I won't be able to mark my ballet with a straight face
I went to the first debate for Republican nominees for govenor this evening. The three gentlemen who were on the stand were Emery, Mills, and Woodcock. Here is how they pan out from my perspective:
Emery- A lot of his plans are well thought out but fall short as they are built on logical standpoints that will simply never happen. Gas companies in Maine are not going to simply allow him to start pumping Ethanol into vehicles instead of gasoline no matter how hard he tries. Other things fall through as well. After talking to him personally he treated me with a good deal of respect and acted as though I was just as important as all the other buisness types in there. However, he mentioned his time working with Regan WAY too much.
Mills- Biggest idiot in the room. Sometimes he didn't say anything even close to what the question was, but I liked him more after these little side rants then when he actually answered the questions. It wasn't much better when I talked to him briefly afterward... he was combatitive and confrontational. I was very displeased with Mr. Mills and his lack of respect twoard me, a member of a key voting demographic, but whatever. His loss.
Woodcock- In my opinion, the best choice we have. I agreed with almost everything he put on the table. The great thing about state government is that almost none of it is "social" and almost all of it is "economic" which means I find an easy group to side with, at least on the state level. Woodcock is wonderfull because he understands the economics behind how things are going but on the few social issues we have to worry about his moderate to liberal, which is wonderful. He is also a former teacher and understands the value of the education system. Erin and Matt are working on his campaign and so I helped put up some signs in the room. When I spoke with himm afterward you would have thought I saved his family from a burning building and given him a million dollars. I thought he was going to build me a shrine. Although I am sure some/alot of it was political BS the conversation we had was really good and I was glad I talked to him after it was over.
When primaries roll around I am going to be voting for Woodcock because I simply think he is the best choice. I would urge you all to do the same but I am pretty sure I am the only Republican in my group of friends, let alone people that would read this.
I will, however, urge you to vote for any of the Republican candidates come November... they all had somewhat acceptable ideas and I'm pretty sure a semi-retarded 2-legged puppy > Baldachi... that guy is a Fuckass.
Emery- A lot of his plans are well thought out but fall short as they are built on logical standpoints that will simply never happen. Gas companies in Maine are not going to simply allow him to start pumping Ethanol into vehicles instead of gasoline no matter how hard he tries. Other things fall through as well. After talking to him personally he treated me with a good deal of respect and acted as though I was just as important as all the other buisness types in there. However, he mentioned his time working with Regan WAY too much.
Mills- Biggest idiot in the room. Sometimes he didn't say anything even close to what the question was, but I liked him more after these little side rants then when he actually answered the questions. It wasn't much better when I talked to him briefly afterward... he was combatitive and confrontational. I was very displeased with Mr. Mills and his lack of respect twoard me, a member of a key voting demographic, but whatever. His loss.
Woodcock- In my opinion, the best choice we have. I agreed with almost everything he put on the table. The great thing about state government is that almost none of it is "social" and almost all of it is "economic" which means I find an easy group to side with, at least on the state level. Woodcock is wonderfull because he understands the economics behind how things are going but on the few social issues we have to worry about his moderate to liberal, which is wonderful. He is also a former teacher and understands the value of the education system. Erin and Matt are working on his campaign and so I helped put up some signs in the room. When I spoke with himm afterward you would have thought I saved his family from a burning building and given him a million dollars. I thought he was going to build me a shrine. Although I am sure some/alot of it was political BS the conversation we had was really good and I was glad I talked to him after it was over.
When primaries roll around I am going to be voting for Woodcock because I simply think he is the best choice. I would urge you all to do the same but I am pretty sure I am the only Republican in my group of friends, let alone people that would read this.
I will, however, urge you to vote for any of the Republican candidates come November... they all had somewhat acceptable ideas and I'm pretty sure a semi-retarded 2-legged puppy > Baldachi... that guy is a Fuckass.