Winter scares Tancredo stupid
For the first time in 10 years, Tom Tancredo is on the defensive. He's sending out postcards that try to link Bill Winter - a military veteran who worked for Republican John McCain - to Nancy Pelosi and Howard Dean.
What the postcards actually prove is that the Tancredo campaign needs a proofreader.
But the funniest thing about them isn't the arbitrary capitalization or the fact that Tancredo spells capital punishment with an "o." (Although I'd agree that he's been inflicting "capitol" punishment on his district for years.)
No, the funniest part is the photo of Winter with his finger in his mouth and the caption, "Bill Winter - A Wet-finger Politician?"
Originally, I was lost. So I did a little research and discovered a wet-finger politician is one who licks his finger and then puts it in the air to see how the winds are blowing. Makes sense. But it doesn't describe Bill Winter. So what does it mean here? Maybe a politician with his finger in the dike, holding back a flood of corruption? Or a politician who doesn't have his finger in the wind, flip-flopping whenever he sees the latest polls?
All kidding aside, Tancredo is obviously worried. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be spending money that he'd rather use to run for President.
UPDATE: The PDF of the postcard that I received was too big to post. Fortunately, PDT at Square State points out that the Douglas County Democrats have it on their website.
What the postcards actually prove is that the Tancredo campaign needs a proofreader.
But the funniest thing about them isn't the arbitrary capitalization or the fact that Tancredo spells capital punishment with an "o." (Although I'd agree that he's been inflicting "capitol" punishment on his district for years.)
No, the funniest part is the photo of Winter with his finger in his mouth and the caption, "Bill Winter - A Wet-finger Politician?"
Originally, I was lost. So I did a little research and discovered a wet-finger politician is one who licks his finger and then puts it in the air to see how the winds are blowing. Makes sense. But it doesn't describe Bill Winter. So what does it mean here? Maybe a politician with his finger in the dike, holding back a flood of corruption? Or a politician who doesn't have his finger in the wind, flip-flopping whenever he sees the latest polls?
All kidding aside, Tancredo is obviously worried. If he wasn't, he wouldn't be spending money that he'd rather use to run for President.
UPDATE: The PDF of the postcard that I received was too big to post. Fortunately, PDT at Square State points out that the Douglas County Democrats have it on their website.
3 Comments:
My wife looked at the front of the card at the person hanging from strings and said, "that's not Bill, it's Garry Shandling!"
Considering that name identity was probably Bill's major issue this was probably the dumbest move Tom could have done.
Now that Bill name is out there voters will want more information about Bill and the more they learn about Bill the more they like...should I send Tom a thank you card?
This looks like it was a very targeted piece because attacking Bill on these issues to "regular" voters just doesn't make sense. Plus how many "regular" voters know what Hillarycare means?
I'm a Republican and have never voted for a Democrat for any office of consequence. This time I voted for Bill Winter. Unfortunately, the more I read about him the more I disliked, but there was absolutely no way I was voting for Tancredo so I had no choice. That anti-Winter postcard that Tancredo sent out was enough to make me cringe; had I been on the fence, that postcard would have immediately turned me off of Tancredo. It might not have been enough to push me to Winter, but it would've definitely been enough to push me to investigate what other options there were. I agree that Tancredo's campaign screwed the pooch with that postcard attack.
I really don't know what I'm hoping for... if Tancredo wins, I'm bummed. If Winter wins and the Democrats win the House, I'm bummed. I guess the only way I'd be happy is if Winter wins but the Democrats don't win the House.
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