Keeping busy with the local Democrats

Last night was another evening of shooting candidate videos for our local Democrats. Including a video for candidate for First Selectman of Orange, Paul Tarbox (pictured above).

Orange has some serious issues on the table, and Paul asks the questions in his video about an open land purchase that cost town taxpayers nearly $4,000,000. Paul's a great guy, and I'm sure he'll be a valued asset to the Town of Orange when he takes office. Paul's video will be ready soon.

Aspiring filmmaker Sarah Ferrante, whose father Victor Ferrante is running for Planning & Zoning in the 5th District, was a great help last night running the Teleprompter and assisting with production.

We also shot videos of several Board of Education candidates here in Milford that will go up on the Milford Democrats website, and early next week I'll work on a new video for Kerri Rowland.

I've been really busy lately, but at least it's keeping me out of trouble!

Some people just don't get the joke

Here's a Councilman from New York City being interviewed by a European comedienne. CNN is all over this thing, which goes to prove the MSM is following the Internet for its news.

I love the look on her face when the guy starts into his obscenity-laced tirade. That's a look of pure joy at the comedy gold she's being given!

Language Warning - numerous "f-bombs" dropped with reckless and hilarious abandon. Rated PG-13 (at the very least)

Love and kisses from Joe Lieberman

This time it's Milford Mayor Jim Richetelli who will be on the receiving end of Joe's affection.

Joe Lieberman will bring his message of cronyism and endless war to Milford on October 14th to pay back a political debt. Mayor Richetelli was an ardent supporter of Joe Lieberman during last year's senate campaign. So Joe has come to help out a "friend".

Actually, I think the issue goes much deeper than that. Lieberman seems to be bent on revenge for the many members of the Milford Democratic Town Committee who supported Ned Lamont AFTER he won the primary. Joe apparently felt betrayed by that, and now it's payback time and he's coming to campaign hard for the Republican incumbent.

The fact that a sitting US Senator feels it's necessary to insert himself into a municipal election is unusual. And that he decided Jim Richetelli is the best candidate without ever having spoken with Democratic candidate Kerri Rowland should be surprising to most thinking people.

But when that senator is Joe Lieberman, suddenly common sense gets thrown out the window.

You can help counter Joe's toxic influence on Milford's politics, and at the same time send a message to other candidates who think Joe Lieberman is the guy they want on their team by outraising him. Go to KerriRowland.com to donate to Kerri, and show Joe that he must GO!

Results from my informal Gore "poll"

A few days ago I posed a question and asked readers to respond in the comments with their views.

The question was basically this: if Al Gore decided to run in '08, and was in a field with only these three candidates, Clinton, Edwards, and Obama, who would you vote for?

There were seven votes for Gore, one for Edwards, none for Obama and Clinton, and some interesting comments.

Based on this highly unscientific poll, I think Al Gore should definitely commit to another run for the presidency.

Although, he DID pick Joe Lieberman as his running mate in 2000, which makes any decision of Gore's suspect by mere association. Other than that, and his reluctance to fight harder for the 2000 election, I think he'd be a very interesting last minute entry into the race.

And boy, would he piss off Hillary!

Watching the playoffs

OK, I know this doesn't have anything to do with politics, but I've been watching the baseball playoffs on TBS...

...now, I don't know who this Frank Caliendo guy is they're pushing during every SINGLE goddamned commercial break, but I DO know I already hate his guts out of sheer repetition, and I wouldn't watch his new show even if a gun was held to my head.

Enough with the stupid "Frank TV" already, we get it!

Sorry, I had to get that off my chest...oh my god, here's ANOTHER stupid commercial!

If Gore runs, wouldya vote 4 him?

The "Draft Gore" movement is alive and well in California.

I find this interesting.

If I was a more conscientious blogger, I'd put up one of those fancy polls where you can vote on a question. But I'm kind of tired right now and don't feel like bothering.

Of course, we'd all vote for Dodd if he's still in it come the CT primary in February. But just for the hell of it, let's do this: submit a comment stating who you would vote for from only among these frontrunners the MSM has selected for you:

Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
John Edwards
Al Gore

Whaddya think?

Jon Stewart crushes Tweety

How can you not freakin' love Jon Stewart?

He takes Chris Matthews, and exposes him, and his horrendously titled book "Life's A Campaign" for the drivel it most deservedly is. Stewart metaphorically smashes Matthews in his giant hydrocephalic head with his unsubtle hamfist-to-the-face approach to the book, and deftly trashes Tweety for everything his personal philosophy represents.

I kind of think that Stewart pulled his punches a little by the end of the interview, since Matthews was getting mauled so badly that even Jon started feeling sorry for him. Which is fine, because mercy is an attribute that certainly is in short supply these days, and there are bigger targets than an MSNBC hack who deserve a relentless smashing. Stewart effortlessly took Matthews apart, but managed to make nice by the end.

The video from last night's Daily Show is online at The Raw Story. Definitely worth a view.

City Clerk Alan Jepson

Yesterday I had the pleasure to shoot a candidate video of Milford's venerable City Clerk and former three-term Mayor Alan Jepson.

Mr. Jepson is a longtime fixture in our city's government and a bit of living Milford history. I remember back when I was five years old and Milford was celebrating it's 325th Anniversary (1964). My parents took me to the big downtown street party, where everyone was dressed in old-fashioned clothes and enjoying the event. We were greeted by Mayor Jepson there, and to me he was this impressive, stately, impossibly tall gentleman, who seemed to me to be exactly what the President should look like.

Alan Jepson has served as City Clerk for twenty years, and he's running unopposed this year. While there are significant differences between our local Democratic and Republican parties, we all agree that having a dedicated and honorable public servant like Mr. Jepson is a great benefit to us all.

Some things you can't argue about

(But just in case you can, the comments are turned off for this post, too)

Comments are turned off

Because some people or person can't deal with adults having a free exchange of ideas and opinions, and they or he have been running wild in the comments section, I've decided to turn the comments off for the time being.

I freely admit I made an error of judgment by posting anything about this situation, and I apologize to anyone who may have found it unpleasant.

The video is also being taken down to prevent further controversy. I have to go to work now, and I don't have the luxury of babysitting this blog.

Thanks for making my job so fucking easy.