Neil here’s why things will never change. A janitor, a registered Republican for 27 of his 52 years, (7 yrs. spent as a Dem. in his tender youth), runs as an independent against his Republican congressman; a scoundrel who broke his term limit pledge two terms ago-- one who loves earmarks (no matter what he says), unlike a few of the other pledge breakers, (who at least vote against earmarks)-- and this ballsy janitor, me, musters just 1200 votes. If I’d gotten a few more, say 2000, I wouldn’t be writing this now. Does that make sense?
And you Kossacks, that would be correct, yes? I had been referring to you as Koser's. You kossacks, assuming you've read any other diaries by me, a big if, yes I do milk the congressman thing. I don't care and Neil doesn't know I ran, so there. I have other fish to fry- namely Mexico- the other subject I milk here. I'm holding up a glass of milk in a toast...
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Never mind that I have no charisma, and never had any money, I (and the other independents; kooks or not), deserved better. For instance, take my local newspaper in Atlantic City. These wanna be elitists who write editorials every day complaining just like all the rest of us-- these wanna be’s in a dying industry, who judging from the cars in the company lot, are poorer then me- they have their noses up in the air anyway.
At a 3rd debate, the league of women voters debate, which followed the snob newspapers debate the night before, (where we independents where excluded), I felt I was the winner; and hearing you on FOX today rail against earmarks, I know you would have felt that way too. Briefly, just two of many questions I answered "outside the box."
Question; what would be your approach to fixing social security? I answered last and watched 5 idiots, 4 who had no chance of winning, including the Dem., fall all over themselves to avoid answering the question. My answer was to ask if the audience heard the non-answers that came before me, and then I said maybe raising the retirement age should be considered. One option- and not something I spend a lot of time cogitating on, but it was a fun answer. What I do go crazy cogitating is EARMARK, EARMARK, EARMARK spending. What you were so crazy upset about on tonight’s show (2/25/09).
The last question, and one that I answered first went something like this –what unique approach would you bring to the district? Mr. Non-charisma (1200 votes), me, got a few chuckles saying, "My luck to go first this time on such an open ended question." My answer was to say, I’d be the only one from this group of six, to ask our district to consider why we are any more deserving, then the districts where 10 or 12 other congressman, plus Senator’s McCain and I think the Dem. Russ Feingold, don’t bring EARMARKS, EARMARKS, EARMARKS back to home to the folks. Hey, not a winning position, but still worth a mention in the press.
None of the debate was covered by the Atlantic City Press. As I said before they sponsored their own with just the 2 glamour boys the night before; local paper was numero uno in the big elitist troika, the AC Press, Philadelphia Inquirer, and Stockton State College. The league of women voters and a tiny radio station way down at the tip of NJ in Cape May didn’t rate the next night I guess. Don't take my word for it but the panel was twice as classy and asked better questions. There was a mayor’s debate in Atlantic City the night we debated down in the South Pole better known as Cape May. (There’s some real quality filling that mayor's post in A.C. if you know at all about South Jersey. Bang, zoom!!!)
You want to know more about Congressman Pander, click on to www.steinforcongress.com ,or moving forward to days before the election www.theyokelnews.com Called myself a Yokel, once and always. Why else not cover me, or the others? Some of us don't count.
You know this congressman loved to say he was against wasteful spending; ad nausea, and hasn’t voted for a stimulus package yet. But the day after a major package passed last October, his spokesman was quoted in that favorite local paper of mine, saying, the Congressman was wavering to the very last minute while he tried to get extra funding, better known as an EARMARKS, EARMARKS, EARMARKS, for the local speedway in Millville, NJ.
My neighbor, a very conservative retired man, (who I’ve sat with several times in his kitchen discussing my improbable candidacy while his wife made dinner) voted for me. His wife voted for the incumbent. Afraid she was going to throw a vote away!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes- no charisma. Your neighbor runs for congress, the incumbent has never gotten less then 60% and you are worried about throwing one vote away---- in a year that the country is going down the toilet. I went to my dentist 2 months ago, and he mentioned that he saw and agreed with a letter to the editor I’d written from before I ever filed. He didn’t know I ran for congress! If I had charisma he might have known? (I go to the dentist less then yearly. El Republico is for Universal Health Care by the way, if we can afford it? Fat chance!)
Neil, thanks for being there, or not. I’ve gotten so hot under the collar again I might as well post this e-mail on the Daily Kos like I did last weeks e-mail to Charles Krauthammer. A few people might read it that way. What’s better though, is later, when the local coroner wonders how such a healthy 52 year old man drops dead from a stroke, someone in my family will direct him to Gary’s personal diaries in the Daily Kos for the answers.
And my friends on this blog who might wonder why I put myself down? Just read some of your comments to my other diaries, (and as always there's the fantastic 1200 votes, makes me wonder myself) and hears another insight- I know I have a hard time expressing myself as well as some of you. I’m a regular guy god damn it, and this is the way we talk! I do have some pride however. In that diary to Krauthammer I raged against the movie Slum Dog Millionaire, and mentioned the sport of cricket. My spelling is so atrocious that the spell check picked it up as croquet, and I’m such a lousy proof reader, oh well. I know I have dyslexia now too, I always used to wonder about that as well. That’s what’s come out of all this nuttiness. How nutty? I'm late to go to work! Go easy, go hard on me I don't care.