Friday, September 29th, 2006...6:13 pm
Hipsters, Flipsters and Finger-Poppin’ Daddies: Knock Me Your Lobes
One may remember reading that the Mallard, who has been touting the fact that he wants to debate “the issues,” seemed to know nothing when asked by the Tucson Weekly about one of the most contentious ballot propositions this year, Proposition 107.
Terry Krukemyer, Mallard’s campaign manager, after researching the issue, finally gave a response to Weekly reporter Saxon Burns. He gave a response that would warm the hearts of us lefties; he seems to oppose the measure. He put it a bit strangely though:
Let’s say I had a small town that was kind of a beatnik town where, you know, the people there–it became a haven for gay people, let’s just put it that way. And don’t take it in any kind of derogatory manner, but just like a lot of gay people live there, and people like that town and the way they work. Well, guess what? Those people would like their political entity to offer same-sex benefits, and this statute would disallow that.
Beatnik? Exactly what decade are you living in? At least he didn’t crawl back any further and say “flappers” or “mudsills.”
I’m imagining that there is some far-out small community, maybe in Graham County, where the residents wear berets and beat bongos while listening to Charles Mingus and reciting Allen Ginsberg verses. Hey, Arizona can be an odd place.
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