2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIdaho GOP Primary Debate
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/15/this-gop-primary-debate-for-idaho-governor-is-so-bonkers-we-dont-know-where-to-start/Folks, you have a choice: A cowboy, a curmudgeon, a biker or a normal guy. Take your pick.
That is what Harley Brown, a Republican candidate for governor, told the people of Idaho during a primary debate on Wednesday evening and its an entirely apt description of the situation. Before youre mistaken, Brown doesnt consider himself the normal candidate in that list. Hes the leather-clad fed-fightin biker.
Brown has joined Walt Bayes and state Sen. Russ Fulcher in challenging two-term Gov. C.L. Butch Otter in the GOP primary.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)The Village People are running for governor?
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)right wing version of the Village People. OMG
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)Hard to believe that attacks on Otter are coming from his lunatic fringe right wing. Any sane Democrat should beat both of them. Is there something in the water around here?
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)teabagger-republican.
Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)Shit, he's doomed.
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)to chew into the time available to his main rival to press home his argument to replace Otter in the primary. That's right the Governor insisted these two nut bags be included in the debate to gain an advantage against the one guy that could really give him a run for his money. Don't get me wrong - my home state is full of wackos - but even in Idaho, those in power know how to use the system to stay in power.
Me? I'm backing our Democratic candidate, now there is a guy who really makes sense!
nilesobek
(1,423 posts)and anyone else I can to vote for the Democrat.
Blue Idaho
(5,049 posts)I'm with you on that one!
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)First of all, this was the only debate that Otter would agree to participate in.
Secondly, Harley Brown admitted on Friday that he wasn't even qualified to be on the ballot, and that came out after Otter said that all qualified candidates should be included after Fulcher accused Otter of making Idaho a laughing stock by insisting they be included in the debate.
Thirdly, Otter has a long history of always insisting that crackpots and nutjobs like Brown are included in the debates because they eat up debate time.
Obviously, Otter can't defend his record in the Governor's office, so he wanted someone to distract attention from discussion of his record during the debate.
The people of Idaho got ripped off by Otter's tactic because if Otter had been forced to defend his record, he would have started stuttering, lying, and hemming and hawing about it.