the bombardment of campaign literature continues and it is of note because of its relative rarity...the politics of this city, county, district, state are so utterly predictable that virtually no politician finds any sort of campaign expenditure a necessity...except when an incumbent dies/retires...then it becomes an imperative...
a couple of outstanding things about this...first i found it hanging from my front doorknob when i cam home from work yesterday and the ritual of political door knocking/glad handing must surely contravene the governor's executive order about "social distancing"..and secondly, why haven't i heard of this guy? i am not a fan of politicians which is exactly why i pay some attention to what they do and say...never heard of him...haven't seen a sign or billboard with his name on it ( there are mcdermott signs all over the damned place...especially in porter county...probably hobart too ) and yet he has ( it says ) the resignee's endorsement...perhaps he feels that cachet negates the need to campaign...and he may be correct...
mcdermott, on the other hand, not only has signs all over, he keeps sending me epistles telling me how many people think he's a great guy and multi page ones telling me why he thinks he's a great guy...he will have to pardon my skepticism...especially about the narcissistic stuff...
meanwhile mara candelaria reardon has engaged in what, for this particular county, must be the ultimate political slur...she called mcdermott a "former republican"...hence not only slime, but slime with no political loyalty or ( gasp! ) integrity..she is either oblivious or thinks i am stupid...or maybe both but who cares what this doomed campaigner thinks? whomever gets the nod from the polity will play the BAU game or be tossed out in 2022...no one stays long in the house by bucking institutional imperatives...there are no outsiders in the house...this gem comes to me from something called the "voter protection project" ( when was any politician interested in protecting a voter? ) with a retuen address of 401 32nd avenue south, suite 303 seattle washington...the pathways of political money are various and convoluted...nixon got busted by two crime reporters following the money and pols have been covering their tracks with increasing complexity ever since...who knows...perhaps the climate in washington state is friendlier than hoosierland...or maybe "suite 303" is located in a vacant lot...either way it is removed from the gritty post-industrial realities here...and those are exactly why tom and mara want to leave...better opportunity in whoretown.
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