Day: September 25, 2014

Candidate Lies Like a Dog Then Says Media ‘Ambushed’ Him

Buck Banks

I am who I am. I don’t think my educational history or my age or voter registration has anything to do with what I’m trying to do in this city. … This is my first rodeo, and I’m disappointed that the media are bringing me down.

— Embattled Laguna Beach City Council candidate Jon Madison, claiming he is being “ambushed” over evidence that he falsified his age, educational and work histories on his campaign website, the Laguna Beach Coastline Pilot reports.

How the Conservative Heritage Foundation Defines Liberalism

Buck Banks

Give up your economic freedom, give up your political freedom, and you will be rewarded with license. It’s all sex all the time. It’s not just the sex itself — it’s the permission to indulge.

— David Azerrad of The Heritage Foundation — “which prides itself as being the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement” — describing the philosophy of the left at a Heritage conference on the future of liberalism, MSNBC reports.

GOP Strategist Says Pat Roberts Is Just ‘Furniture’ in the Senate

Buck Banks

He’s basically furniture in the Senate, and the people in Kansas know that. You could give the average Kansan 24 hours to come up with something Pat Roberts has done in the Senate, and after 24 hours, even the crickets would be standing there befuddled.

— GOP strategist John Weaver, quoted by the Washington Post.

Illinois Candidate Votes Early and Often … In Two States

Buck Banks

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Number of states Illinois state representative candidate Kathy Myalls (R) has voted in recently, the Chicago Sun Times reports. “In one case, she cast a vote in a primary election in Illinois. Then just three months later, records show she voted in Wisconsin to cast a ballot in the state’s recall election… Myalls then voted in Wisconsin’s presidential general election in 2012 before returning to Illinois to vote the following spring.”