Tuesday, October 10th, 2006...7:11 am
Yes, But Did Drake Build That City on Rock and Roll?
The CD 7 and CD 8 candidates had their editorial board meetings with the Star yesterday. I was thinking of showing up with a tape recorder and standing in the middle of everything, then complain when people weren’t nice to me. Instead, I’m going to rely on my vast network of spies.
Ron Drake on several occasions channeled Mickey Thomas to say “I built a city.” Never mind that the City of Avondale was built by Hispanics, we’ll just buy into that pretense that none of Arizona existed until the Anglos showed up from the midwest and taught everyone the way to live. A member of the editorial board called Drake on his flip-flop on guest worker programs. In his previous visit to the editorial board, he voiced support for such programs. Yesterday, he was against such programs. Tommorrow, who knows?
Randy Graf reportedly has no position on North Korea because it is “above his paygrade.” That would be a nice argument, ‘cept he’s running to be a congressman. I suppose any problem that can’t be blamed on immigrants is outside of his job description. We’ll start a rumor that Kim Jong Il is hiring low wage workers from Nicaragua, then he’ll have an opinion.
To be fair, Graf did eventually have an answer that seemed to endorse a military solution. They have missles that can reach two of our allies…you think they’d be thrilled about an invasion? We would probably have better military options if our army wasn’t bogged down in Iraq. He also endorsed bringing in the Russians, Chinese, South Koreans and Japanese in for talks. Wow, talks with six parties…hmm…too bad no one has thought of that.
Well, my partisan opinion: Graf and Drake aren’t ready for prime time, and Raúl Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords rock. Yeah team!
Hey, I can do that once in a while.
NB - Someone with a parapsychological bent will tell me that Drake cannot channel Thomas, because Thomas is still alive. Au contrare, Drake has some remarkable abilities. He can channel the spirits of people whose careers are dead.
9 Comments
October 10th, 2006 at 9:32 am
Yeah…just wait until Randy Graf’s record starts coming out. It is not only that he hired a child molester to originally run his campaign or the guns in bars bill.
Prime time? He is not ready for public access!
October 10th, 2006 at 9:39 am
Oh…this mornings NY TIMES shows a picture of Randy and Gabrielle. It notes the McCain endorsement and then prominently that the RNCC will still not be providing money and ads. They say he is too far behind and essentially that the race just doesn’t matter to them.
It might be because they are now trying to fight to keep the Senate as well. The need that money everywhere right now. Florida (Foley), Texas (Delay), Colorado, Ohio, and now up the road in Hayworth’s district. I don’t like to be this optimistic, but I think they are getting ready for a colossal tidal wave to hit them.
The other recent news is that Republican strategists now see anywhere from a loss of 7 to as high has 40 seats in the House.
So…Randy will have to go it alone on this one. It will be interesting to see the new FEC reports come out soon to see just how alone he can go it.
October 10th, 2006 at 10:52 am
Well, if God channels His neoconservative Republican plan for American hegemony through George Bush, then surely Ron Drake can channel Mickey Thomas. It’s a gift that Republicans have, possibly related to their closeness to God.
October 10th, 2006 at 1:02 pm
Hey, Geezer Harry Mitchell has Jimmy Eat World jamming at his fundraiser compared with JD who has . . . uh nobody!
Remember Kerry rocking with the Foo Fighters, Springsteen and Green Day?
Advantage Dems! No Contest!
October 10th, 2006 at 2:35 pm
You’re joking, right? No one gives a crap what bands support who. For that matter, what candidates any celeb. supports. The Hollywood types are not the end-all-be-all of a campaign. Look at 04. Kerry-Rosie..FLOP! Kerry-Cher…FLOP! Kerry-Hollywood…FLOP! Kerry-Moore…FLOP!
October 10th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
That’s scary that a guy who is running for Congress couldn’t even figure out when first asked whether he should condemn the N. Koreans or not.
Sounds like an ignoramus, and if he went there he wouldn’t be the first ignoramus in Congress.
October 10th, 2006 at 4:55 pm
Well said Eli
October 10th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
BTW Guard Dude,
What toc001 was alluding to was that Harry’s campaign has some spirit and life to it, while JD’s campaign has all the vim and vigor of a used car salesman convention.
Get a grip! Or at least pay attention…
October 10th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Yea, Guard, where’s your sense of humor? Did the “terrorists” scare it out of you? Little pants pisser!