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Weak TeaBag Changes Name To Cesar Chavez, Runs As Democrat
Idiot Republican Changes Name, Seems Pretty Sure Latino Voters Don’t Know Cesar Chavez Is Dead
FRINGE CANDIDATE WATCH 2014
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4:15 pm June 2, 2014
by Doktor Zoom
Looks legit! Let’s say you’re a complete unknown in Arizona who failed to win as a write-in Tea Party candidate for Congress in 2012, and then lost a campaign for Phoenix City Council in 2013. Maybe you’d have better luck with some name recognition? So former nobody Scott Fistler legally changed his name to “Cesar Chavez” and is now running as a Democrat to replace retiring congressman Ed Pastor. Can’t possibly go wrong, because your Latino voters are going to see the name of the famous guy on there and figure that after dying in 1993, the activist and civil rights leader has rested up and deserves a seat in Congress.
We do have to at least agree that this much of Fistler/Chavez’s story sounds plausible: Fistler’s name change petition, filed last November, said plaintively, “I have experienced many hardships because of my name.” No doubt.
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FRINGE CANDIDATE WATCH 2014
[font size=3]WONKETTE[/font]
4:15 pm June 2, 2014
by Doktor Zoom
Looks legit! Let’s say you’re a complete unknown in Arizona who failed to win as a write-in Tea Party candidate for Congress in 2012, and then lost a campaign for Phoenix City Council in 2013. Maybe you’d have better luck with some name recognition? So former nobody Scott Fistler legally changed his name to “Cesar Chavez” and is now running as a Democrat to replace retiring congressman Ed Pastor. Can’t possibly go wrong, because your Latino voters are going to see the name of the famous guy on there and figure that after dying in 1993, the activist and civil rights leader has rested up and deserves a seat in Congress.
We do have to at least agree that this much of Fistler/Chavez’s story sounds plausible: Fistler’s name change petition, filed last November, said plaintively, “I have experienced many hardships because of my name.” No doubt.
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- You have to admire someone who'll be open and honest enough to stand up for what they believe in. Even if it's anything and everything as long as it'll get them a cushy elected gig where they don't really have to work.
How refreshing.
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...even though I realize many are afraid of links. Links can take you places you may not wanna go (HuffPo, AOL, Yahoo News, etc.). Or links can sometimes lead to truths that people just aren't ready for (like, Dedroidify and a couple more....).
- Most links just eventually lead to porn sites though. I swear, that's how I ended up there!
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/scott-fistler-cesar-chavez-arizona-congress
