- All of the heavy lifting is being done at CenLaMar where this morning we find 37 reasons to vote against Jindal all of which can be condensed into: He is a turd sandwich and a half.
- Pistolette, meanwhile, provides us with the well-reasoned recommendation to not vote for either of the giant douches (Boasso and Georges).
- Ashley has some final thoughts and continues his crusade against Virginia Boulet (which we wholeheartedly smile upon)
- Oyster has a post full of fun links regarding Jindal's relationship to the right wing super-weirdo Council for National Policy. This is yet another example of an obvious Jindal vulnerability that could have been exploited by a competent opponent... assuming the Gambit and T-P would allow it.
Update: Oyster lists his endorsements here. - Morwen is voting for Campbell... but we knew that already... she's been saying so for months now.
- Ray is voting for Boulet... I think because her "brother" made him a sandwich at a Gumbo party or something like that.
- "Miss May" has also made a few recommendations (which did not make the paper for some reason)
- David is still predicting a runoff. I think he means that it's Georges vs Jindal. Georges has been picking up steam in New Orleans lately. However, I maintain that the fact that a conservative millionaire vanity candidate like Georges is swallowing up what remains of the organized New Orleans black vote is just further evidence that the New Orleans vote is effectively isolated and irrelevant to this campaign.
- Adrastos seems the most exasperated by the lameitude of this campaign writing
The best thing about this particular campaign is that it's nearly over. The ABJ (anybody but Jindal) candidates with the resources didn't have a message and the candidate with a message, albeit a limited one, didn't have the money to stop the Jindal juggernaut. It's time to put both the campaign and myself to sleep.
Update: Adrastos makes his recommendations here. - Update: Schroeder is voting for Boasso. HIs argument seems to be that the St Bernard candidate is most likely to make flood protection a priority. I'm not convinced it's that simple. I also disagree with Schroeder's argument that Campbell's oil tax would somehow drive oil production out of Louisiana. They can't take the oil with them, can they?
- More: I seem to have left Maitri out of this somehow. She's behind a couple of candidates I just can't support (Vassel and Boasso) but then again, I'm not supporting anyone. Oh except Stephen Colbert who is also on Maitri's list.
- And still more: Editor B presents us with an admirably iconoclastic... if somewhat impractical creed
My voting philosophy is pretty simple. Here are my general rules:
Which leads him to some surprising choices.
1. Vote against the incumbent, if there is one.
2. Don’t vote for a candidate of either of the two major entrenched parties. - Still more: The We Could Be Famous list provides us with the astute observation,
I don't think there's been a governor's race in the history of the country with a slate of candidates less qualified to stage a nice looking photo op.
It has been a disappointing season with more tedium than drama and next to no discussion of the future of the state or the fitness of the candidates to grapple with the coming challenges. How is it even possible that a campaign for governor of a flood ravaged state results in the first ballot election of a former associate of the firm that taught insurance companies how to lie to people?
The real culprits here, of course, are Jindal's friends in the Louisiana media, particularly at the Gambit and T-P, who have propped him up as their latest Dragon Slayer come to rescue us from the ever-present grip of "old political corruption". I intend to say more about the irresponsible idiocy of these publications and their predictable enthusiasm for cyclical Louisiana "reform" movements after the election.
But for now it's time to turn up your radios and feel the magic of those last-minute advertisements as the 2007 buffoon show moves into its final act.
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