Rod Roberts.
