Today being the sad anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, those thoughts not occupied with visions of Larry Craig's "wide stance" might be reflecting on the agony that still festers in the Gulf area as a result of the storm.
Steve Novick is taking the opportunity to reflect on how we got there in the first place--how inaction in response to a powerful storm with plenty of lead time created the catastrophe we all remember, and which many Gulf residents still live, 2 years later. And specifically, he wants to address the Senate's role on advice and consent of administration nominees--and how he intends to prevent the next Mike Brown from happening on his watch, should he be elected.
So it got me to thinking--if what they really want is to face Steve Novick, how can we help David and his friends?
Announcing Bloviating Oregon Pundits for Novick! If you're a hoary gasbag with all the common sense God gave a box turtle*, here's a way to put your money where your mouth is (although please don't actually put any money in your mouth before sending it). As we note, every 100th contributor gets an “I Supported the War Like a Robot for Four Years, and All I Got Was This Eroding Market Share” t-shirt! Be the first one on your block to cynically support a political opponent, as an indirect way to slam a totally different political opponent!
*contributions by non-hoary gasbags are of course also welcomed...
When I caught word this morning that Gonzo was Gone-zo, I had a couple laughs with friends--"Wow, who knew Jeff Merkley was that influential? Maybe next he should try for ending world hunger or giving everyone a pony by 2010..." I don't even think Jeff supposes that he tipped the balance on Gonzales' resignation, but the timing is amusing.
"We haven't seen firepower on this scale since the opening scene of Gladiator, when a very Merkleyesque Russell Crowe totally PWN3D Germanic fools," gushed primary opponent Steve Novick. "Um, vote hook? LOL."
"This audacious use of the internet shows just how far outside the mainstream Jeff Merkley really is," said Republican House Minority Leader Wayne Scott through his spokesman, Salacious Crumb. "We're confident that regular Oregonians will realize that Merkley represents the Macbooking, steamed milk-quaffing extreme gay left of the Democrat Party."
"Speaker Merkley has... hey, do you mind if I just call him Senator Merkley? Anyway, Senator Merkley has devised a plan to deal with the other law-breakers in this administration," announced Isaacs. "I really think this is such a stroke of brilliance on the Senator's part."
"On Wednesday of this week, we're going to send an Evite to President Bush and Vice President Cheney, cordially inviting them to leave office. We will await their RSVP."
I think he managed to skewer every dog in the fight, right down to tweaking Novick's somewhat nerdy, techy persona. Being bipartisan in your ability to crack jokes is true political comedy, cf. John Stewart. Not to minimize the very serious discussion going on about Jeff's 2003 Iraq vote, but maybe if everybody gets a chuckle out of this we can manage to keep the dialogue at a civil level while we decide who we like best.
Kulongoski and former Gov. Barbara Roberts will serve as co-chairs of Merkley's campaign, largely ceremonial positions but a clear boost to Merkley's chances.
"Jeff's leadership is just what we need in the U.S. Senate," Kulongoski said in a news release sent by the Merkley campaign. "He's tenacious, he's principled."
The announcement will help cement Merkley's claim as the choice of Oregon's Democratic establishment to take on Republican incumbent Sen. Gordon Smith.
Yeah, no doubt it will cement his claim--and quite probably affect the reality positively for Merkley as well.
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