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Leave it to Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum to personify all that is wrong with today’s government. In addition to getting caught using his public office for campaign purposes and being embroiled as the centerpiece in a yearlong FBI investigation of corruption and various other issues in Tallahassee, Gillum’s desperate quest to stay relevant now has him attacking his own party’s elder statesmen.

Gillum is the poster child for the difference between a politician and an elected official, showing how to politic, but lacking the ability and understanding of how to lead and govern. Gillum has yet to hold a job that doesn’t involve politics or the power he derives from it, so we understand his desire to stay relevant as well as his inabilities to lead.

To be fair, Gillum is not alone in having zero qualifications for elected office. President Barak Obama proved what a dynamic, handsome, articulate speaker can achieve when packaged right and matched with fundraising prowess. The Florida House and Senate are filled with young upstarts who have done nothing in their lives to merit the once august status of being called “The Honorable,” other than of course being elected to office.

Most politicians with weak resumes are wise enough to pick their battles. Tallahassee’s young mayor recently proved he will do anything, say anything and show disrespect to anyone in his way in his quest to ride the power of personality to the Governor’s mansion. This is the sad state of American governance, and Gillum has the playbook: Use your office for politics, when crisis hits, keep running and proclaim victim status, attack your enemies and attack their friends too.

Take note young Mayor, a wise old cracker once said, “the He-Coon walks just before the light of day!”  It’s one thing to mouth off to the leaders of the opposition, go on a tirade about the issue of the day versus President Trump or Governor Rick Scott, that’s politics.

Taking on leaders in your own party, however, can lead to very different results. Especially when you take on a man who has actually done something with his life, repeatedly proven his commitment to his constituents through 50 years of services as a teacher, principal, superintendent, along with generally being regarded as a good person.

Senator Bill Montford was measured in his response to Gilliam’s recent critique of Montford’s vote on a bill that Gillum most assuredly had not even read.  “I stay out of his business, he best stay out of mine,” was all that Montford would publicly state about the upstart Mayor.