Ur Doing It Rong!
Like most folks throwing words into the Great Online, I don't have a lot of faith that political types with aspiration aren't constantly pandering to our desires and fears. It's often hard to tell whether they are sincere or lying to you, the voter (unless of course, they announce that they're going to lie to you.) But one thing you can be pretty well certain of is that if a politician tells you to your face that they don't like you, they probably aren't lying. They really don't like you. Most politicians are smart enough not to tell voters how much they don't like 'em. Some politicians just aren't so smart.
This is especially true in local and regional contests. So imagine my surprise when 2 candidates for the Montana House of Representatives hurled insult at the very voters they wish to represent. Carol Minjares, The Frightened for H.D. 97 in Missoula really doesn't like Missoula. In a post about 3 young Republicans running in Missoula, she headers it by referring to the city as "the People's Republic", an obvious (and worn out) euphemism accusing Missoula of being communist. Not to be outdone in racing to the bottom, Steve Eschenbacher, Idiot for H.D. 96, picks up the same insult.
"The People's Republic of Missoula", written without irony (or any sense of how not-funny that 'joke' has gotten) by two folks who need votes from Missoulians to get elected. They really don't like you, Missoula, not the town, not the people. They apparently seem to think that they can save you pinkos from yourselves, but they certainly won't do it out of caring or respect for you. So, when the time comes for you 'commies' to remind these idjits that Missoula and Montana are democratic republics, cast your votes accordingly. Kindly show these fools the meaning of 'EPIC FAIL'.
They really don't like you, Missoula, not the town, not the people.
And Missoula's returned the compliment. It hasn't elected Carol to public office yet.
Posted by: Rebecca Schmitz | April 29, 2008 at 05:18 PM