Last night, I was fortunate to be in the audience for this hour-long “debate.”
I put it in quotes because it wasn’t a debate at all. It was the typical moderator-run question-and-answer format we know so well from CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC: an opening statement, separate questions for each candidate, if a candidate mentions another candidate, they get time to rebut, and then a closing statement from each.
You needed to pay close attention to see beneath the veneer.
It was moderated by Addison Winslow and Greg Jones. Jones comes from Tehama County (Supervisor) and, well, you all know Addison.
I can summarize it for you in case you don’t have an extra hour.
What we had was TDS, Flaming Socialism, and one mature adult.
Imagine every talking point of the most rabid Democratic Party loyalist. I think he mentioned how much he hates Trump at least a dozen times. The rest was about all the wonderful things he was going to do for us if we would only give him the power of Washington, D.C. He claimed gas prices were Trump’s fault, but failed to mention the ~$1.40/gallon state taxes or the closing of two refineries. I won’t bore you with any other examples, other than to say that if you know the policies of Gavin Newsom, you know McGuire, right down the line.
Likewise, if you know Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren, or N.Y. Mayor Mamdani, you know Audrey Denney, except Denny speaks with such enthusiasm about her visions of some future world where “the rich” no longer exist, and her constituents inherit all their money, you might think she was on speed. She played every card, including the sex card, saying what we really need is more women in Washington, not to mention the quotas of American Demographics strictly defined by DEI. That’s Audrey (and her fan, Addison Winslow, who calls McGuire the Energizer Bunny).
Then there was James Gallagher, who sat there poker-faced while the other two spoke. When it was his turn (I’d like someone to take a stopwatch to the speaking times to verify my impression), he came alive with facts and the truth behind their lies about Mike’s voting record (he didn’t much bother with Audrey, since she has no record). Time after time, he corrected the narratives with the truth.
Sometimes I look at candidates as if I were a hiring manager. Would I hire Mike McGuire? Never. He’s the kind of employee who tells lies about you behind your back and then steals office supplies. Audrey? I would never take the chance, worried that at the first opportunity, she would sue someone for sexism and lecture people about socialism in the lunchroom, leaving the real work to others.
James? I would ask him for a job. We are lucky to have him, even if it’s only for the short time engineered by our glorious and triumphant Governor and leader of the Democratic Uniparty, thanks to the dishonesty and anti-American motives responsible for Proposition 50, where fair representation gives way to party dominance. We could have Gallagher permanently in Congress, but instead, when the district designed around McGuire comes into play (it’s nice to be such good friends with the Governor), we’ll probably get another Newsom acolyte next, elected by people who live in the suburbs of San Francisco, just what Butte County and DC need. Sheeez! I couldn’t invent a more diabolical scheme to steal all remaining remnants of representative government based on place, not population.
Babalone Bee hit it on the head with the headline, “Democrats promote a law that makes it illegal for Republicans to vote at all.”
You nailed it Rob!
Exactly! Thanks for your time, glad I missed it.