Burnt Orange Report

Obviously the whole thing was set up from the beginning to invite intrigue and blog posts and web traffic. A little too Rovian for my taste, but it worked, I guess.

I am so sad. This is so pathetic. Why has God forsaken us? My plan: I am going to secretly hire Rick Cofer to use the shell of the Todd Radford for Travis County Sheriff website for the Draft Lance Armstrong for Governor Campaign in 2010. Let's start the grassroots and the conspiracy theories earlier.

I'll one up you-- I'm going to call Nate Walker and get the shell of Celia Israel's race and start Draft Karl-Thomas for Governor 2022!

Beat that, slowpoke...

I'll take Doobs up and call Haley Greer and get the shell of the Mandy Dealy campaign and Draft Dobbs for TDP Chairman at the 2006 State Convention!

Jeez, can I get a few slices of bread to go with the baloney in the DJS clip? If they have no indication of whether John Sharp is going to run or not, maybe they'd be better off calling the reporters he's talked to saying he'll announce in late September?

The bottom line for this whole endeavor is that it artfully demonstrates the difference between John Sharp and Chris Bell. On the one hand, we have a candidate who believes in the open-source political ethos that more and more Democrats are embracing (not just bloggers, but club leaders, party officials, and people who don't even have the internet). And on the other, we have a group of people that believe they can manipulate others with lies and anonymity.

No what you really have is a few seasoned Demos who have fought the good fight and found that with limited resources a decent candidate with a good name ID beats a decent democrat with no name ID. Then you can go to winning and losing races...Sharps won more at a higher level than Bell and lost some too..Bottom line for me...watch for Spence, Lyndon Olsen, Jr. or Paul Hobby to come out if poll numbers show a Demo. can win...If none of those emerge, Rick Perry will have the honor of being the longest serving Governor in the history of Texas. If that does not change KBH's mind nothing will.

"what you really have is a few seasoned Demos who have fought the good fight and found that with limited resources a decent candidate with a good name ID beats a decent democrat with no name ID."

Really, Stace? They "found" this? I'd be real curious to learn how they "found" this through a smattering of anonymous endorsments.

If your bottom line is to watch for a handful of people who will only run when they see a poll that tells them they'll win no matter what, then I might suggest a serious re-education on Democratic principle. I mean, hell, at least I can say this about Sharp - he's willing to run before it gets to that point. What is it that you would possibly find so flattering about someone who will only run if they see a poll rather than one willing to run on strong ideas that run counter to the damage the state GOP has done to the state and well within the mainstream of Democratic thought?

If you believe in your ideas, you fight for them, win or lose ... not just when a favorable poll comes out.

During this whole non-scandal Greg cooked up over the Draft Sharp web site, it has been Greg who has been exposed time after time as engaging in unfounded allegation after unsubstantiated rmore. Now he has Sharp telling reporters that he will announce in late September? How about naming those reporters so we can call them to check?

Sure thing, Anonymous. Drop me an email

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