Ehrlich - posted also in LBN in a thread

[Stinky The Clown]

I posted the following in an Ehrlich thread on the LBN board. I am reposting here to get comments and a "sense" of things from Marylanders, specifically. While I am clearly an O'Malley supporter, I am not opposed to Duncan.

Is there any early activity toward the governor's race some two years hence? Thoughts? Predicitons? Stategies? .......... ?

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Ehrlich first gained prominence as one of the freshman congressman who invaded the US Capitol as a result of Gingrich's Contract on America (tm). He is a Nazi through and through, He defeated Bobby Kennedy's oldest child, then-Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, to win the Maryland statehouse. Townsend, while a wonderful lady, ran what I consider an abysmal campaign, and, in many ways just like Al Gore, had to run away from her former boss, who was a pretty ineffective Governor.

We have hope for '06, however, in the face of Baltimore mayor Martin O'Malley. He is a rising star in the national democratic party and had a speaking role at the convention. O'Malley is very popular and quite charismatic. He has been an effective mayor. While he has yet to officially announce for Gov, but no one doubts he will.

Anyone in Maryland .... we need to work hard for O'Malley. Even with our state being solid blue in the final outcome, check out this map:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/M...

While that map is the partial result for the last Senate race, only, it is very much indicative of the larger voting patterns in our state. We have a creeping red/pink stain on us. Marylanders, do NOT be complacent. Get off your asses and work.

And don't forget, we are 100% Diebold with NO paper record (as affirmed and defended by Ehrlich's SoS/Elections chief). Our margin of victory can not be allowed to be close. It must be so overwhelming that any election fraud would have to be so flagrant, so massive, so widespread, as to be laughable. Anything less is a recipe for disaster. And since the governor race is a midterm, no one will be watching closely. Fortunately, we have a real newspaper who is not afraid to look hard at politicians, but don't feel too comforted by that. We need to do our jobs, too.

This governor MUST be taken down. If not for him and his policies, imagine what would happen were he to win a second term and then have his Lt. Governor run. Mike Steele is, in my opinion, even more electable than Ehrlich. He is a charismatic, soft spoken, good looking, intelligent, reasonable sounding African American who hails from Prince Georges county, the most affluent, well educated predominantly African American county in the US (IIRC). He could get elected by taking all the republican areas and making a serious dent in the African American areas. Steele could seriously break the back of Maryland's long standing democratic traditions by moving large blocs of formerly reliable (but sadly, often ignored) Black Democratic voters to the Republican fold. This is ABSOLUTELY possible. We can NOT take the African American vote for granted. Steele's story is compelling on its face (self-made, yadda yadda) and will play well among the newly affluent African Americans who, I suggest, could easily tilt Republican.

So, Marylanders, answer the call. Work to have Ehrlich removed from office ........ it is a MUST on our To Do list.

[Bertha Venation]

1. my opinion not yet fully formed on Duncan v. O'Malley

Duncan: I hear a lot about him in the news, but then so does everyone else. I am usually supportive of his moves, but recently heard of one I do not support. Unforutnately I can't recall it right now. Meh.

O'Malley: once replied to a letter from Mrs. V. about equality for gays, but I can't remember the reason she wrote. She was mad about something he'd said or someone in his office had said, I think. But his reply was quite excellent.

The only thing I'm sure of is Ehrlich's gotta go.