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That's so, like, totally unfair to lazy-ass, bat-shit insane gazillionaires.
Tea spew here.
Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. - Tennyson
by bumblebums on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:20:47 PM PDT
No question.
And I've been around lots of crazy candidates.
The revolution will not be televised, but we'll analyze it to death at The Next Hurrah.
by DHinMI on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:23:43 PM PDT
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Delusional, psychotic, catatonic (might explain why he didn't campaign), or just plain old ''few sandwiches (and a bottle of wine) short of a picnic?
(Half-serious quesion, since I'm not familiar with the chap)
Omne malum nascens facile opprimitur, inveteratum fit plerumque robustius. - Cicero
by Dauphin on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:26:42 PM PDT
He became a Democrat because he had some kind of spat with Cheney. So anti-social and thin-skinned?
McCain: Less jobs, more war.
by Unstable Isotope on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:31:13 PM PDT
the door of Cheney's office?
by Dauphin on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:33:11 PM PDT
He essentially has to be kept away from voters.
Let's just say this: I spent a few days with the dude early in 2006. I've worked with a lot of candidates over the years, many of whom are a little loopy, and a few of whom are crazed. But nobody as socially whacked as Davis.
One anecdote: he eats lunch at the same diner ever day. At the same exact time. For 35 minutes. Either chicken noodle soup or beef noodle soup. One or two packages of crackers. One cup of coffee.
Every day. Same exact time.
by DHinMI on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:34:54 PM PDT
Who records every waking moment in his diaries. Every. Waking. Moment.
But, actually Graham wasn't bad for a Floida Dem-Wanna-Be-President.
Was Davis weirder than Ross Perot?
Resist much, obey little. ~~Edward Abbey, via Walt Whitman
by willyr on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:40:16 PM PDT
And Graham is beloved. People really love the guy, and he was a great politician.
Davis is antisocial.
BTW, I read recently that Thomas Jefferson apparently kept a journal almost as detailed as Graham's.
by DHinMI on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:41:59 PM PDT
then how he re-wound the videos?
watched video
rewound video
wrote in my journal about rewinding video
sheesh.
But yeah..Graham really was ok on the issues. I'm glad he didn't get the Dem nomination in 2004 though. We might have lost!
by willyr on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:46:55 PM PDT
Obsessive-compulsive people are notorious for maintaining routines, which are in essence rituals, and dread any disruption of them.
Of course, many wonderful, capable, decent people were or could have been obsessive-compulsive (Kant could fall into the second category) so this is not at all an excuse, but perhaps an explanation...?
by Dauphin on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:41:29 PM PDT
...anti-social, and quite unpleasant.
Some people who have OCD are sympathetic. He may have OCD, but he's certainly not sympathetic.
by DHinMI on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:43:16 PM PDT
Being a twit, unfortunately, can't.
Let's hope the primary contender wins.
by Dauphin on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:45:03 PM PDT
So he's flexible.
by trivium on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:03:23 PM PDT
Or maybe more like Howard Hughes crazy?
~Doc~
-7.88 -8,77 Just a wine sipping, brie eating, $6 coffee drinking, Prius driving, over educated, liberal, white, activist, male New Englander for Barack Obama.
by EquationDoc on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:14:35 PM PDT
I mean technically he's not a democrat anymore, but he used to be.
Crazier than Zell Miller?
Really?
Bona na Croin - Neither Collar nor Crown
by DawnG on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:27:10 PM PDT
he's on par with those guys. He, as a candidate, told the newspaper he didn't like to do "political events" meaning face-to-face, meet & greet events. He totally relied on ads and robocalls. An anti-social politician?
by Unstable Isotope on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:29:51 PM PDT
Like dogcatcher. Deal with less people that way.
it tastes like burning...
by eastvan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:39:07 PM PDT
by trivium on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:05:55 PM PDT
Noooo! The press of people in The House of Reps is constant and unrelenting, and that's just the public and constituent services. To get anything done in the House you have to be able to deal with the social pressure of the other 434 Congresspeople, almost all of whom are social animals, and with whom making alliances, deals, compromises, and horse trading is a way of life.
I think I wants a 29 year old social studies teacher who likes people.
Charlie Brown for Congress
by Rolfyboy6 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:59:53 PM PDT
he almost won in 2006! I think it was a sign of how tired people are of Bush and his policies. He definitely captured the anti-Reynolds vote. Reynolds only pulled it out in 2006 (it is believed) because of the "October Surprise" storm that allowed him to be seen shoveling out money that Bush conveniently provided.
by Unstable Isotope on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:28:13 PM PDT
...close to election day and he NEVER MENTIONED MARK FOLEY!
He is an awful candidate.
Kleeb ~ Powers
by NYBri on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:31:31 PM PDT
DHinMi, Unstable Isotope, and NYBri all say he's poison. Three independent clear eyed members who generally know what's what all vote thumbs down AND say he's a wackjob. I'm getting the picture from 3,000 miles away.
by Rolfyboy6 on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:02:54 PM PDT
(rimshot)
This Albany Project report has this from Mar 26:
UPDATE: The Jon Powers campaign has issued this statement regarding Davis and his apparent entry into this race. Jack Davis already failed twice to win this seat. Western New Yorkers are looking for something different. They're looking for a candidate who is actually listening to people from Buffalo to Rochester. They're looking for a candidate who wants to protect Social Security, not cut benefits. That candidate is Jon Powers. Amen.
UPDATE: The Jon Powers campaign has issued this statement regarding Davis and his apparent entry into this race.
Jack Davis already failed twice to win this seat. Western New Yorkers are looking for something different. They're looking for a candidate who is actually listening to people from Buffalo to Rochester. They're looking for a candidate who wants to protect Social Security, not cut benefits. That candidate is Jon Powers.
Amen.
amen, squared.
There was this drive by smear of Powers this morning, nobody bought it.
by KenBee on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 05:43:45 PM PDT
geesh, do it like this: The Albany Project: So Much For Folding but there is an earlier article that perks me up a little.. Novak Pessimistic On GOP Chances in NY, Says Powers Favored in NY-26
Robert Novak, Mr. Douchebag of Liberty himself, sees dark days ahead for the NY GOP's congressional delegation. He predicts that Michael Arcuri holds his seat in NY-24, That Dan Maffei takes NY-25 and says Jon Powers is "favored" in NY-26. The one bright spot he offers the Republicans, and I disagree with the Prince of Darkness on this one, is that he predicts that Randy Kuhl (R-Hairclub for Men) will manage to hold on to NY-29. From his Evans-Novak Political report:... Davis could fund his own race, and Powers has backing among liberal bloggers who showed real success raising funds in 2006.
Robert Novak, Mr. Douchebag of Liberty himself, sees dark days ahead for the NY GOP's congressional delegation. He predicts that Michael Arcuri holds his seat in NY-24, That Dan Maffei takes NY-25 and says Jon Powers is "favored" in NY-26. The one bright spot he offers the Republicans, and I disagree with the Prince of Darkness on this one, is that he predicts that Randy Kuhl (R-Hairclub for Men) will manage to hold on to NY-29. From his Evans-Novak Political report:...
Davis could fund his own race, and Powers has backing among liberal bloggers who showed real success raising funds in 2006.
by KenBee on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 06:26:02 PM PDT
fundraising deck just wait till the NetRoots community gets behind his Primary challenger. After that experience he can go hang out in the club Steve Forbes started and mittens just joined. The Money Poorly Spent Club. Limited membership-- you have to be a whiny millionare.
by eastvan on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 03:36:20 PM PDT
every economic downturn is a "buying opportunity". He just wants to buy that office during this opportunity.
Colin: Its symbolic of our struggle against oppression! Reg: It's symbolic of his struggle against reality.
by Liberal Youth on Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 04:08:20 PM PDT
candidate yet. He is not only a millionaire but a white man. Oh to only have been born black and more. Poor Jack he feels like it is so lonely at the top. Somebody needs to tell him its lonely at the bottom too.
by Lawdog on Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 06:55:27 AM PDT
wide narrow
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