Who is Contacting Me? Chip Flowers at the St. Joe’s Carnival in Middletown, that’s who.
He was working he crowd like a champ and I stopped to say hello and have a picture taken with him (which didn’t turn out owing to the shittiness of my iphone camera and the bad lighting, so here is a picture of the ferris wheel.) Here is my take on Flowers…
(for upright view tilt your monitor or lean your head over)
Anyway…I agree with EK that Flowers is impressive in person. He makes a great first impression and he has the energy and enthusiasm needed for ground level retail politics. He could go far.
I think he caught a little bad luck with Jones-Potter head faking her way out then into the race because having decided that she wants to stay, there is no real reason to fire her. (Yes, her husband is mostly likely a d-bag, but whose isn’t?)
It has been said many times that there are two good candidates for the Democrats to choose from. My choice will be informed by my desire to deprive Bonini of a glimmer of hope of winning. I’m not sure who that is yet.
It’ll be interesting to see whether the party organization forgives him for running.
Look at the Markell/Carney primary as an example. There are probably some emotionally stunted freaks who harbor personal grudges, but by and large I think the party is agnostic and able to quickly move forward once the primary voters speak.
Markell & Carney didn’t just come in off the street, though. And they each had identifiable constituencies. To me, it looks like Chip has strong individual support, but no pattern. Not the same folks, but similar to Kucinich voters. So the test of this with the bulk of the party bigwigs will probably be whether the primary is seen to weaken the general or not.
OMFG, Flowers is a politician. Not every one can sleep through a campaign like Carney. Man o’ man. You know who else had charisma and a plan, Hitler.
Screw the party organization!
And to put my joke into context for those that don’t know.
So Nemski sits around all night with his video camera pointed at the TV screen. No cracks about me being Amish from now on.
BTW – Thanks for the clip. I forgot the context. He was praising Markell for having a plan.
The only people he’s going to piss off by running is anyone connected to Charles Potter. I don’t think that’s a very large or powerful group.
Jason330, that clip is from Mike Matthews, I believe.
“Mein Kampf” was his best example of a “plan?” He is clearly a Glenn Urafart type of liberal.
OMG–you were at “the carnival” last PM? So was I — and Chris Coons. I talked with him, and assured him I still loved him, but can’t support him in this race. I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY wanted him where Carney thinks he’s heading. It could’ve have been Coons–and I betcha you would never had to worry about Michele Rollins then.
PS. The ferris wheel was the only ride I went on–so that picture is probably you, Chip and Joanne at seat # 3pm.
Nemski, you are just full of Chip-hate. What’s up with that?
It explains where he got the idea for his own blueprint for the treasurer’s office. I’ll resist calling it his, uh, y’know. And why his followers insist we all read it right away.
I think it’s kinda funny having a blueprint for the treasurer’s office. Kinda like a grown-up map to the hidden treasure chest. Maybe he should dress like a pirate or something. Lots of folks would get a picture then with him.
Chip-hate, I love it.