I really kind of love you right now.

Posted by Anna on 31 October 02009 @ 2pm

I dunno, man…

I don’t know how similar New York’s 23 congressional district is to our fifth, but moderate GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava has just bowed out of the special election (for THIS November), leaving religious right/tea party candidate Doug Hoffman nearly tied with Democrat Bill Owens.

Scary scary scary scary. Could it happen here? The GOP chooses a reasonable Republican; a three-way race develops; the theocrat wing of the GOP forces Mr. Reasonable out at the last minute; Bradley Rees wins.

Yuk.

Posted by Hawkins Dale on 31 October 02009 @ 3pm

Yeah Hawkins, It will be like Goode all over!

Posted by Bubby Hussein, Hillbilly Sheikh on 31 October 02009 @ 3pm

Now that has to be the most entertaining thing I’ve read online in about a month.

Does this mean God is Catholic?

Posted by Shaun Kenney on 31 October 02009 @ 8pm

I was raised Catholic—the Catholic god is the only god I know. :)

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 31 October 02009 @ 9pm

“Rees said he did not know how much work or red tape he would have to navigate to change his platform to that of the Virginia Conservative Party, and he did not rule out the possibility of endorsing a conservative Republican candidate.”

Sorry to break up your little party, but I guess y’all missed this part of the article.

Posted by I.Publius on 31 October 02009 @ 11pm

I.Publius –

Noted. I also noted that the American Conservative Party is not a pro-life party, and therefore by definition not a conservative one… no better way to announce how “conservative” you are than by tossing out half of the conservative platform!

Posted by Shaun Kenney on 31 October 02009 @ 11pm

This will be nothing like NY-23, because Hoffman at least has a brain and a chance to win. Rees OTOH…

Posted by Meri on 1 November 02009 @ 4pm

Wow. Nothing like engaging in substantive pursuits like name-calling and belittling of one’s intelligence to overrule that outdated notion of debating issues. Nice job, Waldo.
By the way, you forgot to throw in “teabagger.”

Posted by Bradley S. Rees on 4 November 02009 @ 3pm

Dude, I love you. Can I send you a check? (Or did you not know about needing to file with the FEC or, y’know, raising money? Because, uh…yeah.) Because I am all about getting you the nomination!

Oh: Teabagger. Tx.

Posted by Waldo Jaquith on 4 November 02009 @ 4pm

God DAMN I love that FEC disclosure machine. Thanks, man.

Really, politics just seems so much cleaner when you can see where the money comes from. Or dirtier, I guess, as the case may be.

Posted by Hawkins Dale on 4 November 02009 @ 4pm