Bentzin goes down
When you run the most shameful campaign Austin had seen in decades in 2002,
get beat, but come back to run in a special election for House District 48,
a special election especially rigged by the Governor, the R establishment, and the outgoing state rep specifically for you to run in and at an advantage,
when the Ds can't even settle on a candidate or get their shit together to run any opposition 'til the last minute,
when you can't even get Rich Oppel to endorse you because of your dirty ties with John Colyandro and TRMPAC,
when you're too pussy to debate (probably because Gonzalo -- far from the best debater -- kicked your ass last time you went before a public forum),
when you outspend your opponents using your personal wealth,
and take a last minute infusion of cash from the likes of Jim Leininger and Bob Perry,
but you still can't break 40% in a district that is 53-54% Republican,
You suck.
The election results from the special in Western Travis County are cause for celebration:
Ben Bentzin
REP
5,124
37.80%
Ben Easton
LIB
310
2.28%
Donna Howard
DEM
6,705
49.46%
Kathy Rider
DEM
1,416
10.44%
Bentzin goes down. Howard within 75 votes of winning outright.
Kathy Rider did the right thing by withdrawing from the March primary. Andy Brown -- never a promising candidate -- should do the same.
And Bentzin should take this for what it is -- a message from the good people of Travis County that we don't like you, that we want you to go back to Arizona and fulfill your college dream of acting in musicals (no shit, this is what the guy wanted to do at age 20). Take your Dell money and fuck off.
Seriously, withdraw from the runoff. Save the taxpayers and the people you presume to want to represent the expense and hassle of an election with a foregone conclusion.
Baxter fucked his constituents (as did you by helping arrange this rigged special election), now let those constituents have a real state rep for this special session. Let Donna take the seat now.
Run in the general if you want your hat handed to you again, but back down.
Bentzin quoted in Statesman saying,
"In the special election, I was running against a field of several other candidates," Bentzin said. "In the runoff election, now we have a clear choice between two candidates, and that's what we'll be communicating to voters."
What? 60% plus voted Democrat. Clearly.
Baxter would never back out though. It'd be a classy move and that's totally out of character for him.
So we have a runoff coming up, and the fuckers on the right will play dirty. Travis County Dems did a great job at the end of this race, and deserve a hearty congratulations, as do Donna and her campaign (you can contribute here).
Enjoy this, enjoy the recognition that Austin is still Austin, and then let's get ready to pop Bentzin in the mouth again when the dumbass gets off the mat.
get beat, but come back to run in a special election for House District 48,
a special election especially rigged by the Governor, the R establishment, and the outgoing state rep specifically for you to run in and at an advantage,
when the Ds can't even settle on a candidate or get their shit together to run any opposition 'til the last minute,
when you can't even get Rich Oppel to endorse you because of your dirty ties with John Colyandro and TRMPAC,
when you're too pussy to debate (probably because Gonzalo -- far from the best debater -- kicked your ass last time you went before a public forum),
when you outspend your opponents using your personal wealth,
and take a last minute infusion of cash from the likes of Jim Leininger and Bob Perry,
but you still can't break 40% in a district that is 53-54% Republican,
You suck.
The election results from the special in Western Travis County are cause for celebration:
Ben Bentzin
REP
5,124
37.80%
Ben Easton
LIB
310
2.28%
Donna Howard
DEM
6,705
49.46%
Kathy Rider
DEM
1,416
10.44%
Bentzin goes down. Howard within 75 votes of winning outright.
Kathy Rider did the right thing by withdrawing from the March primary. Andy Brown -- never a promising candidate -- should do the same.
And Bentzin should take this for what it is -- a message from the good people of Travis County that we don't like you, that we want you to go back to Arizona and fulfill your college dream of acting in musicals (no shit, this is what the guy wanted to do at age 20). Take your Dell money and fuck off.
Seriously, withdraw from the runoff. Save the taxpayers and the people you presume to want to represent the expense and hassle of an election with a foregone conclusion.
Baxter fucked his constituents (as did you by helping arrange this rigged special election), now let those constituents have a real state rep for this special session. Let Donna take the seat now.
Run in the general if you want your hat handed to you again, but back down.
Bentzin quoted in Statesman saying,
"In the special election, I was running against a field of several other candidates," Bentzin said. "In the runoff election, now we have a clear choice between two candidates, and that's what we'll be communicating to voters."
What? 60% plus voted Democrat. Clearly.
Baxter would never back out though. It'd be a classy move and that's totally out of character for him.
So we have a runoff coming up, and the fuckers on the right will play dirty. Travis County Dems did a great job at the end of this race, and deserve a hearty congratulations, as do Donna and her campaign (you can contribute here).
Enjoy this, enjoy the recognition that Austin is still Austin, and then let's get ready to pop Bentzin in the mouth again when the dumbass gets off the mat.
posted by bda at 10:06 AM
5 Comments:
So you're NOT a fan of Ben Bentzin?
in all fairness, he's not much of a fan of me.
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I can't stand Bentzin either.
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