The Gadfly On The Wall
Dog Days, Indeed: The Blogosphere has been...slow...in recent weeks. Politically, aside from the presidential race thus far ignored by most, the dog days of summer have been upon us. Perhaps it is the lull before the fall storm of candidates jockeying for position in next year's races. I've spent much of the past five weeks R&R'ing a rental property and I've also spent a lot of time in my studio cleaning my firearms and smiling into the NRANews.com camera. (Photo courtesy The Midwest City Sun.) Meanwhile...
Fried Rice: Senator Andrew Rice, among the Legislature's most liberal members and one embraced by the GLBT coalition, is done before he begins, my opinion. Rice wants the Democratic nomination to oppose conservative Republican Jim Inhofe next year. Rice is on the wrong side of almost every issue and will be lucky to match David Walters' poor showing against Inhofe in 2002. Gun control alone would sink Rice, ala Dave McCurdy against Inhofe in 1994, but McCurdy at least was not openly tied to his party's most liberal Oklahoma members. Rice is, and he's already making statements about how conservative Inhofe is, and how that's bad. Here's what one poster on a local Democrat site wrote: "Rice is pro-illegal immigration, pro-gay, pro-rasing taxes, pro-gay, pro-abortion on demand, pro-gay...this couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I will not vote for Andy Rice." If that's any indication of the first impression of Andrew Rice as a U. S. Senate candidate, he's toast. Wrong strategy, wrong message. End result: Fried Rice.
Broadcaster Black: Ron Black continues to grow his broadcast influence. His "WILD Oklahoma" show is now heard Sunday evenings on Fox Sports Radio AM1340 (OKC), KUSH AM1600 (Cushing) and on KGYN AM1210 in Guymon Monday evenings at 7pm. Plus, Black is taking the show to television this fall. In addition, Black works with Denise Bode on "Energy Matters" on KTOK AM1000 in Oklahoma City.
New Blog: There's another new blog. It's BlogNetNews, a link to which is posted on the right side of this page. It seeks to present posts from other blogs and, in its inception, seems worthy of attention for the politically attuned.
Fried Rice: Senator Andrew Rice, among the Legislature's most liberal members and one embraced by the GLBT coalition, is done before he begins, my opinion. Rice wants the Democratic nomination to oppose conservative Republican Jim Inhofe next year. Rice is on the wrong side of almost every issue and will be lucky to match David Walters' poor showing against Inhofe in 2002. Gun control alone would sink Rice, ala Dave McCurdy against Inhofe in 1994, but McCurdy at least was not openly tied to his party's most liberal Oklahoma members. Rice is, and he's already making statements about how conservative Inhofe is, and how that's bad. Here's what one poster on a local Democrat site wrote: "Rice is pro-illegal immigration, pro-gay, pro-rasing taxes, pro-gay, pro-abortion on demand, pro-gay...this couldn't happen to a nicer guy. I will not vote for Andy Rice." If that's any indication of the first impression of Andrew Rice as a U. S. Senate candidate, he's toast. Wrong strategy, wrong message. End result: Fried Rice.
Broadcaster Black: Ron Black continues to grow his broadcast influence. His "WILD Oklahoma" show is now heard Sunday evenings on Fox Sports Radio AM1340 (OKC), KUSH AM1600 (Cushing) and on KGYN AM1210 in Guymon Monday evenings at 7pm. Plus, Black is taking the show to television this fall. In addition, Black works with Denise Bode on "Energy Matters" on KTOK AM1000 in Oklahoma City.
New Blog: There's another new blog. It's BlogNetNews, a link to which is posted on the right side of this page. It seeks to present posts from other blogs and, in its inception, seems worthy of attention for the politically attuned.
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