No, but Carlson didn't do the thing that required a spine, which would have been to ban the nets he, as Governor, would have had control over; the non-tribal commercial nets.

Instead he did the spineless thing. He proposed legislation that would ban ALL nets. Legislation that surely would have been shot down in the courts since state laws can't override Federal treaties. So we would have spent time, money and effort for no reason.

In my mind, promising something you know damn well you can't deliver makes you a liar.