LOL Andys |
5th June 2008
After Obama’s stunning victory in Montana yesterday, I could not help myself. For some background, see this post on Andy Hammond: Professor Chaos and then go over and read some LOL Cats.
You will recall that Andy had it set in his mind that he would be able to reak havoc and chaos in the Democratic primaries by voting for Hillary Clinton. He claimed that like minded ditto-heads were responsible for her victory in Pennsylvania and predicted they could do the same thing in Montana:
I am officially opening up the Montana Division of Operation Chaos. It’s the creation of Rush Limbaugh to create chaos in the Democratic primaries.
[snip]
My goal is to continue Operation Chaos in the Montana Democrat Primary. It’s an open primary on June 3 so it will be very easy to just go and vote. It is the last state primary, along with South Dakota, before the National Convention and I am pretty sure Hillary will still be battling so I plan on voting for her. I have also recruited, to date, eight other conservatives to vote for her and plan on recruiting many more.
Well, I am not thinking that his plan worked so well. In fact, judging from the voter counts, I am thinking that a lot of formerly Republican voters crossed over and voted because they liked Obama. We’ll see in a few months.
In the meantime, while Andy Professor Chaos and his friends minions were busy trying to “to create chaos in the Democratic primaries”, something sort of funny happened. After years and years of running for every position in the land as a member of every party ever conceived, the Republican Party has nominated Bob Kelleher. The Republican party of Montana just nominated the green party candidate from the 2002 Senate race to represent their party in the 2008 Senate race.
I don’t really know anything about Bob, other than he has ran for Governor four times, congress once and president once. All of these as a Democrat. In 2002 he ran for US Senate under the banner of the Green Party. His big issue? Convert America to a unicameral parliamentary system. Now he is the official nominee of the Republican party of the state of Montana for the position of US Senate.
Good work Andy Professor Chaos. The debates are going to be a BLAST!
IRONY: UR DOIN IT RITE!
I haz LOL!!!11!
With this guy and Baucus, that would actually be a debate worth watching. It ain’t gonna happen though:
It’s too bad, really. I’d like to watch Baucus’ hair try to stand on end.
Seriously, I don’t get the glee so many have regarding the opposition in the Senate and the House races. Don’t we want our Senators and Representatives to get elected because of where they stand on the issues? Apparently not; thanks primary voters.
I agree 110% Doug. I want our representatives vetted in each and every race. I want them to know that they have to work to represent all of their constituents and I want them to know that they have to answer for it at the end of every election. This is a mockery, but a mildly amusing one at least.
On the Driscoll/Hunt fiasco, I’m with Doug and Shane: it’s a shame that the candidate who worked the hardest, and actually advanced a platform that targeted Rehberg, didn’t get the nod. One has to wonder if some of the newly registered Dem. voters didn’t study the down ticket races.
On the other hand, I’m tickled by the Kelleher/Baucus match up. I can’t wait for the Republican convention in Missoula when the GOP candidate for the U.S. Senate is introduced to the party faithful. It is too bad, though, that Max won’t debate Bob — c’mon Max!
Finally, on Hammond’s ‘Operation Chaos,’ I’m stealing a quote from Rebecca over at 4&20:
“Poor Andy Hammond. I heard he made his own little ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner and suspiciously well-padded flight suit to celebrate his victory and everything.”
Hunt’s loss is a blessing in disguise, because he never had a chance and his candidacy would just have been a waste of resources that can be better used in state House and Senate races.
I’m so glad that Obama won the state of Montana by 18%. Just good hard evidence that Operation Chaos is not working here. Its a movement for sure, but its not a movement compared to the grassroots movement.
Thanks for the support. I’m not sure if you saw it, but Andy decided to remove an apology note I left for him. It’s one thing to be man enough to admit when you’re wrong. It’s another to try and make it evaporate in order to garner more sympathy.
in any case, Perfesser Chaos wasn’t too happy with me. I squelched most of his posts regularly, so it was just a matter of time. Oh, and in this case, I believe you’re using the wrong picture regarding him. Use this one:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/SP_Good_Times_With_Weapons.jpg
It’s far more appropriate.
Enjoy life!
P.S. wouldn’t it be funny if everyone started posting as “a.citizen” on his blog?
HAHA! Great picture. I’m going to miss you a.citizen on Andy’s blog.