Not Voting is the new Quitting for the GOP
SFGate.com
The big news in California is that our newest GOP politician running for a state office has only voted once in his entire life! Now that’s taking the Ronnie Reagan “Government is the Problem” mantra to the far, far right.
No, this is not Carly Fiorina (she is rumored to have voted twice), and no this is not eMeg Whitman (she is rumored to have voted once per decade since reaching her age of majority), this is Damon Dunn, who is running for (wait for it…) California’s Secretary of State. The guy who certifies elections.
Damon Dunn, who declared his bid Wednesday to become California’s next secretary of state, seems to have the goods to be a campaign contender: He’s African American, a former NFL receiver with powerful Republican friends – including Condoleezza Rice – and he’s hired a top team of campaign strategists.
But the 33-year-old Republican, who says he’s wealthy, has a problem: Dunn, who has never run for public office and aims to become the state’s chief elections official, said he voted for the first – and only – time in his life in May 2009.
Mooselini is going to have to step up her game if she wants to hold the mavericky-est title.
Are these people stoned? or just stupid?
So how long does California have before it inflicts another useless politician on itself?
(I hate to poke at ‘Grain’s home state, but sheesh! Y’all need to elect better!)
(And yeah, like I’m one to be pointing fingers, living in the Commonwealth of Virginny…)
TommySpoon -
Poke fun at Californiastan all you want, I sure do!
The Matinee Idol is termed out in 2010, and the cast of characters to replace him are all pretty funny:
eMeg – a checkbook GOPer who never has run for office and has only voted once or twice. She says she’ll run California like a business (Chimpy said the same thing about the US, btw), but her business experience at eBay was pretty much a disaster.
Tom Campbell – a GOP wonk, centrist and no money
Steve Poizner – another GOP hi-tech gazillionaire, currently the Insurance Commissioner
Jerry Brown – former governor “Moonbeam” once very progressive but now very DLC-ish center to center-right, but he’s “undeclared.”
Dianne Fienstein – our GOP Senator, who is a registered Democrat, and she is also undeclared.
So one way or the other, we will have a right-wing governor replace Ahhhhnold.
Regards,
Tengrain
The Chronicle (here-bouts known as the Comical) says with the weak bench the republicans have, anyone with money gets to the front of the line. Makes a lot of sense, no resources to speak of from the state or national party coffers. Something about lack of support from the people, I’d guess… can’t imagine why.
Voting is for sissies, sillies!
California has long needed to take a lesson from the Carolinas and split into two states, maybe three. Orange and Sandy Eggo counties are a millstone around our necks.
And do not forget the Sacramento Valley, Pharmakeus. It is trending purple but still a lot of freedom haters hang out there.
And to think–I could’ve voted against this guy if I’d only been able to survive with no job in CA! Dangit!
I second what SorCrow said–are they stoned, or just that stupid? Or both?
Dguzman -
I’m still really upset that we never met while you were out here, but I blame myself for not keeping track of it — it’s not like you didn’t post about it ahead of time.
Well – to be honest, all of our birds out here are kinda brown or grey, not a lot of color, so you would not have liked it as much. Of course, our wild flowers are better than anyone else’s (sorry Texans, but I’ll give you props for the blue bonnets and all that Ladybird Johnson did…), and we do have year-round hummingbirds, and of course we are the destination point for Monarch butterflys. But other than that…
Regards,
Tengrain
can i ask – why would anyone even want the job? maybe maria shriver should run, after all they did in argentina and almost did it in america