In his continuing campaign to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory the Merkin-Crested Yam’s new political advisors appear to have sent out a casting call
I want rustlers, cut throats, murderers, bounty hunters, desperados, mugs, pugs, thugs, nitwits, halfwits, dimwits, vipers, snipers, con men, Indian agents, Mexican bandits, muggers, buggerers, bushwhackers, hornswogglers, horse thieves, bull dykes, train robbers, bank robbers, ass-kickers, shit-kickers and Methodists.
that has brought in some real doozies, a veritable who’s who of PA’s most nefarious GOOPs . Politics PA lists ‘em here
From our dear own 13th Congressional District come the following crowd pleasers:
Gilbert Cox – 13th Congressional District
Lauren E Casper – 13th Congressional District
Tom Ellis – 13th Congressional District
From the bottom up (is there any other way to look at this list?) comes Tom Ellis, a failed County Commissioner, who owns a big part in the downfall of Montgomery County’s GOOP establishment and whom Wikipedia lauds with some awesome Make-the-GOP-Great-Again cred
In the 2008 election, Ellis was dropped from the Republican ticket because of an incident with former fiancee who filed and then withdrew a protection from abuse order against him.[5] As a result, Ellis was unable to secure the county GOP's endorsement for a second four-year term in 2007. While Ellis denied physically abusing her, he did publicly apologize to her at a county commissioners meeting.
That should be enough ‘Trumpisimo’ to make Montco ladies just flock into the voting booth to punch his button, but there’s more!
On April 13, 2010, Montgomery County Web editor Marina Bradley accused Ellis of threatening her job. Bradley, who had recently broke off her relationship with Ellis, alleged that Ellis made multiple phone calls to Bradley, including some to her county office, and sent multiple e-mails to her
Montgomery County commissioners were advised of the accusation in a closed-door meeting. Shortly afterward, solicitor Barry M. Miller confirmed that Ellis violating the agreement restrictions and allegedly tried to contact Bradley again by phone when he learned the commissioners had been briefed. Ellis denies contacting Bradley.
Asked to respond to the allegations in the complaint, Ellis responded by e-mail, stating, "Any comment would have to come from Bev Jackson as I can't violate Marina's confidentiality. Can tell you case was closed without consequence?"
However, Ellis, releasing a letter Monday evening that he sent Saturday to county Chief Operating Officer Robert W. Graf, denies violating the agreement. The letter, in part, states: "As for Ms. Bradley and myself, that case was amicably closed April 1 and never violated by either party. As I told Ms. Jackson, I did mistakenly dial Ms. Bradley on her cell when trying to call someone with a very close number and I dialed too quickly...after four years, it was an old habit. Nothing was said and I immediately hung up when I realized my mistake. That happened one time in a month. I have said nothing to Ms. Bradley nor seen her in or out of the county workplace."[9][10]
Part of the tRump Brain Trust, to be sure.
Balancing out Terrible Tommy is Ms Casper who’s LinkedIn profile boasts of some interesting out of state baggage she brings to Our Fair Commonwealth from the badlands of Connecticut. If you liked Linda, you’ll love Lauren:
Linda McMahon for Senate
August 2012 – November 2012 (4 months)Torrington, CT
• Managed and built an efficient and effective grassroots program, including voter ID and GOTV, in the city of Torrington, winning the highest vote total for Linda McMahon in the state of Connecticut. Managed 80 interns on a daily basis.
• Represented campaign at events across Connecticut and reported to senior staff on field metrics
• Organized events to recruit supporters and volunteers and was responsible for a team of 80 interns
Some people will do anything for a shitload of dimes. Thanks to DK’s own Joan McCarter we know which way the dimes flowed during that campaign.
Anyone hazard a guess which way the small Roosevelts are rolling this election cycle?
Gilbert Cox bunked with former Montco GOOP chairman Robert Kerns at the 2008 convention, can’t say what might have rubbed off there. Strange bedfellows make politics, apparently.
Anyone with any insight into the Trumpist qualifications for any of the other 28 identified simpatico candidates from the 14 other districts, please enlighten us. I’ll bet they are all fine upstanding members of their communities too.
