10.07.2006

On Politics and Football

The second biggest smackdown in Dallas the weekend went down last night.
Funny how Perry only agreed to one debate and that it be on Friday night during Texas high school football and the day before the UT/OU game, but I digress.

In my unbiased, professional/amateur opinion, the winner was clearly…. Chris Bell. ?!?! Yes, I said it. While I still support Kinky, I have to say he was not his normal self at the debate. Chris Bell, on the other hand proved that he was, despite contrary reports, alive. He did have the best line of the debate. When asked if he knew whether there were term limits for the governor, his response ( I don’t remember the quote, but it was very close to this): “That is the single best reason to vote for me. There are no term limits for Governor and our current Governor has said if he wins this election, he will run again.” Snap!

More High/low lights:
Carole Keeton Rylander McClellon Strayhorn Jinglehimer Schmidt didn’t know who the president of Mexico was nor how long unemployment benefits last.

Perry – proved his was a douche and looked bored. His hair was of typical porn-star quality. He lied through his teeth about the Trans Texas Corridor.

Kinky – got in a few zingers, but nothing new if you have been following him. Frankly, I was disappointed. I saw him speak at the Student Union this week, and basically he said the same things. Kinky lost an opportunity, albeit, considering the timing of the debate, not a big one. Hi did include his definition of politics joke; “politics” come from “poly” meaning more than one, and “tics” meaning blood-sucking parasites.

James Werner – the Libertarian Party candidate who, despite being on the ballot, was not invited to the debate. The clear loser, since he wasn’t even there. Why wasn’t he invited? According to Belo, they didn’t want to turn the race into a circus. LOL, a bit late for that. This will be the first time in my life not voting for a Libertarian.

Go Kinky!

Give em Hell
Give em Hell
Perry Sucks!

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And moving on to Foosball, the bid Texas / OU game is this afternoon.
Texas is favored by 4. IMHO, you should put your money on Texas (I did) no way this will be a single digit game. Hook em Horns!

Give em Hell
Give em Hell
OU Sucks!
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I wish I could be the first blogger-for-Kinky to graciously concede that Bell won the debate hands down, but Ian and TheLongHaul and you beat me to it.

Ian graciously said:

I think most Kinky supporters, myself included, had assumed that the question wasn't "if" Kinky would win the debate, but instead by "how much". Perry is the perfect punching bag, and Kinky seemed well equipped to run circles around the status quo politicians. Debates are glorified battles of the one-liner, and it seemed silly to think that the Kinky, the master of the one-liner who had 30 years experience being on stage, could somehow fumble on his biggest night. But he did. ... The fact that Kinky couldn't name a single black guy from Texas on his staff was rather embarrassing. The fact that Kinky looked like the cranky old redneck from the Hill Country didn't help. ... The fact that Kinky was forced to say, "I agree with Bell" on this and that only helped to make Bell look like the only grown-up on stage. ... I watched the debate in Dallas with some of my old Kinky friends. I must admit that I was shocked that Bell actually got some scattered applause. Obviously, the Kinksters groaned and laughed when Bell said, "I'm a serious man with a serious plan." But other than that awkward line, I'd say Bell did what he had to do. ... congrats to Team Bell for hanging in there and delivering on the one night that mattered the most.

TheLongHaul graciously said:

Bell did a great job. The thing that helped Bell the most, was time limits. We all know how boring he can be, and how he can go on and on, but the best thing that happened to him was time limits. He will probably benefit the most from the debates.... Kinky needed to come out strong and present himself as a valid candidate in order to break away from the pack. I don't think he did as well as he could have, but I don't feel he will lose many votes.

Your comments were also gracious.

I agree Bell won the debate convincingly. Kinky fell short of my expectations, especially on questions which Kinky should have anticipated. Plus Kinky didn't help matters much with his post debate comments "Right now, I'm still voting for myself" and "Jesse Ventura convinced me I shouldn't be for a wall because ten years from now we might want to be getting out of here."

The war isn't over, but Bell won this battle decisively. Congratulations to team Bell. Enjoy your victory because we're gonna win in November!

10/07/2006 04:57:00 PM
Anonymous said...

At this point, it might as well be a given that Perry is going to win. The vote is going to be too splintered for anything else to happen. Perry played it smart during the debate by not saying much, avoiding getting sucked into conflict by Carol Cougar Mellancamp and letting Kinky shoot his fingers at him. Did anyone else notice how Kinky when talking about the greatness of Sam Houston said "Present company excluded, Sam Houston was our best governor ever." That seemed fairly hilarious to me b/c even the most staunch Perry supporters will never concede him as one of the best governors in Texas history. All in all, people view Perry as the lesser of all evils and as an incumbent Republican, he might as well just crank up the a/c and keep it rockin in the Gov. mansion.

10/11/2006 08:47:00 AM

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