Friday, August 06, 2004
My momma told me...you better shop around
Apparently, the Illinois Republican Party had a mother that gave the same advice.
On the one hand, I suppose that I should look at this optimistically, and note that come January, the United States Senate will count an African-American among its august membership - only the fifth since the founding of the Republic.
But really? Alan Keyes? Was there no one else in the entire state of Illinois of any color who was qualified to run as a Republican? Seriously. When your original nominee might just be best known for formerly being married to SevenOfNine, are you saying that there's no one in the entire state who you can find to fill in? For God's sake, if you're going to give serious thought to running Ditka, there's got to be someone you can find in your state, or hell, in a state that borders yours who can carry your banner. Why look halfway across the country?
Is anyone else bothered by this?
Oh well, at least the debates will be interesting. It could be...Lincoln-Douglas - except this time, they're both black!
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On the one hand, I suppose that I should look at this optimistically, and note that come January, the United States Senate will count an African-American among its august membership - only the fifth since the founding of the Republic.
But really? Alan Keyes? Was there no one else in the entire state of Illinois of any color who was qualified to run as a Republican? Seriously. When your original nominee might just be best known for formerly being married to SevenOfNine, are you saying that there's no one in the entire state who you can find to fill in? For God's sake, if you're going to give serious thought to running Ditka, there's got to be someone you can find in your state, or hell, in a state that borders yours who can carry your banner. Why look halfway across the country?
Is anyone else bothered by this?
Oh well, at least the debates will be interesting. It could be...Lincoln-Douglas - except this time, they're both black!
Comments(1) |
